> Here's a short description on YouTube that shows one method of folding a
> bandsaw blade.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI1Okb4Vp9Q.
That's about how I do it - for longer blades, I do another twist so
there are actually 5 loops.
I think it's pretty funny that he talks about safety protection and
holds up a face shield, but then while he's coiling the blade, you see
the face shield sitting on the ground beside him. I know you it's
better for the microphone with the shield off, and I think he wore
glasses, but it's interesting nonetheless.
Andy
On May 17, 10:44 am, "Lee Michaels"
<leemichaels*[email protected]> wrote:
> "Joe" <[email protected]> wrote
>
> > The part I would leave out is where he has it coiled and procedues to
> > "work" the coil to be as neat as possible, all the while banging and
> > grinding the teeth against each other and the blade body.
>
> I liked the part where he puts the finished coil into a plastic ziplock bag.
> I had visions of him putting it in the freezer or refigerator. Or into a
> dresser drawer. This guy must be a major neatnik.
>
> You are right. There is no way that the blade would benefit from all that
> manipulation he did after he coiled it. What happened to that old trick of
> just hanging it from a nail?
I like to use those large paperclips bc
On May 16, 3:44 pm, "Toller" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "chips-'n-swarf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...> Here's a short description on YouTube that shows one method of folding a
> > bandsaw blade.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI1Okb4Vp9Q.
>
> > Rod
>
> I have never worn gloves to do it. Have I been damaging my blades?!?!
Well, I have never worn gloves either, but I do now. Last week after
installing my 6" riser, I opened my first Timberwolf 105 Inch, 3 TPI
Reverse Hook, 3/4 Inch blade. Let me tell you, this was an experience.
My old saw was a 12 Incher and the blades were a breeze to work with,
a few minor scratches once in awhile. With this 105? After the first
hoop opened and the figure eight caught both my thumbs and one of my
index fingers in it, I was real lucky my SWMBO was in shouting
distance. The end result was no stitches but about 5 clean punctures
in my hands. If she had not been close, they would have been incesions
and probably required stiches.
I chalked that one up to the "lessons learned" and went and got me a
nice set of leather gloves.
On May 16, 3:36 pm, "chips-'n-swarf" <[email protected]> wrote:
YouTube folding a bandsaw blade
Hey, great one. Thanks for sharing it. I've got one to fold - been
waiting for months.
Any idea how to save that video to one's HD for later use?
> Here's a short description on YouTube that shows one method of folding a
> YouTube folding a bandsaw blade.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI1Okb4Vp9Q.
>
> Rod
"Wayne J." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:lNJ9i.988$NV3.369@pd7urf2no...
> When I used to work at Delta, we would do just that to uncoil them when we
> were putting them in a customers bandsaw after a repair.
>
> The boss used to make us coil old blades back up for storage. I hated
> that, but I can still do it with out even thinking.
>
> wayne
>
Okay Wayne J,
I 'd appreciate it if you could 'slow down the reflex' and explain how to
coil a long bandsaw blade. I have seen this technique done numerous
times....crossing the wrists...twist and turn..
and the voila.....a neat three looped bundle ready for hanging. ....well, a
neat bundle for someone else maybe....not me. Give me a tangled chainsaw
chain and in mere seconds...voila, it's untangled...but those damned long
bandsaw blades still elude me....ahh, right, I can't explain how I untangle
a chain saw chain either.
Okay Wayne J....I'm counting on your help with my 36" wheel bands.
...Ken
"Neillarson" <[email protected]> wrote
>
> Well, I have never worn gloves either, but I do now. Last week after
> installing my 6" riser, I opened my first Timberwolf 105 Inch, 3 TPI
> Reverse Hook, 3/4 Inch blade. Let me tell you, this was an experience.
> My old saw was a 12 Incher and the blades were a breeze to work with,
> a few minor scratches once in awhile. With this 105? After the first
> hoop opened and the figure eight caught both my thumbs and one of my
> index fingers in it, I was real lucky my SWMBO was in shouting
> distance. The end result was no stitches but about 5 clean punctures
> in my hands. If she had not been close, they would have been incesions
> and probably required stiches.
>
> I chalked that one up to the "lessons learned" and went and got me a
> nice set of leather gloves.
>
I used to work with a guy who had a small metal fabrication and welding
shop. He used to get in these seriously big bandsaw blades used for cutting
metal.
He would go out back of the shop and throw the coiled blades on the ground.
They would just explode into their natural uncoiled state. It was scary to
watch. The blades were just hung on a nail after that. It was just too
dangerous to do anything else with them.
Wed, Jun 6, 2007, 11:56am leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net
(Lee=A0Michaels) doth sayeth:
<snip> He would go out back of the shop and throw the coiled blades on
the ground. They would just explode into their natural uncoiled state.
