On Wed, 18 May 2005 00:49:30 +0100, Andy Dingley <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Tue, 17 May 2005 10:03:43 -0700, mac davis
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>WEAR GLOVES
>
>I can live without the gloves, it's my _nose_ that I worry about !
>
>
>(OK, so I could lose a bit off the end and not notice. But I'd notice)
well, you can work in the shop with a bandaged nose, Andy.. harder to work with
your hands all wrapped in gauze.. *g*
I noticed when washing up last night that I had a slight abrasion on my arm...
matches a 3 TPI blade, so I must of just lightly brushed the (NOT MOVING) blade
when I swept off the table...
mac
Please remove splinters before emailing
on 5/17/2005 8:09 AM Never Enough Money said the following:
> Thanks, I'll try that this evening. Now I suppose my question has
> morphed into how to store coiled bandsaw blades. Perhaps, a box with
> divideders in it. Dividers could be quarter inch hardboard......
You can do all sorts of fancy things with them but why? The tips given
here are, for the most part, from guys who've been doing this for years
and you see suggestions like "toss it on the floor to open," "step on
the blade with one foot and twist with your hand."
You coil the blade, secure it with the pipe cleaners or anything else
you choose or have handy, and lay it in a drawer. Compared to either
uncoiling it or re-coiling it according to the magazine article, just
laying in the drawer or cabinet carefully is not apt to cause a problem
with it.
Robert Bonomi wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> Never Enough Money <[email protected]> wrote:
> >I know coiling the bandsaw blades is a lot more compact for storage.
> >But I don't want that.
> >
> >I want to store mine uncoiled.
> >
> >Does anybody have any clever ways of doing that other than a peg or
> >nail to hang them on? I want a method that prevents the blades from
> >touching each other.
>
> overhead hooks?
>
> Steal the Jolly Grean Giant's tie rack?
Heh. I wonder why he doesn't want to coil them. Much simpler, neater,
less of a space eater. My bandsaw takes 133" blades, which makes quite
a loop. And when they're floating about like that, the slightest bump
makes them move into each other. Much simpler to coil them. Otherwise,
I'd hang pieces of 4" PVC about 6" long horizontally and put no more
than three blades on each piece. I think currently I've got 15 or 16
blades, though. Not handy.
Unquestionably Confused wrote:
> Never Enough Money wrote:
> > Ok, ok, ok, lighten up. I'll coil the stupid things. I just got my
> > bandsaw and coiling seems difficult, and it seems like I'd
constantly
> > be damaging the teeth.
>
> No, I understand that. It's really pretty easy to do.
>
> I'll try to recall the exact directions for coiling the blades that I
> read years ago in a magazine article or maybe a book.
>
> First - Stop at Walgreen's or some tobacco store and buy one package
(a
> lifetime supply) of pipe cleaners. Handy in the shop anyway but they
> are great to keep the blades coiled in storage - easy on, easy off
and
> reuseable.
>
> Second - Hold the blade out in front of you, uncoiled, with the teeth
> pointing away from you. You should be grasping it around the middle
of
> the loop.
>
> Third - Twist both hands in opposite directions at the same time.
This
> will cause the blade to coil itself. The coils should be even but if
> not, just loosen your grip and they will be. Tie off with two pipe
> cleaners and lay them in a drawer or hang them on a hook.
>
> If my directions are a bit off, just keep trying variations on it in
the
> way you twist the blade, hold it. It works like a charm. One of
those
> things that once you do it, it becomes second nature and you won't
even
> give it a thought.
Another way (and because I take Coumadin--blood thinner--I prefer to
wear gloves when working with blades of any kind): teeth facing out,
grip the top with the palm facing up. Place a foot on the lower part of
the coil and gently press against the floor. Twist the hand holding the
blade and push down gently. I use my left hand and twist to my right.
Tie off. I use shorts off #14 wire to tie it off, but pipe cleaners
also work well.
Toss on the floor to open, but use caution. I once tossed one and it
hung on my thumbnail as it left my hand. That's the primary reason I
now wear gloves.
In article <[email protected]>,
Never Enough Money <[email protected]> wrote:
>I know coiling the bandsaw blades is a lot more compact for storage.
>But I don't want that.
>
>I want to store mine uncoiled.
>
>Does anybody have any clever ways of doing that other than a peg or
>nail to hang them on? I want a method that prevents the blades from
>touching each other.
overhead hooks?
