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.
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.
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One of those things that you keep forgetting how to do, because you don’t do it that often. Set blade on the floor and step on it (don’t grind the blade into the floor which could dull the teeth0. Rotate hand clockwise and grab the top of the blade. Rotate hand counter-clockwise while pushing down on the blade. The blade will coil into a manageable-but still somewhat dangerous-coil. This tip was extracted from one of Matt Jackson’s Next Level Carpentry videos about cutting push sticks for table saws. Matt is a contributing editor to ProTradeCraft, an avid YouTuber, and a Master carpenter who works in and around Rapid City, South Dakota.
how to coil band saw blades Related Question:
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.
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 do I get my bandsaw to 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.
What causes bandsaw blade drift?
Drift is cause because the blade buckles under the load. You can see that by stretching a ribbon between 2 points and applying a pressure to one of the edges, it will turn sideway easily. A sharp blade and high blade speed will help a lot with that.