On Thu, 24 Sep 2020 07:57:08 -0500, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
wrote:

On 9/23/2020 8:46 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 23 Sep 2020 08:51:24 -0500, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
wrote:

On 9/22/2020 8:31 PM, dpb wrote:
On 9/22/2020 1:01 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
On 9/21/2020 10:52 AM, Andrew M wrote:

...long tale of woe snipped for brevity...

More than likely just cleaning the sawdust out of arbor and nut threads
thoroughly and a little lube would have solved the OP's problem...

If the nut won't turn to tighten the blade enough to hold by finger
only, there's a problem there.

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And most decent table saws allow an arbor wrench to be used along with
the arbor nut wrench. You might look to see if the arbor flange has a
spot to accept a wrench.

Even if the arbor flange has flats, good luck finding a wrench that
fits. It took ages to find one even for my Unisaur, When I did, I
bought two.


You have to think outside the box. I had a similar issue, not with a TS
but I needed a wrench, and it had to be thin. I bought an elcheapo
chrome mechanics wrench from Northern tool and used a grinder to make
the jaw narrow enough to fit the narrow slot. Narrow like the wrench
that comes with the saw. AND that is assuming that the arbor flats are
not terribly wide. But if the saw does have flats it is likely a normal
wrench size.

That was my backup plan. I screwed up mine forgetting that famous
saying "lefty tighty - righty loosey". Man that arbor nut was on
tight!