The Home Machinist!

For years I have heard the experts remind us newbies and hobbyists to verify the teeth of a newly installed bandsaw blade be pointing the right direction. I dutifully checked each time, but for the life of me I couldn't see how one could end up with the teeth pointing the wrong direction. Then it happened to me the other day.

I had trouble uncoiling a new blade the other day and it turns out that it is possible to turn the blade "inside out" when uncoiling. That had not occurred to me before, and the result was teeth pointing the wrong way.

I also found put it increases the risk of kinking the blade significantly. And a kinked blade will throw teeth. Expensive lesson, but I think I learned it well.

Yep! It's all too easy to get a blade on backwards, especially if one welds their own. Easy enough to turn them inside out to make a correction, but one must be aware that it's possible.

H

What I want to know is why in the last 20 years has every, and I mean every blade I have purchased for my Marvel saw has uncoiled backwards????

Nyle

Perhaps your saw is backwards?

I got a blade welded at a blade shop and the teeth were backwards. When I complained they told me just to turn it inside out. Who knew? Just be sure to wear gloves.

Jack.

What I want to know is why in the last 20 years has every, and I mean every blade I have purchased for my Marvel saw has uncoiled backwards????

Where you born in the Southern Hemisphere?

JackF wrote: ↑Sat Apr 25, 2020 11:13 am I got a blade welded at a blade shop and the teeth were backwards. When I complained they told me just to turn it inside out. Who knew? Just be sure to wear gloves.

Jack.

And hold it away from your face!

Dave

Born in the North, maybe I need to move south, or hang upside down....go figure!

You just need to turn your bandsaw inside-out.

If I do that then the blades will uncoil in the opposite direction....I'm doomed!

What I need is a bimetal crosscut saw blade that cuts in either direction.....yeah, that's the ticket.

LIALLEGHENY wrote: ↑Sat Apr 25, 2020 6:54 pm What I need is a bimetal crosscut saw blade that cuts in either direction.....yeah, that's the ticket.

Would that be considered cutbidextrous?