Steal the Jolly Grean Giant's tie rack?
"Pat Barber" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
http://woodmagazine.com/wood/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/wood/story/da
ta/449.xml
>
Interesting. That's not the way I do it though. I was taught a two handed
grip and twist. I guess the result is the same. Someone should do a short
video clip. It would be worth at least 1000 words.
--
********
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http://www.billpounds.com
"Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:BMmie.6324$_f7.2790@trndny01...
>
> "Never Enough Money" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
snip
> To release them, I just toss it on the floor
> away from me.
>
>
I must add that I disagree with those who give the bands a toss to unwrap.
That is a good way to, in descending order of import, 1) get hurt 2) hurt
others 3) hurt shopdog 4) damage machinery 5) damage the band teeth. Better
to wear heavy gloves and carefully unwrap the band.
--
********
Bill Pounds
http://www.billpounds.com
"Pounds on Wood" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> Interesting. That's not the way I do it though. I was taught a two
> handed
> grip and twist. I guess the result is the same. Someone should do a
> short
> video clip. It would be worth at least 1000 words.
>
It has been done. I may even have it on my hard drive at home and if I do
I'll post it. It may have been FWW magazine. Sure does look easy when you
see it done in front of you. .
"Never Enough Money" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I know coiling the bandsaw blades is a lot more compact for storage.
> But I don't want that.
>
> I want to store mine uncoiled.
>
> Does anybody have any clever ways of doing that other than a peg or
> nail to hang them on? I want a method that prevents the blades from
> touching each other.
>
Lots of bicycle rims? Pegs seem a kinky way of doing it.
I suppose a few minutes with a circle-cutting jig and some plywood could
produce a batch of arcs in 3/4 stock, and a batch in 1/4 to tack as rims.
Hope you've got a lot of wall space, and oil those puppies when you take 'em
off.
Fortunately, this forum has many immoderate moderators. Some threads
generate a hell of a lot more heat than light.
As the language cop in this thread, I would like to point out the redundancy
in the first sentence.
Now I'll post this on the bottom just to piss of _those_ folks.
"Fly-by-Night CC" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Robatoy, some uninitiated neophyte might take your comment and have a
> very dangerous situation on his hands - or might even lose his hands
> altogether. You should be ashamed of yourself for suggesting such a
> thing in an unmoderated public forum.
> --
Fortunately, this forum has many immoderate moderators. Some threads
generate a hell of a lot more heat than light.
As the language cop in this thread, I would like to point out the redundancy
in the first sentence.
Now I'll post this on top just to piss of _those_ folks.
Robatoy wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> B a r r y <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>Robatoy wrote:
>>
>>>In article <[email protected]>,
>>> B a r r y <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Robatoy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>...or maybe fit two blades on one saw?
>>>>
>>>>If the blades were installed in opposite directions, the motor had a
>>>>reversing switch, and the table were double sided, the user could have
>>>>two instant setups simply by reversing the blade travel direction.
>>>>
>>>>Ralph Engerman's got nuttin' on me!
>>>>
>>>>Barry
>>>
>>>
>>>You wouldn't have to reverse the direction. Just feed the work from
>>>behind.
>>>2 Blades would mess with the turning radius though. But if you added 15
>>>mA of non-lethal current, you could make it work.
>>
>>I was thinking "direction" as up and down.
>>
>>Now you've got me thinking (4) blades! Two up, two down, facing in
>>opposite directions.
>>
>>Storage problem SOLVED!
>>
>>Barry
>
>
> Would it be much of a stretch to weld on a horizontal band-saw, like
> those metal cutting ones? 2 blades on one of those. Now you have a
> machine that can turn an entire human into freedom fries.
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rot13 [email protected] to reply
I have a 1X2 upside-down J hung on a 2X4 in the unfinished garage
ceiling with 1/4" dowels out of both sides for coiled blades. Hung
above the bandsaw nacherly.
On 17 May 2005 06:09:05 -0700, "Never Enough Money"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Thanks, I'll try that this evening. Now I suppose my question has
>morphed into how to store coiled bandsaw blades. Perhaps, a box with
>divideders in it. Dividers could be quarter inch hardboard......
