Reversed bandsaw blade?
 

I just got a Dewalt bandsaw blade from Amazon Inc for my small Dewalt
portable bandsaw. The teeth are freaking reversed. The blade is only 32-
7/8"and 1/2" wide, so I doubt there is any way to flip it.

Am I missing something? Or that just happens sometimes?

Reversed bandsaw blade?
 

This is a joke, right?

On Mon, 1 Jun 2020 02:42:15 -0000 (UTC), John Doe
wrote:

I just got a Dewalt bandsaw blade from Amazon Inc for my small Dewalt
portable bandsaw. The teeth are freaking reversed. The blade is only 32-
7/8"and 1/2" wide, so I doubt there is any way to flip it.

Am I missing something? Or that just happens sometimes?

--
Ned Simmons

Reversed bandsaw blade?
 

"Ned Simmons" wrote in message
...

This is a joke, right?
=====================

It won't be so funny if he doesn't have leather gloves.
=====================


On Mon, 1 Jun 2020 02:42:15 -0000 (UTC), John Doe
wrote:

I just got a Dewalt bandsaw blade from Amazon Inc for my small Dewalt
portable bandsaw. The teeth are freaking reversed. The blade is only 32-
7/8"and 1/2" wide, so I doubt there is any way to flip it.

Am I missing something? Or that just happens sometimes?

--
Ned Simmons

Reversed bandsaw blade?
 

Ned Simmons wrote:

John Doe wrote:

I just got a Dewalt bandsaw blade from Amazon Inc for my small
Dewalt portable bandsaw. The teeth are freaking reversed. The
blade is only 32- 7/8"and 1/2" wide, so I doubt there is any way
to flip it.

Am I missing something? Or that just happens sometimes?

This is a joke, right?

Talk is cheap.

I'd love to see you flip a 1/2" wide 33" long bandsaw blade, without
damaging it.

Any YouTube videos? I will look, but I seriously doubt it.

There are 300 reviews by Average Joe users and nobody mentions
having to flip the blade. Obviously it's a defect/mistake.

Reversed bandsaw blade?
 

On Mon, 1 Jun 2020 16:36:42 -0000 (UTC), John Doe
wrote:

Ned Simmons wrote:

John Doe wrote:

I just got a Dewalt bandsaw blade from Amazon Inc for my small
Dewalt portable bandsaw. The teeth are freaking reversed. The
blade is only 32- 7/8"and 1/2" wide, so I doubt there is any way
to flip it.

Am I missing something? Or that just happens sometimes?

This is a joke, right?

Talk is cheap.

I'd love to see you flip a 1/2" wide 33" long bandsaw blade, without
damaging it.

Any YouTube videos? I will look, but I seriously doubt it.

There are 300 reviews by Average Joe users and nobody mentions
having to flip the blade. Obviously it's a defect/mistake.

I just did, 6 times. Sorry, no video, you'll have to take my word for
it.


--
Ned Simmons

Reversed bandsaw blade?
 

On Monday, June 1, 2020 at 8:55:41 AM UTC-4, Ned Simmons wrote:
This is a joke, right?

On Mon, 1 Jun 2020 02:42:15 -0000 (UTC), John Doe
wrote:

I just got a Dewalt bandsaw blade from Amazon Inc for my small Dewalt
portable bandsaw. The teeth are freaking reversed. The blade is only 32-
7/8"and 1/2" wide, so I doubt there is any way to flip it.

Am I missing something? Or that just happens sometimes?

--
Ned Simmons

It's June 1, not April 1...
I would just reverse the polarity, or cut with the other hand...

Reversed bandsaw blade?
 

On 6/1/2020 7:55 AM, Ned Simmons wrote:
This is a joke, right?

On Mon, 1 Jun 2020 02:42:15 -0000 (UTC), John Doe
wrote:

I just got a Dewalt bandsaw blade from Amazon Inc for my small Dewalt
portable bandsaw. The teeth are freaking reversed. The blade is only 32-
7/8"and 1/2" wide, so I doubt there is any way to flip it.

Am I missing something? Or that just happens sometimes?


You're missing the point that John Doe is an idiot that can't think
his way out of a paper bag .
--
Snag
Yes , I'm old
and crotchety - and armed .
Get outta my woods !

Reversed bandsaw blade?
 

On Mon, 1 Jun 2020 19:40:11 -0000 (UTC), John Doe
wrote:

I will continue asking on YouTube, to see if somebody can verify the
idea a 1/2" wide 32 7/8" bandsaw blade can be flipped (without
damage).


Because what's the sense in flipping a $6 blade that has zero value in
its current state when you can sit on your ass and waste more time
waiting for a spoon-fed answer?

Here's another way to look at it: You've wasted more time than it
would take to earn that 6 bucks at minimum wage. On the other hand, if
you flip the blade, it'll take about 5 seconds, and the blade's value
will increase by $6. $6/5 seconds = $4,320/hr.

