I love that there wasn't any unnecessary talking like other youtubers. Straight to the point

A 'How to..." video that starts explaining how to do the thing at 0:00? AMAZING!

IDK why I watched 6 minutes of a blade change, but I just like listening to you explain things :)

Years ago I bought my first carpentry power tool. I believe I was about 16 or 17. I still have that same Makita circular saw I would be lost without it!! I'm now 40 and I can still hear the man who sold me the saw to this day. All he said was remember to have a sharp blade in that saw at all times and let the tool do the cutting your arm and your sanity will thank you!! I have always remembered that and to this day I have atleast 3 marathon blades in the bad at all times. By the way I'm a huge fan of your videos. The knowledge you are sharing is absolutely priceless. Keep em coming!!

It takes a fresh blade to fully understand how miserable your old blade really is.

Been framing for about 3 months now, and you are the reason I've found such a great career at a young age. There is so much insight you imparted and I have yet to replace the blade on my saw. Thank God you uploaded this when you did because I'm going to need to soon and I would rather you explain it to me than my coworkers. You are incredible. God bless you always.

A good way to tell which way to loosen or tighten the bolt. To loosen the bolt, twist with the direction of the teeth, and to tighten, twist against the teeth. I work in a shop with several saws that some are left twist and some are right twist. I stopped trying to figure out which was which and just started looking at the direction of the blade.

with over 20 yrs of wood working I still take the time to listen to others advice. sometimes I have learned the hard way, but I love seeing it in a different light!

I can't believe I have my Diablo blade backwards since I changed it getting ready for hurricane Willma in like 2009 or so. I just thought it was the blade not cutting well. It just seemed like the advertised side of the blade should face the outside. It now cuts very well. To think I almost didn't watch this video,how hard is it to change a blade. Love your tips and tricks. They have been very helpful.

"Get back to work!" He's onto me!

This guy can make anything interesting!

I hate to admit it, but I needed this. I'm here to learn. Thanks.

I tell my guys "don't tighten it stupid tight". That gets a smile out of them and they remember.

A punch, a hammer, and a pair of pliers to rest the blade on, and I have a new Irwin saw blade with a diamond shaped arbor hole. Perfectly explained and demonstrated with no wasted time. Wouldn't have known the diamond template was on that blade until I saw this video. Made me go out to the shop and look. Thanks.

Thank you so much it sounds bad but I've spent two hours trying to get a plate on (never used one before) haven't ever been so frustrated. Thanks so much for the help I feel less depressed now

I'll watch anything you upload. It is all quality, and even if I know the subject matter well, you may have a small insight that could help me out, and keep my safe. Thanks!

"Lefty Lockie - Righty Releasee"

I noticed at about the 3:39 mark you started to use the open end wrench "backwards" then rotated it so it was situated properly. A lot of folks don't know that there is a proper way to use an open end wrench. Using one backwards increases the chance of slippage and rounding the bolt. Good catch but you might mention it for these who don't know.

the video i watched right before this one (i have been trying to find the blade lock on my late great grandfather's saw, exactly like the one in the video) and that guy said whichever side of the blade has the logo and writing or whatever, that'd be the side that faces out every time. so glad i actually watched your video right after that because, for one, same saw, and two, you corrected a lot of things he said in his video. im sure that dude was accurate for his saw, as he went through and demonstrated his blade change in his video. but he also didn't have the same kind of saw and so couldn't show me where the blade lock was. another site before this video was a forum where someone said they didn't even have a blade lock!!! thank you for the clear, concise information you have no idea how much you've helped me (an artist/musician, not a carpenter) this evening.

Thank you for the straight forward instructional video, it’s honestly rarely found these days!

Thank you, nicely done! I knew I did something wrong when I went to cut and the wood chipped first thing. Even though I took a video and asked a couple people... they all told me the logo should be pointed outwards. They were All wrong. There are a lot of videos on how to use a saw. However if you don’t have the blade in correctly there is no reason to move forward...

This is how you start a YT video! These days, I get a little annoyed with people who promise to show you a topic only to start with an attempt at a funny greeting followed by 5 minutes of rambling and topped of with an unrelated story. This video asks a question in the title and starts answering it in the first second! I LOVE your channel!!! Greetings from Croatia, Europe.

