ADVICE: Bandsaw Blade Twist

You can twist it back and tap it relatively straight - making sure to stay away from the teeth, of course. This is a gentle hammering, not a blacksmith-type. it will harden the blade a bit, even when conducted on a wooden anvil.

Move your guides out to keep it from binding, and use it for rough work until it goes.

How about using a couple of crescent wrenches to apply a reverse twist and straighten it out?

Art

=================================== Either of the above methods will work, but there is the possibility that the blade, either during the original twist or the straightening, will crack. If you have a strong magnifier, take a look at the blade along the damaged area. If it's cracked, save yourself the straightening time and just replace it .

Ken Moon Webberville, TX

Try straightening it first. If you snap the blade, then you can make yourself a bowsaw.

"RonB" wrote: (clip) Is there any Practical way to straighten one of these? (clip) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This is a technique I have read about in the Old Tools Newsgroup, that works on handsaws. You press the blade against a hard, heavy surface, like the top of an anvil, so it is held flat. Then, tap gently with a small hammer. The hammering stresses combine with the flattening stresses to make the metal yield, so the blade is straightened. For your blade, you might try holding it with clamps and blocks while you do the pounding.

If you have enough adjustment in your tensioner you could cut the twists out of the blade and silver solder it together. You would probably lose about 20mm of blade length Alan in beautiful Golden Bay, Western Oz, South 32.25.42, East 115.45.44 GMT+8 VK6 YAB ICQ 6581610 to reply, change oz to au in address

Try straightening it _and_ snap the blade.

You will never get anything near satisfaction from a kinky blade.

Putting a bad blade in the machine, every time you need to do a bad job, just is not worth your while.

Bjarte

From my experience of working with bandsaws it isn't worth the time or effort trying to straighten out the blade. You'll never get it like it was and it'll never cut as accurately. You might save a bit of money in not buying a new blade but the frustration of working with the old one isn't worth it. Sooner or later you'll buy a new one and kick yourself for not having done so sooner.