On Wed, 18 May 2005 19:51:26 +0100, Andy Dingley <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Wed, 18 May 2005 08:23:50 -0700, mac davis
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>well, you can work in the shop with a bandaged nose, Andy.. harder to work with
>>your hands all wrapped in gauze.. *g*
>
>8-( I've already got an ear hanging off at present. I look like Van
>Gogh in his alcoholic tramp period.
Still better than the hands, Andy...
with both hands bandaged, you really find out who your friends are, especially
when you have to pee.. DAMKIKT
mac
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On Sun, 22 May 2005 03:22:26 GMT, "CW" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Coiling is quite easy once you learn how. The put your foot on it method
>should be avoided as far as I'm concerned.
Why ?
I put my foot on it because that's the body part furthest from my face.
"Never Enough Money" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Thanks, I'll try that this evening. Now I suppose my question has
> morphed into how to store coiled bandsaw blades. Perhaps, a box with
> divideders in it. Dividers could be quarter inch hardboard......
>
That will work. You can make a series of slide outs, you can use vertical
dividers like on a desk, you can put them back in the box they came it (at
least for a while 'til they get ragged) I hang mine on a screw in the wall.
I do coil them, but if it is going right back on, I sometimes don't.
Once you've coiled them a few times it is very easily done. Intimidating
the fist two or three times. To release them, I just toss it on the floor
away from me.
Robatoy wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> B a r r y <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>Robatoy wrote:
>>
>>>In article <[email protected]>,
>>> B a r r y <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Robatoy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>...or maybe fit two blades on one saw?
>>>>
>>>>If the blades were installed in opposite directions, the motor had a
>>>>reversing switch, and the table were double sided, the user could have
>>>>two instant setups simply by reversing the blade travel direction.
>>>>
>>>>Ralph Engerman's got nuttin' on me!
>>>>
>>>>Barry
>>>
>>>
>>>You wouldn't have to reverse the direction. Just feed the work from
>>>behind.
>>>2 Blades would mess with the turning radius though. But if you added 15
>>>mA of non-lethal current, you could make it work.
>>
>>I was thinking "direction" as up and down.
>>
>>Now you've got me thinking (4) blades! Two up, two down, facing in
>>opposite directions.
>>
>>Storage problem SOLVED!
>>
>>Barry
>
>
> Would it be much of a stretch to weld on a horizontal band-saw, like
> those metal cutting ones? 2 blades on one of those. Now you have a
> machine that can turn an entire human into freedom fries.
Hmmm... Protoplasm tenons...
Individual zip-lock bags. :)
"Never Enough Money" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I know coiling the bandsaw blades is a lot more compact for storage.
> But I don't want that.
>
> I want to store mine uncoiled.
>
> Does anybody have any clever ways of doing that other than a peg or
> nail to hang them on? I want a method that prevents the blades from
> touching each other.
>
Coiling is quite easy once you learn how. The put your foot on it method
should be avoided as far as I'm concerned.
"Never Enough Money" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Ok, ok, ok, lighten up. I'll coil the stupid things. I just got my
> bandsaw and coiling seems difficult, and it seems like I'd constantly
> be damaging the teeth.
>
"Never Enough Money" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I know coiling the bandsaw blades is a lot more compact for storage.
> But I don't want that.
>
> I want to store mine uncoiled.
>
> Does anybody have any clever ways of doing that other than a peg or
> nail to hang them on? I want a method that prevents the blades from
> touching each other.
>
How about a separate building specifically designed for the propose
"Never Enough Money" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Ok, ok, ok, lighten up. I'll coil the stupid things. I just got my
> bandsaw and coiling seems difficult, and it seems like I'd constantly
> be damaging the teeth.
>
Check out http://www.newwoodworker.com/coilbsblde.html and watch the movie.
I've found that this is much easier than the two hand method.
Don
Never Enough Money wrote:
> I know coiling the bandsaw blades is a lot more compact for storage.
> But I don't want that.
>
> I want to store mine uncoiled.
>
> Does anybody have any clever ways of doing that other than a peg or
> nail to hang them on? I want a method that prevents the blades from
> touching each other.
I'm sorry I don't have a practical suggestion for your storage problem
(other than those which have already been offered) but I have to ask:
"Why not coil them?"
It's easy to do, makes the blade compact for storage (you can lay them
in a drawer, separated by cardboard sheets) and, after all, it's how the
manufacturer ships and stores them.
In article <[email protected]>,
"patrick conroy" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Charlie Self" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> >
> >
> >> Steal the Jolly Grean Giant's tie rack?
