Last weekend I broke the inner arbor wrench (the open-end one) for my
Unisaw. Evidently these have been out of production for a number of
years and have become near-unobtanium. In case anyone else does the
same dumb thing, these people have them (I bought a second for a
spare).

http://www.sawcenter.com/unisawparts.htm

Item: 955-01-050-1472

And for all to think about - if needing a big wrench or odd size -

Talk to a CNC water or plasma guy and with good dimensions a nice one
can be cut out.

I made a nice 2" unit and had small circles in the back corners
to take the dirt when the wrench is pressed on. I wanted the back
to fit tightly and not be displaced.

Martin

On 8/23/2015 9:25 PM, krw wrote:

Last weekend I broke the inner arbor wrench (the open-end one) for my
Unisaw. Evidently these have been out of production for a number of
years and have become near-unobtanium. In case anyone else does the
same dumb thing, these people have them (I bought a second for a
spare).

http://www.sawcenter.com/unisawparts.htm

Item: 955-01-050-1472

On 8/23/2015 9:25 PM, krw wrote:

Last weekend I broke the inner arbor wrench (the open-end one) for my
Unisaw. Evidently these have been out of production for a number of
years and have become near-unobtanium. In case anyone else does the
same dumb thing, these people have them (I bought a second for a
spare).

http://www.sawcenter.com/unisawparts.htm

Item: 955-01-050-1472



I must ask, how did that happen?

On Sun, 23 Aug 2015 23:45:39 -0500, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
wrote:

On 8/23/2015 9:25 PM, krw wrote:

Last weekend I broke the inner arbor wrench (the open-end one) for my
Unisaw. Evidently these have been out of production for a number of
years and have become near-unobtanium. In case anyone else does the
same dumb thing, these people have them (I bought a second for a
spare).

http://www.sawcenter.com/unisawparts.htm

Item: 955-01-050-1472



I must ask, how did that happen?


Last time I used the saw, I left a dado set on it. It's been a year
and it was rather stuck. The arbor nut was rather tight and I split
out the corners of the wrench trying to get the nut unloose (kinda
like Chuck Berry, but different ;-).

It seems the wrench is meant to split in the corners, perhaps to save
the nut or arbor. I did get it off by wedging a hunk of wood in the
blade but I didn't want to wreck the blade so didn't want to do that
at first. The saw was purchased new five years ago, so I didn't
consider that the wrenches would be hard to find. Of course the
wrench for the new Unisaw doesn't fit the old (too thick).

On 8/24/2015 1:53 PM, krw wrote:
On Sun, 23 Aug 2015 23:45:39 -0500, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
wrote:

On 8/23/2015 9:25 PM, krw wrote:

Last weekend I broke the inner arbor wrench (the open-end one) for my
Unisaw. Evidently these have been out of production for a number of
years and have become near-unobtanium. In case anyone else does the
same dumb thing, these people have them (I bought a second for a
spare).

http://www.sawcenter.com/unisawparts.htm

Item: 955-01-050-1472



I must ask, how did that happen?


Last time I used the saw, I left a dado set on it. It's been a year
and it was rather stuck. The arbor nut was rather tight and I split
out the corners of the wrench trying to get the nut unloose (kinda
like Chuck Berry, but different ;-).

It seems the wrench is meant to split in the corners, perhaps to save
the nut or arbor. I did get it off by wedging a hunk of wood in the
blade but I didn't want to wreck the blade so didn't want to do that
at first. The saw was purchased new five years ago, so I didn't
consider that the wrenches would be hard to find. Of course the
wrench for the new Unisaw doesn't fit the old (too thick).




Bummer.... You also might consider buying an inexpensive Harbor Freight
or Northern Tool open end wrench and grinding the face to be narrower.
I did this for out Kitchen Aid blender drive sprocket. The wrench had
to be less than 1/8" thick.

Leon wrote:
On 8/24/2015 1:53 PM, krw wrote:
On Sun, 23 Aug 2015 23:45:39 -0500, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
wrote:

On 8/23/2015 9:25 PM, krw wrote:

Last weekend I broke the inner arbor wrench (the open-end one) for my
Unisaw. Evidently these have been out of production for a number of
years and have become near-unobtanium. In case anyone else does the
same dumb thing, these people have them (I bought a second for a
spare).

http://www.sawcenter.com/unisawparts.htm

Item: 955-01-050-1472



I must ask, how did that happen?


