Lost my arbor nut for my table saw today

[killersoundz]

Didn't have a good day today, I dropped the arbor nut while changing blades today and didn't have a dust host hooked up to the saw and it's a contractor saw so it fell down through the 4" hose outlet, but it magically vanished! I sifted through all the sawdust under the saw by hand and looked for it for an hour with no luck. I even employed my girlfriend to help me find it. This has happened plenty of times before but I've always found it but this time it's like it fell through into another dimension!!

I really should have raised the blade up before trying to take the nut off, if I don't raise it up, I drop it every time and I thought that exact thought "I should probably raise the blade up before trying to take that off because I always drop it if I don't" Ah!

Good news is a replacement one is only $1.99 plus $8 shipping from the manufacture, but it will take a few days to get here and I have a project that needs finished up.

ps - It's an 5/8" ACME left hand thread nut if anyone in my town has one to spare.

[curt_c]

Don't worry, you will find it right after the new one arrives!

Have you tried trolling a large magnet through the sawdust? -Although is is more likely it rolled into some nook or cranny clear across the shop...

C

[nbuk]

There is NOTHING worse than losing a nut !, I was wrenching on my Mother in Laws car today, and dropped a bolt from the T-Stat Housing, looked for it about an hour, it had gone. Went out to Autobloodyzone and got 2 replacements, but lost 3 hours work on it. Like Jeff said, will turn up when I dont need it. So I feel your pain mate.

[nbuk]

I guess the moral of all this is " WE NEED TO TAKE MORE CARE OF OUR NUTS AND BOLTS".

[djg]

When I saw the thread title, I was thinking while the saw was running.

[arlis_1957@yahoo.com]

like curt said, use a magnet. i keep one of those telescoping ones handy. the moral of the story. sweep more often.:D

[richjura]

When working on a car or motorcycle the rule of thumb is it falls into the oil drain pan, unless of course you have the motor open then it falls into the open motor. And curt_c you're correct, the surest way to find something is to buy it's replacement.

Rich

[1100xxben]

I dropped the arbor nut once while changing a blade and still had the dust collector running. Luckily, the nut landed right on the edge of the dust pickup hole, so it didn't travel down the tube and destroy the impeller of the dust collector. I now make sure I shut off the dust collector every time I change the blade!

[MrkCrwly]

When I saw the thread title, I was thinking while the saw was running.

I had the pulley fall off of my old 1950's Craftsman Table Saw while it was running. Its amazing how fast it moved around the room. I didn't see it in its travels but I heard it hit everything in the workshop before it stopped.

[critofur]

OMG, I'd never thought of how much of a pain it could be if a nut or something fell inside an engine when you had a spark plug out or such...

You could magnetize the nut itself, so that it would stick somewhere on the saw if it fell.

Almost makes me want some kind of "no bounce" surface on my garage floor :P that way when I drop something it won't bounce and roll accross the floor in an unknown direction landing under somthing where you cant see it...

Maybe someday EVERYTHING will come with tiny RFID tags in them and a scanner built into your cell phone can show a 3D map of where everything is (particularly keys, wallet, spouse's cell phone, any small tools such as sockets, router wrenches, little allen bolts, 1/8th inch drill bits...).

[davepellegrene]

Did you try True Value in Hartville. They stock a lot of stuff up there. On a side note I was up there yesterday on a search for some cherry moldings for a fire place mantle I am building for a customer. As I was there I saw they had #1 grade cherry on sale for $2.69 a board foot. :eek: That's half price! You have to buy by the bunk, 50 brd. ft. which is $134 worth. That gave me 9 pcs. 10' long from 6" wide to 10" wide.
Dave

[billfitzmaurice]

like curt said, use a magnet.
I have a nice 40oz or so magnet that I use for sweeping my shop floor of all things magnetic. It's attached to a round frame about 8 inches diameter, looks a lot like this:
http://www.parts-express.com/graphics/speakerrepaircenter/src_navAd.jpg

[cliffburge]

Are you sure it went through the 4 inch dust collector hole??;)

As others have stated somehow it got rolling and you will find it hanging out with some dust bunnies about 6 months from now.

I hate it when that happens!! My favorite is when I loose a tool when working on a car and I have not moved- it has to be within arms reach but it takes 10 minutes to find it.....



Good luck!!

Cliff

[richjura]

I have a nice 40oz or so magnet that I use for sweeping my shop floor of all things magnetic. It's attached to a round frame about 8 inches diameter, looks a lot like this:
http://www.parts-express.com/graphics/speakerrepaircenter/src_navAd.jpg
Bill
I have some of those, keep a couple on a wooden dowel rod so I can stare at it 'hovering' like magic.

Rich