It was scary to watch. The blades were just hung on a nail after that.
<snip>
I don't deal with that big of blades, but that's exatly how I do
it. I figure that's the safest, and easiest, way.
JOAT
If a man does his best, what else is there?
- General George S. Patton
Shouldn't be any problem if the tape does fail. No force is necessary to
hold a blade in the folded position. The worst that would happen is the tape
falls off.
"Brian Henderson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 10:26:53 +1200, Peter Huebner <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >Masking tape works just fine, too, when it's the only handy thing...
>
> Depends on the tape. Some tapes eventually fail and you don't want to
> be anywhere close to a bandsaw blade that suddenly opens explosively.
> Some leave residue on the blade that will pick up sawdust and may slip
> off the wheel. If you use a good, high quality tape, I don't know
> that you'd have any problem though but I'd prefer using something that
> isn't going to fail and isn't going to leave anything sticky on the
> blade to begin with.
"Markem" <markem(sixoneeight)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Wed, 16 May 2007 20:44:59 GMT, "Toller" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>"chips-'n-swarf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>> Here's a short description on YouTube that shows one method of folding a
>>> bandsaw blade. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI1Okb4Vp9Q .
>>>
>>> Rod
>>I have never worn gloves to do it. Have I been damaging my blades?!?!
>
> Nope only your hands.....
>
> Mark
> (sixoneeight) = 618
Well, blood can cause rusting...
Kerry
"Stoutman" <.@.> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I only wish he mentioned why he folds them. Just hang them on the wall.
>I just don't get it.
Why store screws in a container rather than leave them loose on a bench top.
It saves room and lessens the danger of the blade being damaged.
On Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:23:52 -0700, bc <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On May 17, 10:44 am, "Lee Michaels"
><leemichaels*[email protected]> wrote:
>> "Joe" <[email protected]> wrote
>>
>> > The part I would leave out is where he has it coiled and procedues to
>> > "work" the coil to be as neat as possible, all the while banging and
>> > grinding the teeth against each other and the blade body.
>>
>> I liked the part where he puts the finished coil into a plastic ziplock bag.
>> I had visions of him putting it in the freezer or refigerator. Or into a
>> dresser drawer. This guy must be a major neatnik.
>>
>> You are right. There is no way that the blade would benefit from all that
>> manipulation he did after he coiled it. What happened to that old trick of
>> just hanging it from a nail?
>
>I like to use those large paperclips bc
I don't know, I use two of those little wire twist ties you get with
sandwich bags, one at the top and one at the bottom and hang it on a
nail. Seems to work just fine.
Good post and method. A little different than the way that I do it, but it
still works.
The part I would leave out is where he has it coiled and procedues to "work"
the coil to be as neat as possible, all the while banging and grinding the
teeth against each other and the blade body.
jc
"chips-'n-swarf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Here's a short description on YouTube that shows one method of folding a
> bandsaw blade. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI1Okb4Vp9Q .
>
> Rod
>
"chips-'n-swarf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Here's a short description on YouTube that shows one method of folding a
> bandsaw blade. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI1Okb4Vp9Q .
>
> Rod
>
Learn something new every day.
Now if only there was a new way to open long ones up. Tossing the 150"
blade out on the floor or yard does not work as well as with more common
length blades.
"Joe" <[email protected]> wrote
>
> The part I would leave out is where he has it coiled and procedues to
> "work" the coil to be as neat as possible, all the while banging and
> grinding the teeth against each other and the blade body.
>
I liked the part where he puts the finished coil into a plastic ziplock bag.
I had visions of him putting it in the freezer or refigerator. Or into a
dresser drawer. This guy must be a major neatnik.
You are right. There is no way that the blade would benefit from all that
manipulation he did after he coiled it. What happened to that old trick of
just hanging it from a nail?
good post Chips.
Thanks.
thom
"chips-'n-swarf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Here's a short description on YouTube that shows one method of folding a
> bandsaw blade. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI1Okb4Vp9Q .
>
> Rod
>
>
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
>
> I don't know, I use two of those little wire twist ties you get with
> sandwich bags, one at the top and one at the bottom and hang it on a
> nail. Seems to work just fine.
>
Masking tape works just fine, too, when it's the only handy thing...
-P.
--
=========================================
firstname dot lastname at gmail fullstop com
In article <1rK9i.822$xq1.516@pd7urf1no>, [email protected] says...
> I'm counting on your help with my 36" wheel bands.
>
> ...Ken
Hold bandsaw blade out in front of you with both palms pointing to the right.
Turn right hand clockwise to the 'natural' position and do a bit of an
accordeon type movement with your arms at the same time. A bit, that is. Voila.
