And you put the 3650 wrenches where?!?

[Northern Wood]

I may be missing something obvious here, but...

Where does one put the blade wrenches for the 3650? Is there a given spot for them (like the hooks for the miter gauge and fence) or do I have to get creative?

Just wondering if there is a specific place and I can't find it. :D

Thanks,

Mike

[amcnerl]

Mine are hanging on a hook on my wall. I don't think there's a place on the saw for them. I have seen pics of shelves built and attached to the side legs of the saw for accessories. I'm sure you'll get many suggestions here.

[VASandy]

I hang em where the fence hangers are. The fence stays on the saw 99.9% of the time, and when I need to move it, I'm generally going to change the saw blade first....it's just always worked out to hang them there.

[KenM]

I stuck a couple of rare earth magnets on the left side of the 3650 to stick the wrenches to.

[9.5 fingers to go]

I have some small earth magnets that came with my router plate. I have both of my TS wrenches and one of my router wrenches hanging from their own magnet. Before that I used to hang them on the fence hooks.

[wwsmith]

I'm with Sandy. Mine are either hanging from the hooks used for the fence storage or the miter gauge hooks on the legs of the saw. Works fine for me as both are normally on my saw top most of the time.

[Wood_Junkie]

Third hurrah for hanging the wrenches on the fence hooks. Even with the wrenches there, the fence hangs just fine for the 1% of the time it is there.

[biscuit]

Hmmm,

I dont even know where my wrenches are:eek:

I might want to find them and take some of the advise I have read here, but then again, I dont change blades often. I guess I could locate them and toss them in teh drawer with the other 5,000 tool wrenches I spend quality time going through everytime I need one.:confused:

Regards,

[Woussko]

How about a few nails in the wall or maybe installing a small pegboard and hooks? If they are in sight, then you should be able to find them.:)

[biscuit]

How about a few nails in the wall or maybe installing a small pegboard and hooks? If they are in sight, then you should be able to find them.:)


According to my wife, Doing something like that would just make too much sense for me to do.:(

[Northern Wood]

Thanks for the replies, guys!

I figured the fence hooks would be okay. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing a "specific" place for them. They did such a good job with spaces for everything else, I thought maybe I left the "wrench storage hook" in the box. :p

Mike

[Bob D.]

Mine are in the trash where they belong. I use a couple regular wrenches in place of those cheapo stamped steel junkers.

[wwsmith]

I agree with Bob on the stamped wrenches in the trash. I hang my regular wrenches from the available hooks however.

[smelly]

hola guys, and girls,

since I am in the office , what size wrench are thos anyway, are they metric?
:rolleyes:

[blind bill]

This brings up an interesting question. When I'm using my dado set and want to tighten the arbor nut what's the best way to keep the shaft from moving. I hesitate to use the other wrench as a stop because I might do some damage to the blades. Untightening the nut doesn't seem to present any problem.

Bill

[wwsmith]

I use two wrenches. One on the arbor and one on the nut. Seems to work fine for me.

[VASandy]

I use a pencil to wege against a throat of one of the teeth. That provides enough stopping force to loosen the nut.

Lately though, I've been using the Blade Lock from Bench Dog Tools.
http://www.benchdog.com/bladeloc.htm
It's ok, but there can be some blade slippage. The pencil just seems to work best! ;)

[mpax356]

I use the two stamped wrenches that come with the saw. I leave them on the fence holders when not in use. I find the stamped wrenches work just find since you do not and should not have to crank 'em too tight. They are thinner than other wrenchs which I find making them easier to use. The wrench I use for the end nut, I bent a little in a vice making it even easier to use.

[blind bill]

OK I give up. If I want to change blades, one of the flat stamped wrenches goes on the nut that holds the washer that holds the blade on the arbor shaft. Where does the other one go? (Don't tell me where the sun never shines). I can't find a flat spot on the arbor shaft or inboard washer and that doesn't leave much. What am I overlooking?
Blind Bill

[garager]

I use a pencil to wege against a throat of one of the teeth. That provides enough stopping force to loosen the nut.

Lately though, I've been using the Blade Lock from Bench Dog Tools.
http://www.benchdog.com/bladeloc.htm
It's ok, but there can be some blade slippage. The pencil just seems to work best! ;)
I use the pencil trick too, works just fine for me.

[jbergstrom]

OK I give up. If I want to change blades, one of the flat stamped wrenches goes on the nut that holds the washer that holds the blade on the arbor shaft. Where does the other one go? (Don't tell me where the sun never shines). I can't find a flat spot on the arbor shaft or inboard washer and that doesn't leave much. What am I overlooking?
Blind Bill

Bill the second wrench slides down to the arbour behind the blade, opposite side of the nut you can feel on the end of the arbour.
You may have to rotate the blade until the open end of the wrench indexes the flats on the arbour shaft, they are there.

So to recap, closed end wrench slips over nut on end of arbour and open end wrench slides down behind blade (or dado set) and you may have to rotate the blade till the wrench lines up with the flats on the arbour.

Lots of people won't bother with the open end wrench when removing the blade as it's easy to use a block of wood etc. to stop the blade and arbour from turning while you loosen the tightened nut. It is advisable however to use the open end wrench when installing the blade (or dado set) to hold the arbour from turning while you snug the nut with the other wrench.
Not much force is necessary as mentioned by others as the direction the arbour and blade turns tends to tighten things up. Nut and arbour shaft are threaded in opposite direction of the turning shaft. It has to be this way if you think about it... If it wasn't the table saw would be a death trap waiting to launch a balde at the flick of the on switch. :eek::rolleyes:

Hope this helps :)

[hellcatt200]

i dont change blades often so i keep the wrenches in my toolbox drawer just for tool wrenches. tool box is less than 6 steps away from shop area so travel time is nothing lol.