Not gonna lie,the advertising on the blade I used facing up allowing blade to slip.thanks to your video facing down cuts like butter 😆 BIG THANKS.

Make sure you watch this man’s other videos. He is a superstar!

Thank you, sir! I had never done this before. Your video guided me through it successfully.

I was dietitian w/ a college degree and a vet. I quit my "career" and went back to framing multi-dollar houses here in Tucson. I like to see what we built at the end of the day. It was great as an army combat medic in the sandbox but after the day is done I don't have to deal with bitchy nurses, protocols or the AMA. I like your direct instructions and the helpful pointers. It's always the small things you remind us about. Thanks mr. Max Anderson.

Was gonna say that if you don't know how to change the blade you probably shouldn't be using one. But looking through the comments apparently this actually was needed. Good job!

So glad good folk like this share their knowledge. I bought a Skil saw, but the instruction manual does not say a thing about having to remove the knockout. In fact, the manual does not even give instructions on how to turn on the saw, how to engage the safety, nothing! I called Skil customer service, because the blade would not spin after I had installed it, incorrectly, obviously, and the rep did not know what I should do. She put me on hold for a few minutes and when she came back on, she did not have any knowledge to share. Nope. She just suggested I go on KZfaq and find this guy's instruction video. For what it's worth, I can't, with all my might, remove the knockout. Looks like I'll be going back to Ace for some more friendly help.

Thank you I was looking to make sure my changing from a standard wood cutting blade to a diamond blade and you have helped me feel more confident as to which direction and side of the blade in view. Some yt idiot put a diamond blade on wrong so had me doubting and I am glad I found you ! Appreciate your no BS straight forward clear style.

Love this video! Very helpful. And the little humor in the video is much appreciated😂!

AHAHA i just had an ad where it was an app game where the character is supposed to dodge... you guessed it, spinning skilsaw blades! all on a skilsaw blade change video!

Thank you i havent changed a saw blade in awhile and didnt know if i needed to do the knockout

I love how your videos jump straight to the point. Great video!

Production Skilsaws are left hand saws. I get in discussions about this all the time....that's why the printing on the blades is deceptive....great video.

You are the only one that has shown how to properly load a blade. That is how my UBC teachers taught us to do. IT WORKS! I have had a blade jam on me twice in my life, and twice the blade stopped turning while the saw kept turning the arbor. NO KICKBACK!! 👍👍👍👍

Years ago I had a AHole Dept. Head mocked me once when he found my saw with the $5 blade backwards at a retail store build jobsite. The Co. CEO and some local TV Reporter was within ear shot and looked over. I had just pulled my saw out to cut some display case slider doors. I looked the DH in the eyes, gave him the "watch and learn" look, kicked my $5 blade into action and cut the acrylic slider door panels to fit this custom case smooth as butter. Killed my saw and said "Ya know them German $90 special plastic cutting blades you been buying all the time and everyone else destroys cutting other things with to the tune of $2400 a month you complain about every week...." . End of the 2nd week "Payroll" calls me, my direct deposit got messed up and someone will drop a check by later today, I'm thinking the DH might have canned me. It's Friday almost 10pm my "messed up" check replacement shows up at my front door in the hands of the CEO with 2200 employees under him, he just got out of his office and apologized for the time of night, I'm shocked he's delivering it. He introduces himself, I acknowledge I know who he is from the Co. brochures and TV coverage I've seen of him. Says he's sorry for the DH's attitude during that build and that I showed him a thing or two. Then stares at me in the face a good 30 seconds without a word and finally says "You don't remember me do you?" I'm a bit confused now. "You remember a guy in a suit and lady in a white dress caught in a blinding rainstorm without an umbrella or rain coats a couple years ago just across the street (pointing) hiding under that eaves of that house and you ran out with an umbrella and said "Here take this, an elderly lady gave it to me when I was in the same situation at a bus stop and asked I pass it along someday, and please do the same", that was me and my wife. We never forgot what you did, you just appeared out of nowhere and vanished into the your house in your soaking clothes. We passed the umbrella along like you asked." He hands me my check, "Better open it to make sure it's correct." He says. I open it up and see there's a slight pay raise, 102% pay raise to be exact, "This check isn't mine" I tell him. "Sure it is, that's your name right? You're the new Dept Head. Come by Corporate Monday, we have a new Co. car for you too".