Decent leather gloves highly recommended. Sometimes, with my wide 1 1/4" blade,
the third loop doesn't want to settle the first time, it always works the
second or third time around, though :)
-P.
--
=========================================
firstname dot lastname at gmail fullstop com
I don't wear gloves either nor do I use my foot.
"Toller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "chips-'n-swarf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Here's a short description on YouTube that shows one method of folding a
> > bandsaw blade. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI1Okb4Vp9Q .
> >
> > Rod
> I have never worn gloves to do it. Have I been damaging my blades?!?!
>
>
Lee Michaels wrote:
> He would go out back of the shop and throw the coiled blades on the g=
round.
> They would just explode into their natural uncoiled state.=A0=A0It=A0=
was=A0scary=A0to
> watch.=A0=A0The=A0blades=A0were=A0just=A0hung=A0on=A0a=A0nail=A0after=
=A0that.=A0It=A0was=A0just=A0too
> dangerous to do anything else with them.
>=20
That's what I do with my 111" blades. It's fun to watch them bounce :-=
). But
I do recoil them when I take them off the saw.
--=20
It's turtles, all the way down
CW wrote:
>
> Good thought. The original twist tie. Used to get used for this kind of
> application a lot when pipes were more prevalent.
Forgot to mention the anther use in the shop...
I recently reglued a half dozen dining room chairs for our daughter. El
cheapo, Ikea specials or something similar they picked up on Craigslist
or somesuch that had been racked till they were ready to collapse.
Pipe cleaners were really great for getting just enough TBIII into the
mortise joints. Works like a charm and toss them when done.
"Say What?" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> CW wrote:
> > Shouldn't be any problem if the tape does fail. No force is necessary to
> > hold a blade in the folded position. The worst that would happen is the
tape
> > falls off.
>
> Pipe cleaners! Easy on, easy off, and reusable if you don't let them
> close to the dust collector intake.
>
> One pack from the local Walgreen's smoker's section and you're good for
> a loooong time. Still working on the pack I bought around 1985.
>
Good thought. The original twist tie. Used to get used for this kind of
application a lot when pipes were more prevalent.
Peter Huebner wrote:
> In article <1rK9i.822$xq1.516@pd7urf1no>, [email protected] says...
>> I'm counting on your help with my 36" wheel bands.
>
> Hold bandsaw blade out in front of you with both palms pointing to the
> right. Turn right hand clockwise to the 'natural' position and do a bit of
> an accordeon type movement with your arms at the same time. A bit, that is.
> Voila. Decent leather gloves highly recommended. Sometimes, with my wide 1
> 1/4" blade, the third loop doesn't want to settle the first time, it always
> works the second or third time around, though :)
>
For me, it's easier to put one foot on the blade on the floor, one hand on top
with palm facing out. Turn hand and lower top of blade. When you've turned
that hand as far as your bones will allow, replace with other hand and keep
turning.
--
It's turtles, all the way down
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> Now if only there was a new way to open long ones up. Tossing the 150"
> blade out on the floor or yard does not work as well as with more common
> length blades.
I'm thinking you could Frisbee the roll out onto a lawn of suitable size.
The grass should prevent it from damage and stop it from bouncing too far.
On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 10:26:53 +1200, Peter Huebner <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Masking tape works just fine, too, when it's the only handy thing...
Depends on the tape. Some tapes eventually fail and you don't want to
be anywhere close to a bandsaw blade that suddenly opens explosively.
Some leave residue on the blade that will pick up sawdust and may slip
off the wheel. If you use a good, high quality tape, I don't know
that you'd have any problem though but I'd prefer using something that
isn't going to fail and isn't going to leave anything sticky on the
blade to begin with.
Wallspace.
"Stoutman" <.@.> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I only wish he mentioned why he folds them. Just hang them on the wall.
I
> just don't get it.
>
> --
> Stoutman
> www.garagewoodworks.com
>
>
In article <[email protected]>,
chips-'n-swarf <[email protected]> wrote:
>Here's a short description on YouTube that shows one method of folding a
>bandsaw blade. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI1Okb4Vp9Q .
>
>Rod
>
>
I've always found the unfolding to be much more dramatic.
--
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation
with the average voter. (Winston Churchill)
Larry Wasserman - Baltimore Maryland - lwasserm(a)sdf. lonestar. org
"chips-'n-swarf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Here's a short description on YouTube that shows one method of folding a
> bandsaw blade. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI1Okb4Vp9Q .
>
> Rod
I have never worn gloves to do it. Have I been damaging my blades?!?!
"Stoutman" <.@.> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>> On the more tightly coiled blades that works. The longer blades tend to
>> want to stay coiled.