> >
> > Heh. I wonder why he doesn't want to coil them. Much simpler, neater,
> > less of a space eater. My bandsaw takes 133" blades, which makes quite
> > a loop. And when they're floating about like that, the slightest bump
> > makes them move into each other. Much simpler to coil them. Otherwise,
>
>
> How about just buying extra bandsaws and storing them install on the saw?
..or maybe fit two blades on one saw? If one held his mouth just right,
one could slice see-through veneers and peel potatoes as well?
Betcha never thought of that, eh?
Don't you just love a creative moment?
Last time I uncoiled a blade it pinned me against the wall. I'm still
there. SWMBO brought me my laptop. Nice of her, eh?
In article <[email protected]>,
B a r r y <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
>
> > ...or maybe fit two blades on one saw?
>
> If the blades were installed in opposite directions, the motor had a
> reversing switch, and the table were double sided, the user could have
> two instant setups simply by reversing the blade travel direction.
>
> Ralph Engerman's got nuttin' on me!
>
> Barry
You wouldn't have to reverse the direction. Just feed the work from
behind.
2 Blades would mess with the turning radius though. But if you added 15
mA of non-lethal current, you could make it work.
In article <[email protected]>,
Andy Dingley <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 18 May 2005 08:23:50 -0700, mac davis
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >well, you can work in the shop with a bandaged nose, Andy.. harder to work
> >with
> >your hands all wrapped in gauze.. *g*
>
> 8-( I've already got an ear hanging off at present. I look like Van
> Gogh in his alcoholic tramp period.
You weren't trying to listen in to the secret language of Piranhas were
you?
In article <[email protected]>,
Fly-by-Night CC <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy, some uninitiated neophyte might take your comment and have a
> very dangerous situation on his hands - or might even lose his hands
> altogether. You should be ashamed of yourself for suggesting such a
> thing in an unmoderated public forum.
Shame on me!
In article <[email protected]>,
B a r r y <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> > B a r r y <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Robatoy wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>...or maybe fit two blades on one saw?
> >>
> >>If the blades were installed in opposite directions, the motor had a
> >>reversing switch, and the table were double sided, the user could have
> >>two instant setups simply by reversing the blade travel direction.
> >>
> >>Ralph Engerman's got nuttin' on me!
> >>
> >>Barry
> >
> >
> > You wouldn't have to reverse the direction. Just feed the work from
> > behind.
> > 2 Blades would mess with the turning radius though. But if you added 15
> > mA of non-lethal current, you could make it work.
>
> I was thinking "direction" as up and down.
>
> Now you've got me thinking (4) blades! Two up, two down, facing in
> opposite directions.
>
> Storage problem SOLVED!
>
> Barry
Would it be much of a stretch to weld on a horizontal band-saw, like
those metal cutting ones? 2 blades on one of those. Now you have a
machine that can turn an entire human into freedom fries.
"Odinn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Robatoy wrote:
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> > B a r r y <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Robatoy wrote:
> >>
> >>>In article <[email protected]>,
> >>> B a r r y <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Robatoy wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>...or maybe fit two blades on one saw?
> >>>>
> >>>>If the blades were installed in opposite directions, the motor had a
> >>>>reversing switch, and the table were double sided, the user could have
> >>>>two instant setups simply by reversing the blade travel direction.
> >>>>
> >>>>Ralph Engerman's got nuttin' on me!
> >>>>
> >>>>Barry
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>You wouldn't have to reverse the direction. Just feed the work from
> >>>behind.
> >>>2 Blades would mess with the turning radius though. But if you added 15
> >>>mA of non-lethal current, you could make it work.
> >>
> >>I was thinking "direction" as up and down.
> >>
> >>Now you've got me thinking (4) blades! Two up, two down, facing in
> >>opposite directions.
> >>
> >>Storage problem SOLVED!
> >>
> >>Barry
> >
> >
> > Would it be much of a stretch to weld on a horizontal band-saw, like
> > those metal cutting ones? 2 blades on one of those. Now you have a
> > machine that can turn an entire human into freedom fries.
>
> Soylent green
>
Nope - the Band SawStop would prevent it - at least it would if they could
ever release it.
On Tue, 17 May 2005 19:20:11 -0700, Lee DeRaud <[email protected]>
wrote:
>"By the time your hand makes three-quarters to one full
>revolution, you've dislocated your shoulder."
