How To CHANGE MITER SAW + TABLE SAW BLADES–Fast and Easy Tips! (Blade Arbor/Blade Spin Direction)
How To CHANGE MITER SAW + TABLE SAW BLADES–Fast and Easy Tips! (Blade Arbor/Blade Spin Direction)
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How To CHANGE MITER SAW + TABLE SAW BLADES–Fast and Easy Tips! (Blade Arbor/Blade Spin Direction)
Eventually, everyone will need to change table saw and miter saw blades. This short video from The Honest Carpenter will show you how to tackle both!
Dull blades on your larger shop tools (table saws and miter saws) will affect cut time and cleanliness of cuts. It’ll also put strain on the tool motors. Changing blades with some frequency is a good idea–basically whenever the tool feels like it is cutting inefficiently.
Table Saw Blade Change:
1. UNPLUG THE SAW!
2. Remove throat plate
3. Raise blade elevator
4. Use open end wrench and box wrench to loosen nut on blade arbor
5. Pull outer flange off arbor
6. Remove blade / replace with new blade
7. Place outer flange back on arbor with hollow side pointing towards blade
8. Retighten nut over outer flange
9. Replace throat plate
10. Lower blade
11. Step back and to side–turn on saw and listen for clean spin
Miter Saw Blade Change:
1. UNPLUG THE SAW!
2. Lock sliding bar on saw
3. Loosen set screw on blade panel
4. Lift blade panel / Lift blade guard out of way
5. Press saw blade locking button
6. Use socket wrench or offset box wrench to loosen blade bolt
7. Spin blade bolt out / remove outer flange
8. Remove blade /replace with new blade
9. Put flange back on / Spin bolt back into place
10. Hit blade locking button / retighten
11. Plug saw in
12. Stand back and to side / test saw spin.
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This is helpful. I inherited a table saw and miter saw from my father and they’re older and will need the blades replaced. Thanks.
Any tips in disposing old blades? How to throw away or recycle without injuring anyone?
Thank you very much for making it easier for me to change these blades.
Useful video!
What I like about your videos is that you always cover how to do the task SAFELY!! I have watched other videos and I see guys pushing wood through table saws with no guards, push sticks, or hold down blocks, and it makes me nuts. A disaster waiting to happen when the right newbie imitates the “Pros”.
Can you explain how you know the blade is blunt or needs changing?
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Awesome!!! Thank you!!! 👍😎✌
Excellent overview on both tools – I just recently replaced the blades on my miter and table saws. The one thing to remember about the table saw is don’t drop the nut! Also, make sure that you clean any surfaces from any dust that might prevent a flush connection.
Great video
Very helpful video! I’d love to see a follow up where you talk about adjustments or what to do if the miter saw isn’t cutting straight after a blade replacement.
Anything that can be done with old blades? Can they be sharpened?
it would be nice if you ever answered these people’s valid questions!
Great tutorial! Thank you.
Thank you for this, very helpful for a relative newbie with this type power tools.
Question I have is what do you do with the old blades? Do you sharpen and reuse or just toss and replace?
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What about The “Cull wood” video, overwhelmingly people thought it was BS.
very clear and neat how to change the saw blade, maybe after this I should take the time to replace my saw
Thanks for this video. I have a Craftsman miter saw that my Grandma bought me about 30 years ago that I’ve never put a blade in. Yeah I said that correct, just never had the room or desire till now, but this helps me a lot.
Thanks!
I’d love to hear when you think it would be appropriate to change blades, and if there’s anything that can be done to extend saw blade life.
These "how to" videos are always a good idea and help many people out. Thanks for putting this one together.
Something to think about; The world of knife making, folks
use old worn saw blades to make knives, hatchets, ect.
Literally any steel tool, blade, chain, ect can be forged into
a blade/hatchet/tool….I don’t know if these are sold, or
pulled out of a garbage……?
Thanks, I’m ready to change my 10" table saw blade.
Thanks for always keeping it simple and straight to the point 👌
I’m starting not to like you, you don’t answer questions
caulking tubs and sinks , can you do a video showing some does and don’ts , especially the tub , and how to do it quick and proper without having to wait two days to take your next shower , , , i have this task to do immediately .
Probably should mention: be sure to get a blade with a thickness that matches your riving knife. In my case Diablo blades don’t work with a Dewalt DWE-7485. My guess is dewalt did that on purpose so you can only use their blades!
Helpful
Thank you, nice to know the proper way to do these tasks
Doing some wood work at my cottage so I may change my blade. Thanks for the tips. I do have the Owner’s Manual & will review it.
Safety Tip:
in todays day and age of cordless miter/table saws….removing the battery is the equivalent of "unplugging the saw"…
Honestly, I like how you are straight to the point in this video. For tips/advice like this, to the point is how it has to be. Before I watched your video just now, I watched a couple others, and skipped them, because the host went right into lengthly life stories or other extra non sense.
I just need the facts, no extra BS.
I am new at this, and want to learn from actual craftsman, like YOU. Thank you for making this video.
I’d like to know how to change a circle saw blade. A friend of my brother’s, before he died, flipped mine so it cuts upward. He used to do woodworking and said there was less tear out on plywood that way, but it weirds me out.
Do you have to apply any oil to the blade to make it rotate smooth?
Great job
4:00 but the problem is you can’t get it to but right away 😂😉
Learned the hard way: When buying make sure the arbor size of the blade matches the tool.
Just changed my table saw blade in preparation for a project in our new house. Found the supplied wrenches didn’t make the move with us. 🤦🏻♂️ Held the arbor nut in place with a combo wrench and pushed against the blade with a length of 2×2. Came loose easily.
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Great video! Do you need to apply lubrication also before tightening it again?
Any suggestions on alignment while changing the blade? Thanks for the vid.
Good video, Ethan. Thanks for making this.
Great info.
Very helpful thanks 🙂
I would like to ask, why do you use general purpose/combination blades and not just blades specifically made for wood? Is there some catch to it? I’m thinking of buying one so any tip would help immensely. Im scared of buying the "wrong" blade since im on a budget.
Liked the video, thanks! Was going to change my 10inch mitersaw blade that was giving to me. Do you recommend a 40 tooth or a 60 tooth?
Yes, extremely helpful.Excellent job of explaining everything that you do.
You can’t reinforce enough that the mitre saw nut/bolt undoes in the direction the blade turns – i.e. ITS REVERSE THREADED. Clockwise to loosen, Anti-clockwise to tighten. I didn’t realise this the first time I changed the blade on my Evolution Rage mitre saw and ended up having to angle grinder off what I thought was a stuck nut. It wasn’t, I was turning it the wrong way ! The blade lock on the evolution is not very good, I have to jam a screwdriver in to hold the blade from turning, I like your tip of using a block of wood