Abstract: A tool bit such as a screw driving bit for use with a rotary power tool is conventiently stored in a cavity in the rotary power tool housing when not in use in a power tool chuck. The tool bit is retained in the recess by frictional engagement with a retainer spring. A push-button protruding from the rotary tool housing communicates with the bit holding cavity and retainer spring in a manner such that, upon depression of the push-button, the retainer spring is moved out of frictional engagement with the bit to enable its release from the storage cavity.

Abstract: A hand-held, fan-cooled motor drive jig saw with a two-piece, tiltable shoe assembly having a reversible, phenolic resin base portion with a wide recess for scrolling and a narrow recess for straight cuts. The base is connected to the shoe cover independent of the attachment of the cover to the saw housing to maintain a pre-selected tilt angle. Coolant air exhausted from the saw housing is channeled through flow passages in the shoe assembly to outlet ports in the shoe assembly to provide debris-clearing air streams oriented parallel to the workpiece surface and perpendicular to the cutting direction. The housing exhaust port is flow-connected to the shoe assembly through complementary sliding surfaces at the point of attachment.