How to Fold a Bandsaw Blade

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How to Fold a Bandsaw Blade

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This is what we're going for: a neat, tidily folded, easy to store bandsaw blade.

Wrist Position

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Begin by holding the blade with your wrists down and away from your body.

Toe Position

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Put one toe on the blade to hold it in place while the magic happens.

Get Low.

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Get low: make the blade an oval.

Start Folding

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Bring your wrists (and the sides of the blade) towards each other: you're folding the oval in half now, like a taco facing away from you.

Cross Those Hands.

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Cross your hands & the two halves of the blade over each other.

Let the Blade Do the Coiling!

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The sides will want to coil up now; all you're doing is helping them along.  Stack them on the loop you were holding with your toe!