The trick is in how you first grab the blade - you have to pre-twist
your wrist in one direction _before_ you grab it. If you just grab uit
straight, then yes you can't get enough twist in.
--
Cats have nine lives, which is why they rarely post to Usenet.
On Tue, 17 May 2005 14:51:40 GMT, Pat Barber
<[email protected]> wrote:
>http://woodmagazine.com/wood/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/wood/story/data/449.xml
Last step reads:
"Simultaneously rotate and lower your hand as you hold the top of the
blade. By the time your hand makes three-quarters to one full
revolution, the blade will have popped into three coils."
Ok, obviously there's something I'm misreading in that description,
even with the pictures, because for this rapidly-aging reader, that
translates to: "By the time your hand makes three-quarters to one full
revolution, you've dislocated your shoulder."
Lee
Never Enough Money wrote:
> Ok, ok, ok, lighten up. I'll coil the stupid things. I just got my
> bandsaw and coiling seems difficult, and it seems like I'd constantly
> be damaging the teeth.
No, I understand that. It's really pretty easy to do.
I'll try to recall the exact directions for coiling the blades that I
read years ago in a magazine article or maybe a book.
First - Stop at Walgreen's or some tobacco store and buy one package (a
lifetime supply) of pipe cleaners. Handy in the shop anyway but they
are great to keep the blades coiled in storage - easy on, easy off and
reuseable.
Second - Hold the blade out in front of you, uncoiled, with the teeth
pointing away from you. You should be grasping it around the middle of
the loop.
Third - Twist both hands in opposite directions at the same time. This
will cause the blade to coil itself. The coils should be even but if
not, just loosen your grip and they will be. Tie off with two pipe
cleaners and lay them in a drawer or hang them on a hook.
If my directions are a bit off, just keep trying variations on it in the
way you twist the blade, hold it. It works like a charm. One of those
things that once you do it, it becomes second nature and you won't even
give it a thought.
On Tue, 17 May 2005 04:43:31 -0000, [email protected] (Robert Bonomi)
wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>,
>Never Enough Money <[email protected]> wrote:
>>I know coiling the bandsaw blades is a lot more compact for storage.
>>But I don't want that.
>>
>>I want to store mine uncoiled.
>>
>>Does anybody have any clever ways of doing that other than a peg or
>>nail to hang them on? I want a method that prevents the blades from
>>touching each other.
>
>overhead hooks?
>
>Steal the Jolly Grean Giant's tie rack?
>
no, his mug tree... lol
mac
Please remove splinters before emailing
On Tue, 17 May 2005 10:03:43 -0700, mac davis
<[email protected]> wrote:
>WEAR GLOVES
I can live without the gloves, it's my _nose_ that I worry about !
(OK, so I could lose a bit off the end and not notice. But I'd notice)
Fine for little blades but when they're big around as you are tall, you want
to get away from them.
"Pounds on Wood" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>
> I must add that I disagree with those who give the bands a toss to unwrap.
> That is a good way to, in descending order of import, 1) get hurt 2) hurt
> others 3) hurt shopdog 4) damage machinery 5) damage the band teeth.
Better
> to wear heavy gloves and carefully unwrap the band.
>
> --
> ********
> Bill Pounds
> http://www.billpounds.com
>
>
On Wed, 18 May 2005 08:23:50 -0700, mac davis
<[email protected]> wrote:
>well, you can work in the shop with a bandaged nose, Andy.. harder to work with
>your hands all wrapped in gauze.. *g*
8-( I've already got an ear hanging off at present. I look like Van
Gogh in his alcoholic tramp period.
Robatoy wrote:
> ...or maybe fit two blades on one saw?
If the blades were installed in opposite directions, the motor had a
reversing switch, and the table were double sided, the user could have
two instant setups simply by reversing the blade travel direction.
Ralph Engerman's got nuttin' on me!
Barry
In article <[email protected]>,
Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> ..or maybe fit two blades on one saw? If one held his mouth just right,
> one could slice see-through veneers and peel potatoes as well?
> Betcha never thought of that, eh?
AND IN ANOTHER THREAD YOU WROTE THE FOLLOWING!?!?
> A few are downright wrong and dangerous.
>
> How does the uninitiated know the difference?
>
> That's right... they don't.
