Quickly and safely condense your blades for convenient storage. After removing the clip or masking tape, hold one outside blade coil in each hand with the teeth pointed away from you, and slowly spread them apart. Extend your arms away from your body and spread your hands apart as you continue to uncoil the blade.
Set blade on the floor and step on it (don’t grind the blade into the floor which could dull the teeth0. Rotate hand counter-clockwise while pushing down on the blade. The blade will coil into a manageable-but still somewhat dangerous-coil.
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The best way to store a band saw blade is in a coil, the way it came from the factory. Speaker 1: The safest way to store bandsaw blades is in a coil. Learning how to coil your bandsaw blade isn’t difficult, it just requires a little bit of practice, some heavy gloves and some safety glasses.
I must admit, when I know someone is watching that hasn’t seen me fold up a bandsaw blade before, I do it extra fast and super snappy to make it seem even more dazzling. I learned how to coil a bandsaw blade like this pre-YouTube and over the phone from the kids at Wood-Mizer, who supply and sharpen my blades. From there, whip the portion of the blade furthest from you towards the ground and just as the blade nears the ground give it a quick jerk up, with a snap.
Put the lower end of the blade loop on a piece of scrap wood to protect the teeth and step down on the blade just hard enough to retain it. Along with the obvious need for gloves, long sleeves, long pants and full shoes, respecting the tempor arily restrained power of a coiled bandsaw blade is important. Take your time, wear good protection and pay attention! Coiling bandsaw blades will never be a problem for you again.