Bob Jones 5443
12-08-2020, 5:30 PM
I lost another arbor nut for my Unisaw. It slipped out of my fingers when I removed a blade, and for the life of me I could not find it in the cabinet. It's possible it got sucked through the dust removal ducting, but I haven't looked in the barrel for it yet (cyclone, thank goodness).
I did this about three years ago and needed to order another one. The saw was sidelined while I waited for shipment, and some time after it arrived, I found the original nut! So I've had the spare nut "magneted" to my drill press ever since. Today I used the spare to keep going on a project, and I just ordered another one: $16 + $6 shipping + tax.
I have no memory of where I found it back then. It's time to access the collective wisdom of the Creek and ask, where do those in the know shop for incidental spare Unisaw parts?
Mine is a 3 HP, left-tilt, 10 in cabinet saw, model 36-953. That's what the nameplate says:
446577
The replacement parts sites want to know if mine is a 36-953 Type 1 or a 36-953 Type 2. Who knows? I bought it in February 2001, the owner's manuals are dated December 1997, and the nameplate mentions Pentair Tool & Equipment Group. Does that provide a clue?
Just to confuse the matter, my purchase receipt and the owner's manuals say my saw is model 36-821L, not 36-953. The plot thickens.
The part I ordered is Ref No. 154 from the original Unisaw parts exploded drawing, Part Number 902-01-201-2571. I found this part online today at a site I never heard of, and it seems to be the part I need. Here is that spare I'm now using:
446578 446579
But if there is a next time, I'd like to store a reference to the best place to quickly find parts like this. What do you experts do?
I did this about three years ago and needed to order another one. The saw was sidelined while I waited for shipment, and some time after it arrived, I found the original nut! So I've had the spare nut "magneted" to my drill press ever since. Today I used the spare to keep going on a project, and I just ordered another one: $16 + $6 shipping + tax.
I have no memory of where I found it back then. It's time to access the collective wisdom of the Creek and ask, where do those in the know shop for incidental spare Unisaw parts?
Mine is a 3 HP, left-tilt, 10 in cabinet saw, model 36-953. That's what the nameplate says:
446577
The replacement parts sites want to know if mine is a 36-953 Type 1 or a 36-953 Type 2. Who knows? I bought it in February 2001, the owner's manuals are dated December 1997, and the nameplate mentions Pentair Tool & Equipment Group. Does that provide a clue?
Just to confuse the matter, my purchase receipt and the owner's manuals say my saw is model 36-821L, not 36-953. The plot thickens.
The part I ordered is Ref No. 154 from the original Unisaw parts exploded drawing, Part Number 902-01-201-2571. I found this part online today at a site I never heard of, and it seems to be the part I need. Here is that spare I'm now using:
446578 446579
But if there is a next time, I'd like to store a reference to the best place to quickly find parts like this. What do you experts do?