Table saw blade wont tighten?

Question by TommyBBaLL: Table saw blade wont tighten?
I work at a wood shop and one morning I came in and was informed” I broke the table saw” this not being the case as the case was they were trying to tighten the blade instead of loosen it. I immediately freed the blade and didnt have any further problems with the saw, or blades. Today as I was setting a dado blade, it wouldn’t tighten fully, and when I took the dado stack off I put a 1/8 inch kerf blade on and it wouldn’t come close to tightening. The entire spindle is spinning as well as the belt and the blade is locked up with a piece of wood. My guess is when cranking the blade tight as they were” trying to loosen it” could have loosened something else along the way causing the spindle to break free. Any ideas on how this can be fixed?

Best answer:

Answer by chris
Sounds like they might have stripped a set screw or keyway on the belt pulley. Check for these on the pulley and also (Just have to say it) make sure you didn’t leave out any spacers between the bolt and blade.
Good luck
Chris

PS: I had one that the spacer stuck to the blade and it drove me nuts for an hour before I decided to try the old blade again and had an “AH HA Moment”! LOL!

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