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.
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.
This is our recommended method for folding a bandsaw blade. Put the blade on a level surface with the teeth pointing away from you. 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. Push the blade downwards, compressing the diameter of the loop by about half. Twist the blade by rotating your right hand so it creates 2 loops. Depending on the length of the blade, we will typically fold our blades between 3 and 5 loops. Store your blade for when you are ready to use it again.
how to fold a long 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.