Repair Your Scrollsaws Bellows with CA Glue

You've discovered that you have no air coming out of your dust blower, and upon closer inspection you found that the bellows has a large split in the side. This seems to be a very common problem, especially on Craftsman models, mine included. The method below should work for repairing the bellows on any model saw.

This will get your saw up and cutting again, at least until you can order a new bellows. All that's needed is some rubbing alcohol, cotton swab and CA glue. After removing the bellows, squeeze it to open the split and clean around the area with the swab and some alcohol, let it dry thoroughly. After you're sure that all the alcohol has evaporated, again squeeze the split open and apply a drop of thin(best) or medium viscosity CA glue to the edges of the spit making sure that the split closes evenly before you set the bellows down and let the glue dry. Reassemble the saw.

I did this to the bellows on my saw and its been holding for a year now. A friend of mine gave me this idea, he made large custom sized o-rings for machinery at work using CA glue to mate the ends together. I figured if it worked on neoprene o-rings, why not on the bellows on the saw.