MIMF

Hello,

Have you ever dropped the arbor nut and flange washer down into your table saw? Well here's a little widget that relieves that frustration. It's a piece of springy wire that engages the dimple in the end of the arbor shaft, and catches/carries the nut & washer as you remove/replace them.

(For some reason, the post editor insists on placing the pics upside down in the preview, but if I click on the pic it turns right side up. Hmmm?)

Great idea! Many times I have gotten out the magnet on the end of the telescoping wand for that very purpose.

Oh, the Lady Wife saw me taking the pics for this post, and she suggested that I also show you my precision fence that I'm using to cut lock corner joints for tool drawers (left foreground). It's a folding/parallel wedge design with a 1:4 pitch. It translates a 1/32" displacement in the Y direction (fore/aft) into a 128th" displacement in the X (port/starboard) direction. It's so much easier than nudging the saw's fence a tiny amount, and it's very rigid.