I just installed the riser block this weekend. The instructions call
for a 26mm combo wrench. I could swear I used 15/16" (don't have a
metric that large) and I just fit it over the bottom nut (it was
loose), which does look a tad smaller than the bolt head (behind the
switch now so can't check it). I used a crescent for the other
(thought I used the 15/16" on the upper though) end.

There is clearly room for a crescent wrench on the bottom (nut end) and
maybe on top. You could definitely fit a channel lock plier over the
top end of the bolt. So that would save you buying any combo wrench,
assuming you have a crescent that can open 1".

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I just installed the riser block this weekend. The instructions call
for a 26mm combo wrench. I could swear I used 15/16" (don't have a
metric that large) and I just fit it over the bottom nut (it was
loose), which does look a tad smaller than the bolt head (behind the
switch now so can't check it). I used a crescent for the other
(thought I used the 15/16" on the upper though) end.

There is clearly room for a crescent wrench on the bottom (nut end) and
maybe on top. You could definitely fit a channel lock plier over the
top end of the bolt. So that would save you buying any combo wrench,
assuming you have a crescent that can open 1".


Mine is a Ridgid purchased at BORG last Fall. The riser block is also a
Ridgid, purchased on Ebay about the same time, but it was a different
part number than the one specified in the book that came with the saw.

The nut on mine measures .930" which is slightly under 15/16 (which is
..9375"). I can't get in with the caliper to measure the bolt head, but
it's definitely bigger than the nut. 26mm is probably about right.

--Steve

Now if my back holds up, I'll have a nice new old saw.

Last year I had to get a couple of hot water heaters out of my basement by
myself, and my back has seen better days.

I removed the basement door and laid some plywood over the treads to make a
ramp. A 4x4 across the door opening gave me something to hook a comealong
to. It was pretty easy thanks to the water heater being slippery. For a
bandsaw I'd probably use a hand truck laying on it's back and do something
to keep the rubber handles off the plywood, or maybe use a furniture dolly -
nah, balancing a bandsaw would be too difficult.

Two things that both come into play when you reach the top of the stairs:
the 4x4 needs to be off the floor enough so the saw can side under it, and
hook your comealong cable to about the midpoint of the saw so it doesn't
become useless with 3 or 4 stairs to go.

Good luck.

John