On Sat, 26 Sep 2020 19:55:52 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 26 Sep 2020 10:54:38 -0500, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
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On 9/25/2020 2:01 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 25 Sep 2020 10:00:10 -0500, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
wrote:

On 9/24/2020 7:02 PM, wrote:
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!

LOL I heard that! Several months ago, mmmm 1972 I worked in an
automotive tire center part time while going to school. Those darn
Chrysler products were the same way.

Worse. Only half of them were on backwards.

Another of life's mysteries... Why do lathe specifications say, for
example, 1-1/4" x 8TPI RH. Why would anyone want a left-hand spindle
thread?



I believe some lathes run backwards. But 99.99% of the time not.

Mine will (the wonders of electronics) but uses a set screw on the
spindle to keep the threads threaded.

Maybe the opposite side of the drive where you would turn a platter?
Yeah on that side the chuck would unscrew when working and you would
have a lot of leverage to loosen the chuck if it were RH threaded. I
have never used that side of my lathe drive so it may very well be LH
threaded. ;~)

The backside of mine is threaded the opposite direction, I think. Some
people think of everything. ;-)

runs to check

Dumbass. There isn't any thread on the opposite side. The headstock
gets moved to the other end for platters. An extension bed is needed
(which I don't have).