>
> All the more reason NOT to coil them. Make room on the wall.
>
>>
>
>
LOL, I would need to move to a larger shop. Wall space is a premium
commodity in my shop.
That still does not address uncoiling a new blade. ;~)
"Joe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Good post and method. A little different than the way that I do it, but
> it still works.
>
> The part I would leave out is where he has it coiled and procedues to
> "work" the coil to be as neat as possible, all the while banging and
> grinding the teeth against each other and the blade body.
The blade will naturally coil evenly if you simply let it wiggle a bit. It
does not take much effort and does not harm the blade in any way.
"Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Neillarson" <[email protected]> wrote
>>
>> Well, I have never worn gloves either, but I do now. Last week after
>> installing my 6" riser, I opened my first Timberwolf 105 Inch, 3 TPI
>> Reverse Hook, 3/4 Inch blade. Let me tell you, this was an experience.
>> My old saw was a 12 Incher and the blades were a breeze to work with,
>> a few minor scratches once in awhile. With this 105? After the first
>> hoop opened and the figure eight caught both my thumbs and one of my
>> index fingers in it, I was real lucky my SWMBO was in shouting
>> distance. The end result was no stitches but about 5 clean punctures
>> in my hands. If she had not been close, they would have been incesions
>> and probably required stiches.
>>
>> I chalked that one up to the "lessons learned" and went and got me a
>> nice set of leather gloves.
>>
>
> I used to work with a guy who had a small metal fabrication and welding
> shop. He used to get in these seriously big bandsaw blades used for
> cutting metal.
>
> He would go out back of the shop and throw the coiled blades on the
> ground. They would just explode into their natural uncoiled state. It was
> scary to watch. The blades were just hung on a nail after that. It was
> just too dangerous to do anything else with them.
>
>
When I used to work at Delta, we would do just that to uncoil them when we
were putting them in a customers bandsaw after a repair.
The boss used to make us coil old blades back up for storage. I hated that,
but I can still do it with out even thinking.
wayne
"Wayne J." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:lNJ9i.988$NV3.369@pd7urf2no...
>
> "Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> "Neillarson" <[email protected]> wrote
>>>
>>> Well, I have never worn gloves either, but I do now. Last week after
>>> installing my 6" riser, I opened my first Timberwolf 105 Inch, 3 TPI
>>> Reverse Hook, 3/4 Inch blade. Let me tell you, this was an experience.
>>> My old saw was a 12 Incher and the blades were a breeze to work with,
>>> a few minor scratches once in awhile. With this 105? After the first
>>> hoop opened and the figure eight caught both my thumbs and one of my
>>> index fingers in it, I was real lucky my SWMBO was in shouting
>>> distance. The end result was no stitches but about 5 clean punctures
>>> in my hands. If she had not been close, they would have been incesions
>>> and probably required stiches.
>>>
>>> I chalked that one up to the "lessons learned" and went and got me a
>>> nice set of leather gloves.
>>>
>>
>> I used to work with a guy who had a small metal fabrication and welding
>> shop. He used to get in these seriously big bandsaw blades used for
>> cutting metal.
>>
>> He would go out back of the shop and throw the coiled blades on the
>> ground. They would just explode into their natural uncoiled state. It
>> was scary to watch. The blades were just hung on a nail after that. It
>> was just too dangerous to do anything else with them.
>>
>>
> When I used to work at Delta, we would do just that to uncoil them when we
> were putting them in a customers bandsaw after a repair.
>
> The boss used to make us coil old blades back up for storage. I hated
> that, but I can still do it with out even thinking.
>
> wayne
>
>
"Upscale" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> Now if only there was a new way to open long ones up. Tossing the 150"
>> blade out on the floor or yard does not work as well as with more common
>> length blades.
>
> I'm thinking you could Frisbee the roll out onto a lawn of suitable size.
> The grass should prevent it from damage and stop it from bouncing too far.
>
>
On the more tightly coiled blades that works. The longer blades tend to
want to stay coiled.
On Wed, 16 May 2007 20:44:59 GMT, "Toller" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"chips-'n-swarf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Here's a short description on YouTube that shows one method of folding a
>> bandsaw blade. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI1Okb4Vp9Q .
>>
>> Rod
>I have never worn gloves to do it. Have I been damaging my blades?!?!
Nope only your hands.....
Mark
(sixoneeight) = 618
CW wrote:
> Shouldn't be any problem if the tape does fail. No force is necessary to
> hold a blade in the folded position. The worst that would happen is the tape
> falls off.
Pipe cleaners! Easy on, easy off, and reusable if you don't let them
close to the dust collector intake.
One pack from the local Walgreen's smoker's section and you're good for
a loooong time. Still working on the pack I bought around 1985.