Robatoy, some uninitiated neophyte might take your comment and have a
very dangerous situation on his hands - or might even lose his hands
altogether. You should be ashamed of yourself for suggesting such a
thing in an unmoderated public forum.
--
Owen Lowe
The Fly-by-Night Copper Company
__________
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Lee DeRaud wrote:
> On Tue, 17 May 2005 15:26:02 -0500, Don Wheeler
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>"Never Enough Money" <[email protected]> wrote in
>>news:[email protected]:
>>
>>
>>>Ok, ok, ok, lighten up. I'll coil the stupid things. I just got my
>>>bandsaw and coiling seems difficult, and it seems like I'd constantly
>>>be damaging the teeth.
>>>
>>
>>Check out http://www.newwoodworker.com/coilbsblde.html and watch the movie.
>>I've found that this is much easier than the two hand method.
>
>
> Ok, *that* looks like I might even be able to do it without hurting
> myself. (Some of the descriptions here sounded like you needed to be
> some kind of mutant ninja contortionist.)
That's why they say a picture (or a movie) is worth a thousand words.
Can you imagine the fun we'd have trying to explain just how to tie a
bow tie?<g>
On 17 May 2005 05:48:43 -0700, "Never Enough Money" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Ok, ok, ok, lighten up. I'll coil the stupid things. I just got my
>bandsaw and coiling seems difficult, and it seems like I'd constantly
>be damaging the teeth.
What blade? (80, 93, 105", etc.)
Maybe a multi-layer cabinet like pages in a book, with opposing "hose holder"
thingies the appropriate distance apart?
(- -)
hmm.. try to draw hose holders, get boobs.. damned porn!
mac
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On 17 May 2005 06:09:05 -0700, "Never Enough Money" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Thanks, I'll try that this evening. Now I suppose my question has
>morphed into how to store coiled bandsaw blades. Perhaps, a box with
>divideders in it. Dividers could be quarter inch hardboard......
WEAR GLOVES... learning can be painful, sometimes..
mac
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On Tue, 17 May 2005 13:06:58 -0700, "Pounds on Wood"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I must add that I disagree with those who give the bands a toss to unwrap.
You don't have a Wood-mizer, do you ?
Robatoy wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> B a r r y <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>Robatoy wrote:
>>
>>
>>>...or maybe fit two blades on one saw?
>>
>>If the blades were installed in opposite directions, the motor had a
>>reversing switch, and the table were double sided, the user could have
>>two instant setups simply by reversing the blade travel direction.
>>
>>Ralph Engerman's got nuttin' on me!
>>
>>Barry
>
>
> You wouldn't have to reverse the direction. Just feed the work from
> behind.
> 2 Blades would mess with the turning radius though. But if you added 15
> mA of non-lethal current, you could make it work.
I was thinking "direction" as up and down.
Now you've got me thinking (4) blades! Two up, two down, facing in
opposite directions.
Storage problem SOLVED!
Barry
On Tue, 17 May 2005 15:26:02 -0500, Don Wheeler
<[email protected]> wrote:
>"Never Enough Money" <[email protected]> wrote in
>news:[email protected]:
>
>> Ok, ok, ok, lighten up. I'll coil the stupid things. I just got my
>> bandsaw and coiling seems difficult, and it seems like I'd constantly
>> be damaging the teeth.
>>
>
>Check out http://www.newwoodworker.com/coilbsblde.html and watch the movie.
>I've found that this is much easier than the two hand method.
Ok, *that* looks like I might even be able to do it without hurting
myself. (Some of the descriptions here sounded like you needed to be
some kind of mutant ninja contortionist.)
Lee
In article <[email protected]>, "Vic Baron" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>Nope - the Band SawStop would prevent it - at least it would if they could
>ever release it.
I'm still wondering how they're going to retract the blade.
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"Charlie Self" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>
>
>> Steal the Jolly Grean Giant's tie rack?
>
> Heh. I wonder why he doesn't want to coil them. Much simpler, neater,
> less of a space eater. My bandsaw takes 133" blades, which makes quite
> a loop. And when they're floating about like that, the slightest bump
> makes them move into each other. Much simpler to coil them. Otherwise,
How about just buying extra bandsaws and storing them install on the saw?
Never Enough Money wrote:
> Thanks, I'll try that this evening. Now I suppose my question has
> morphed into how to store coiled bandsaw blades.
Hang them on pegs :)
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