Remove blade removal of blake on 7 inch circular saw Sear model no. 315.11800 . to remove do I turn clock wise or counter clock wise.

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without knowing the model number I can only assume that it is a circular saw and the blade is on the right hand side and then the bolt should be a standard thread. Hold the spindle lock in and turn the bolt counter clockwise to loosen. If other than it would probably be a left hand thread and do just the opposite. Let me know and if so please provide the model number so I can look at a breakdown for the tool.

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This bolt is what called left handed thread so you need to turn it in the oppisite driction as a normal right handed bolt. righty tighty and lefty losey well its rigthty losey. A t this point you need to get this bolt out or the saw it junk you can try slideing something under the bolt something thin and try to get back force on it as you turn the bolt in the correct dericition and see if it will thread out if it dose then you will have to get a left handed tap the size of the bolt hole and retap the hole and also get a new bolt.The tap will cost 30 dollars or so well good luck

Hans Pearson

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• Posted on Jan 24, 2011

SOURCE: cannot tighten blade on old craftsman circular

Is the washer/spacer in the blade too thick and you are perhaps tightening up on that instead of the blade. Also check the threads on the bolt, see if the bolt turns all the way in without the blade in position. It may be jamming up before gripping the blade.

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For any saw blade or grinding wheel, the rule is this. Pushing against the points of the teeth should be the direction that tightens the nut. So you must loosen it in the same direction that the blade spins. For example, if your saw blade is on the right side of your saw, then the blade spins counterclockwise, and the wood pushes against blade clockwise - so you turn it counterclockwise to loosen it (which is in the same direction that the blade spins.). If the blade is on the left side of the saw, you loosen it clockwise. Good luck, Al K