Our readers have shown us several ways of folding bandsaw blades, here’s one of them. Our readers have shown us several ways of folding bandsaw blades. By the time your hand makes three-quarters to one full revolution, the blade will have popped into three coils.
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.
This is our recommended method for folding a bandsaw blade. Hold the bottom of the loop against the floor with your foot and bring you right hand inside the blade and grasp the top of the loop firmly from underneath. Twist the blade by rotating your right hand so it creates 2 loops.
I know how to fold bandsaw blades, like the ones I had on my 14″ bandsaw, but the 201″ blade length on my FB710 makes for a huge diameter coil when I fold it the normal way. The guy at the bandsaw blade shop where I get blades made showed me a way to uncoil them gracefully but I didn’t try it myself in his shop and when I got home and tried it I obviously missed something! With larger blades with more spring power I have to use two hands so I use a different method: hold on either side maybe at 10 and 2-o’clock positions with my foot holding the bottom against the floor and bend the top of the blade towards me and down.
Notice my right hand is turned over, palm facing out, and the palm of my left hand is facing in. Rotate your right hand inward and around until the blade and your hands look like this, both palms facing in. 3) Make one more half rotation of your right hand, then bunch up the three loops so it looks like this.
how fold a bandsaw blade Related Question:
Can you flip a bandsaw blade inside out?
Just turn them inside out, it doesn’t make any difference. The only difference is what side they had up when they welded them. When I get blades from WM, they are ready to go on the mill.
Why won’t my bandsaw cut straight?
Band Saw: Why won’t my band saw cut straight? When the band saw cuts crooked, a dull blade, improper feeding, loose blade tension or not using a work piece guide could be the cause. Use the rip fence or miter gauge to guide the work piece uniformly through the cutting blade to make straight cuts.
Why do bandsaw blades break?
Machine Defects Even the best blades can fail if there is something else wrong with your bandsaw, and even a small misalignment of bearings or guides can put a twist in the blade as it goes around. Resulting in tension being applied in all the wrong ways which will lead to early breakage.
How tight should your bandsaw blade be?
The blade should deflect no more than 1/4 in. A good place to begin is to tension the blade until the meter reads proper tension for the next wider blade. For example, if you’re tensioning a 3/8-in.
What direction should the teeth on a band saw face?
On a typical wood or metal cutting blade the hook or of point of the blade should be pointing down for a vertical blade bandsaw, or for a horizontal blade saw the hook of the teeth should be pointed such that they enter the workpiece first as the blade moves.
Where is the danger zone of the band saw?
The area to the right of the band saw is a danger zone.