Every circular saw I’ve ever operated or owned I’ve installed the blade face up. In comes the Milwaukee wormdrive style saw. I throw the blade on face up and start ripping into an old deck and smoke begins flying everywhere. At first I thought it was coming from the saw, so I thought I had a dud, but then I realized the tarnish on the carbide teeth of the new blade. I flipped the blade over, and it worked like a dream! Yeah, I’m a novice when it comes to the wormdrive style rear handle saws. I wish I’d watched this video first. LOL

Thank you for all the instructional videos. You are a well-spoken, easy to understand man.

Used my saw for the first time ever yesterday. Didn't know about the knockout until my blade wouldn't work. I was like, hum, why did a triangle break out? Then noticed the new blade had a little diagram on it. Now I know! Thank you for showing that.

bout time a real person that knows. printing on my blade from manufacturing was opposite the rotation.thought i had the wrong blade..thanks for the easy explanation.

This video saved me. I was trying to to attach a hacksaw blade to my circular saw.

Great to have a mentor like you to teach me many tricks i never knew when I thought I already knew...haha. Thanks so much.

You explained it better than the instructions did👍🏽

I like that slab table top!

Wet food video I was having a problem putting in the new blade. This video was very helpful and did not add any BS.

Been using a skilsaw for years...did not know there were knock-outs.

I have to admit I am a little bit disappointed that we need an instructional video like this. How to change a circular saw blade should not even be a thing. Really. A very well done video. Thanks for what you do.

Ty Sir! I’m just a girl trying to learn how to use power tools! If I want something done I have to,do it myself 😊

Thank you, the knock out info helped. I wasn't sure if it needed to go. Common sense said get it out, but your video reaffirmed my assumption.

Thx ive never had to change a blade before this was super helpful

how does the blade slip with a diamond arbor?

I thought I knew how to do that, but once again I learned something new. I really love this channel.

I can't believe I just spent almost 7 minutes watching a video on how to do something I've probably done a thousand times. I must really like this channel :-) ironically just yesterday for the first time in 20 years I nipped my left ring finger with my saw being careless. Nothing bad. Nothing that a torn off corner of shop towel and some electrical tape didn't fix. I got real lucky though. Real lucky. Apparently after 20 years of building a person can get careless

Thank you sir! I honestly was about to put the blade on facing the wrong direction!

Didn't think I needed a 6 minute blade change video, but still learned some!

normaly the nut comes loose in the direction of the sawteeth. Helped me as a rule of thumb in my apprenticeship as a carpener back in the old days :)

Thank you sir! I didn't know about the blade lock or the reverse threaded screw. Your video here is incredibly helpful!

Excellent detail my friend I like the way you explain the left hand thread and walk through it- I had a discussion with several Shop people today about auger rotation

I enjoy your channel or should I say informative video clips. Thank you for enhancing my skills and making my customer happier!

I need a new blade myself. THX for the not to tight in this faced paced world. Keep up the great videos!

This video answered every question I had about my skillsaw worm drive. Thanks!

Thank you straight to the point

Awesome video straight to the point

Ha! The first time I put the blade on any of my saws I took a Sharpie and drew arrows right on the saw itself for which way is tightening and which way is loosening. I see a simpler method in the comments below, simply loosen in the direction of the teeth of the blade. Makes sense now. Thanks.

I'm absorbing all this skill saw information, thank-you, very much.

I have recently begun experimenting with woodwork with some projects in mind. Thank you for the advice; What I thought was relatively simple actually requires technique if you want to optimize effectiveness.

there are few things in life as good as a new saw blade

Thanks for the video! I really learned quite a bit. Now I'll make sure to change the blade correctly. Appreciate your time. It's never wasted on videos like this. A lot of us newbies need these videos! :)

Yeah I've been using a skill saw since probably I was 12 or 13 years old I've changed God how many blades but sir I like the way you explain it wish I had your down to earth hard working man charisma

Would you be my Dad? 😂 Man I’ve learned so much from your videos!!! They are my go to when I need help!!!!!!!

This helped me so much thanks.

