Subject: DeWalt Chop saw question

From: Larry Rondot <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 11:55:57 EST

Greetings,

I bought at an auction a 250mm DeWalt power miter box (Catalog number 7716)
"Type 1".  It has a nice Delta thin kerf blade on it, but needs sharpening.

Now the question - It has a 1"ish nut on the arbor that I need to get off and
after appling a liberal amount of WD-40 and tring to hold the blade with pliers
I can't get the nut loose.

The center of the arbor seems like it might be a star driver.  Do I need a
special adaptor/tool to hold the arbor in place to remove the blade?

Thanks for any comments...

Larry Rondot
[email-masked]

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 01:21:22 GMT

>[email-masked]
Please don't take this wrong, but are you turning the nut in the right
direction? Never could figure out why, but some saws have right hand
and some have left hand threads. Nearly broke one trying to turn the
arbor nut in the wrong direction.

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From: [email-masked] (David Roseman)
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 22:50:07 GMT

>arbor nut in the wrong direction. 

I'll never forget the day I removed the big arbor nut from my  John
Deere 24" $500 chain saw by grabbing a pneumatic impact wrench.  Spun
it in the wrong direction.  A $120 mistake by the time the arbor was
replaced. dcr

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 23:50:24 GMT

I too have a 12" Dewalt compound chop saw and I tried to remove the
blade (for the first time) and could not.  I tried various lubricant
with no results.  I even read the manual!  Since I bought this saw
new, the blade has never been removed.  Maybe someone could give me
and Larry some hints.   Thanks.

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From: "Richard O'Brien" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 23:42:37 -0400

Some of these saws have a reverse thread (left hand thread) on the arbor.
Try loosening the nut clockwise instead of counter clockwise.

Rick

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From: [email-masked] (Tim Hoyman)
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 20:27:59 -0600

> arbor nut in the wrong direction. 

My DeWalt CMS has a right hand thread on the arbor.  It keeps the nut
tight when the arbor spins.

Tim