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Thanks Beeg, that will help.

That's exactly my worry, Ed. I'm hoping some Loctite will do the trick. It's supposed to hold up to vibration.

Thanks to all who responded! Great information! I went back and took a good look at the arbor and set screw and discovered the screw was broken in half. I think that's why it was not locking down on the shaft like it should've. Got a new set screw and some blue Loctite, hopefully this problem will ...

I've got a scary situation going on! I've recently ordered the parts to use my old Model 500 for some overhead routing. The problem is when using the table saw, the arbor set screw keeps coming loose, obviously screwing up my cuts. If this is due to vibration, what is running at 9500-10,000 rpm as ...