I have a Ridgid TS2424 table saw, that, up until today I have been very happy with. But today the following happened which I can only explain one way. I normally use a thin kerf 10 blade with this saw. Today after I made some cuts using this blade I replaced it the my dado blade set to cut lap joints. Both of these blades were appropriately tightened with no problems.
Now this puzzling problem.
After I used the dado blade,I reinstalled the normal blade and could not tighten the blade to the arbor. No matter how many turns on the wrench it would not tighten. While trying to tighten the blade the arbor would also rotate. Which make some sense since there is no way to keep the arbor from rotating (and never has been).
The only thing I can see that could be the problem is blade collar can't compress to hold the blade to the to the arbor. Does this part normally "wear out"? The second part of this question is can any table saw blade collar be used on any saw (assuming it is sized for the arbor shaft)?
Thanks Marty