Last time I used the saw, I left a dado set on it. It's been a year
and it was rather stuck. The arbor nut was rather tight and I split
out the corners of the wrench trying to get the nut unloose (kinda
like Chuck Berry, but different ;-).

It seems the wrench is meant to split in the corners, perhaps to save
the nut or arbor. I did get it off by wedging a hunk of wood in the
blade but I didn't want to wreck the blade so didn't want to do that
at first. The saw was purchased new five years ago, so I didn't
consider that the wrenches would be hard to find. Of course the
wrench for the new Unisaw doesn't fit the old (too thick).




Bummer.... You also might consider buying an inexpensive Harbor Freight
or Northern Tool open end wrench and grinding the face to be narrower.
I did this for out Kitchen Aid blender drive sprocket. The wrench had
to be less than 1/8" thick.

Just did exactly that last week. And also found the shaft had only
two flats.

--
GW Ross

On 8/24/2015 12:45 AM, Leon wrote:
On 8/23/2015 9:25 PM, krw wrote:

Last weekend I broke the inner arbor wrench (the open-end one) for my
Unisaw. Evidently these have been out of production for a number of
years and have become near-unobtanium. In case anyone else does the
same dumb thing, these people have them (I bought a second for a
spare).

http://www.sawcenter.com/unisawparts.htm

Item: 955-01-050-1472



I must ask, how did that happen?
yea, I'm curious too.

I thought Leon was a gorilla with the clamps.
But you may have passed him... :-)

--
Jeff

On 8/24/2015 3:59 PM, woodchucker wrote:
On 8/24/2015 12:45 AM, Leon wrote:
On 8/23/2015 9:25 PM, krw wrote:

Last weekend I broke the inner arbor wrench (the open-end one) for my
Unisaw. Evidently these have been out of production for a number of
years and have become near-unobtanium. In case anyone else does the
same dumb thing, these people have them (I bought a second for a
spare).

http://www.sawcenter.com/unisawparts.htm

Item: 955-01-050-1472



I must ask, how did that happen?
yea, I'm curious too.

I thought Leon was a gorilla with the clamps.
But you may have passed him... :-)


;~)
Since the arbor nuts are self tightening, during operation, you really
don't have to tighten much. I suspect he had a bit of rust going on
since it had sat up for a year.

Subject

Am I dating myself or do they still make tappet wrenches?

My father gave me a couple to work on my bike.

Lew

In article om,
says...

Subject

Am I dating myself or do they still make tappet wrenches?

My father gave me a couple to work on my bike.

Lew

They kinda do. Sears will sell you a set of Craftsman brand for about
25 bucks. Snap-On will sell you individual "Low Torque Slimline"
wrenches starting at about 40 bucks per wrench.

On 8/24/2015 5:29 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
In article om,
says...

Subject

Am I dating myself or do they still make tappet wrenches?

My father gave me a couple to work on my bike.

Lew

They kinda do. Sears will sell you a set of Craftsman brand for about
25 bucks. Snap-On will sell you individual "Low Torque Slimline"
wrenches starting at about 40 bucks per wrench.



HF or NT will sell you a single wrench for about $2~6. Grind to your
liking.

On Mon, 24 Aug 2015 16:59:39 -0400, woodchucker
wrote:

On 8/24/2015 12:45 AM, Leon wrote:
On 8/23/2015 9:25 PM, krw wrote:

Last weekend I broke the inner arbor wrench (the open-end one) for my
Unisaw. Evidently these have been out of production for a number of
years and have become near-unobtanium. In case anyone else does the
same dumb thing, these people have them (I bought a second for a
spare).

http://www.sawcenter.com/unisawparts.htm

Item: 955-01-050-1472



I must ask, how did that happen?
yea, I'm curious too.

I thought Leon was a gorilla with the clamps.

It really didn't take all that much force. As I said, it looks like
the wrench was made to fail as it did.

But you may have passed him... :-)

I did good, eh? ;-)