Thank you, I thought I was going crazy. I purchased a brand new Diablo 71/4 24 tooth blade. First we know that the threads are reverse threaded and that the teeth have to point in the direction the motor turns. I went to put it on and thought my old age was catching up with me. Am I just stupid, I thought. Why is the printing on the back side of the blade? Maybe it's just Diablo that is stupid. I watched about three KZfaqs on changing a circular saw blade. They all showed the blade with printing on the correct side. I had my wife come in and watch them with me, She came to the same conclusion, the printing is on the wrong side of the blade. I did an internet search " why is my Diablo blade's printing on the wrong side of the blade" No results for that search. I looked at KZfaq again and found you putting it on with the printing on the reverse side. Thank you Diablo is stupid, and I loose an hour of my day trying to figure this out. Thanks again

I've been using the same damn skil saw since the 80s. Thing just never quits lol

Here is another tip for your saw missing only a couple teeth. Keep it for when you remodel and are cutting into something like old floor boards where there are bound to be nails. If you put on a brand new blade, mr Murphy will show up and insure there are hidden nails in your cut line.

Thank you. Exactly what I needed to see before messing with my new saw.

You are making me smarter. Thank you.

I bought two worm drive saws from the 70s, one craftsman and one skil, from two different flea markets and both had the blades on backwards! I paid $15 each. There are plenty of people out there who are clueless about work drive saws, especially here on the east coast where these saws are rare.

I had a older skil saw 77 in my shed ,as I bought a newer one if different brand years an years ago ,an it fail ,so I went in grabbed my skil 77 an I replaced the old cord ,new blade an it's like new ,you just can't beat those worm drive ,heavy duty bearing saws . They really do last forever.

I helped the owner/operator of a mechanical tree faller install a new blade on his Hotsaw Circular Saw Head. I asked him if the blade was going on the correct direction and he said yes. Needless to say the bolt heads didn't form a chip nearly as good as the cutting teeth lol.

Thanks for the video!

LEATHERMAN!!!! GREAT VIDEO IDEA!!! I Love Mine!!!

Do a video on the Leatherman!

Hey, this is exactly the video I needed to find. Signed, a newb who thought the Diablo blade had the lettering outside!

Super helpful! thanks!

This dude is amazing. I wish he was my Uncle!

Awesome detail.

Thanks for timing the joke about the regressive society just as I took a drink... now I need a clean shirt :P

Helpful, thank you!

Thanks Scott

Thanks. Exactly what i want.

Every mistake he pointed out, I made along the way. Thank you for this tutorial :)

the end of a spud wrench, or any centering type tool capable of a filling a 5/8" arbor to rock the dimond knockout on its long axis removes them effortlessly. I use the spud wrench since it is also what I use to tighten the bolt. good point about not overtightening. only needs to be tight enough that normal feed won't stall the blade.

Surprisingly interesting! Perhaps for your next video you could explain when and how to use the different types of blades (60-tooth, etc.).

thank you ... really you save my day....

Just a thought for a related video ... Can you explain scenarios / tasks for which you would use blades with different tooth counts? And which do you prefer / use in general (assuming you don't constantly swap blades or saws)? As always, thanks for the excellent content and great explanation!

The blade retention nut will always loosen when turned in the direction that the blade turns when the saw is running. There's a German rhyme for that: "So wie ich lauf', so geh ich auf", translates as "The way I run, the way I open",

I just bought a new blade for my dads skill saw Im borrowing... actually bought the same diablo blade and wondered what the cut out was for... boy am I glad I clicked on this video and waited to change the blade.

This guy can make putting keys on a key ring interesting.

I didn't know that but the craftsman cordless saw ( paired it with craftsman blade) used it for the first time ( never put a blade in before or had it explained ) and I got it the first time

This is how I would have hoped my dad could have taught me things growing up. Yelling and pointing and disappoint is all I got. My funniest memory is out in the garage as a youngster. Dad asked me if I wanted to learn to cut a finish board with a hand saw. Nervously I made the marks with my dad's help. Got the saw started and was getting close to the end. He stopped me and asked..."what do you think we do now". I thought for a moment....raised my foot and stamped on the end only to splinter the final 1/2". I got a good smack and that ended my helping out for the day. LOL