Something weird happened the other day

[Ellen Benkin]

You have to admit that you have a very good dust collector. Mine is so feeble it would never get that far.

[Kurt Kintner]

Reminds me of the times when working on my truck motor, I dropped a lot of nuts and bolts, and they never made it to the garage floor....Sold it after 20 years, with a lot of free hardware .....

[Malcolm McLeod]

Reminds me of the times when working on my truck motor, I dropped a lot of nuts and bolts, and they never made it to the garage floor....Sold it after 20 years, with a lot of free hardware .....

I dropped a screwdriver and it never came out. Decided I had better things to do with the tools (and time), so said 'uncle' and started supporting my local mechanic.

[Mike Ontko]

I had that same problem on a couple of occasions with the arbor nut tunneling its way down into the DC pipe after I'd dropped it. Also on a couple of occasions, small off cut pieces would work their way through the throat plate (I wasn't using a zero-clearance at the time) and get pulled into the DC pipe, letting me know they made the trip by the "WHANGGGG" they made as they hit the DC fan blade. To prevent both of these events in the future, I cut off a section of lattice panel from a plastic packing crate and placed it over the DC inlet at the bottom of the tablesaw enclosure (I have a contractor style saw that I've outfitted with an aftermarket DC connection/dust chute at the bottom). The gaps in the lattice are still a little large, but it keeps the bigger pieces...and the arbor nut on occasion, from dropping down into the DC pipe.

[Thomas L. Miller]

This is just like working on a boat in the water. Whatever gets dropped (spreader pins, etc.) heads immediately for the water. It's like they're running for home!
Tom

[Martin Wasner]

This is just like working on a boat in the water. Whatever gets dropped (spreader pins, etc.) heads immediately for the water. It's like they're running for home!
Tom

You must be a sailor.

Sta-Masters are a gift from God. I used to keep spare pins and ring dings on the boat for changing rig tension on the water. Now you use the main sheet to take tension off that shroud and loosen/tighten up the Sta-Master and you're done. Nothing to sacrifice to the wind God's in the process.

Everything else you're hosed though...

[Greg Parrish]

There should be a rotating clip pin of some sorts that sits directly across from the arbor pointing at it. That way, when you remove the arbor nut and washer it has to slid onto the pin and then you flip it into it's held place while you change blades. Then flip it back down and put the nut back on the arbor.

[Greg Parrish]

You have to admit that you have a very good dust collector. Mine is so feeble it would never get that far.

Not sure about the weight of a nut but I have to be careful with small, thin cut off pieces as they will wind up in the dust collector banging all the way down the tube if Im not careful. Sucks when what you wanted was the small cut off piece.

[Michael Weber]

here you go. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_az6ko3qkSc

[Thomas L. Miller]

Sta-Masters are a gift from God. I used to keep spare pins and ring dings on the boat for changing rig tension on the water. Now you use the main sheet to take tension off that shroud and loosen/tighten up the Sta-Master and you're done. Nothing to sacrifice to the wind God's in the process.

Everything else you're hosed though...

Martin,
A sailor I am. Recovering (yeah, right) a pin in 50+feet of water makes digging a washer out of a piece of ductwork seem easy!
Regards,
Tom

[Ira Matheny]

I have several 'rare-earth' magnets in the first several feet of metal pipes at each machine. Located where it is easy to access.

Never had a 'nut' or 'washer' with legs.
Ira

[Ben Rivel]

here you go. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_az6ko3qkSc

Good idea as long as it never flys off while the saw is on. Wonder if it would cause any issues being done on a SawStop.