--
Ned Simmons

Reversed bandsaw blade?
 

"Ned Simmons" wrote in message
...

On Mon, 1 Jun 2020 19:40:11 -0000 (UTC), John Doe
wrote:

I will continue asking on YouTube, to see if somebody can verify the
idea a 1/2" wide 32 7/8" bandsaw blade can be flipped (without
damage).


Because what's the sense in flipping a $6 blade that has zero value in
its current state when you can sit on your ass and waste more time
waiting for a spoon-fed answer?

Here's another way to look at it: You've wasted more time than it
would take to earn that 6 bucks at minimum wage. On the other hand, if
you flip the blade, it'll take about 5 seconds, and the blade's value
will increase by $6. $6/5 seconds = $4,320/hr.

--
Ned Simmons

==================================

We shouldn't encourage him to touch sharp objects.

Reversed bandsaw blade?
 

On Mon, 1 Jun 2020 21:27:07 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:

We shouldn't encourage him to touch sharp objects.

If he loses his typing finger(s) without actually dying it might be
a win;-)

Stupid shop trick, best done with a worn out fine tooth to minimize
risk. Fold a blade like in the video. Fold it again, against the
bottom edge of a workbench. You now have nine very small coils, hand
it to someone unsuspecting and ask them to hold it. Then watch as
they realize they can not let go without it unfolding back to three
coils.

Throwing it to the floor is the quickest way out. Or (with practice)
take it back and revisit the workbench.
--
William

Reversed bandsaw blade?
 

On Monday, June 1, 2020 at 3:40:14 PM UTC-4, John Doe wrote:
I will continue asking on YouTube, to see if somebody can verify the
idea a 1/2" wide 32 7/8" bandsaw blade can be flipped (without
damage).

Talk is cheap...

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On 6/1/2020 7:55 AM, Ned Simmons wrote:
This is a joke, right?

On Mon, 1 Jun 2020 02:42:15 -0000 (UTC), John Doe
wrote:

I just got a Dewalt bandsaw blade from Amazon Inc for my small Dewalt
portable bandsaw. The teeth are freaking reversed. The blade is only 32-
7/8"and 1/2" wide, so I doubt there is any way to flip it.

Am I missing something? Or that just happens sometimes?


You're missing the point that John Doe is an idiot that can't think
his way out of a paper bag .
--
Snag
Yes , I'm old
and crotchety - and armed .
Get outta my woods !


I just tried (barehanded) with my 44-7/8" x 1/2" portaband blade...Took maybe 1.25 seconds to flip it, and about the same to flip it back...While the shorter blade might be a little more difficult, it seems far from insurmountable.

Reversed bandsaw blade?
 

"William Bagwell" wrote in message
...

On Mon, 1 Jun 2020 21:27:07 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:

We shouldn't encourage him to touch sharp objects.

If he loses his typing finger(s) without actually dying it might be
a win;-)

Stupid shop trick, best done with a worn out fine tooth to minimize
risk. Fold a blade like in the video. Fold it again, against the
bottom edge of a workbench. You now have nine very small coils, hand
it to someone unsuspecting and ask them to hold it. Then watch as
they realize they can not let go without it unfolding back to three
coils.

Throwing it to the floor is the quickest way out. Or (with practice)
take it back and revisit the workbench.
--
William

================================================== ===
Luckily for me the machine shop teacher who taught me how to weld and fold
bandsaw blades had enough restraint to avoid those stunts. The welding
instructor tried to get me to touch a TIG high frequency arc, like he did. I
told him I'd already used up my nine lives in electrical accidents.

My 1.25" sawmill bands are much more difficult to manage than 1/2" ones. I
unfold new or resharpened blades by throwing them on a brush pile that
absorbs their fury.

Reversed bandsaw blade?
 

I just tried (barehanded) with my 44-7/8" x 1/2" portaband blade...Took
maybe 1.25 seconds to flip it, and about the same to flip it back...While
the shorter blade might be a little more difficult, it seems far from
insurmountable.

=================================================

You beat me.

I made a 1/2" x 33" loop from a broken blade and inverted it in 3 seconds,
with gloves.

Reversed bandsaw blade?
 

On Tue, 2 Jun 2020 12:54:59 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:

I just tried (barehanded) with my 44-7/8" x 1/2" portaband blade...Took
maybe 1.25 seconds to flip it, and about the same to flip it back...While
the shorter blade might be a little more difficult, it seems far from
insurmountable.

=============================================== ==

You beat me.

I made a 1/2" x 33" loop from a broken blade and inverted it in 3 seconds,
with gloves.

If it isn't on YouTube it didn't happen.

--
Ned Simmons

Reversed bandsaw blade?
 

On Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at 12:55:18 PM UTC-4, Jim Wilkins wrote:
I just tried (barehanded) with my 44-7/8" x 1/2" portaband blade...Took
maybe 1.25 seconds to flip it, and about the same to flip it back...While
the shorter blade might be a little more difficult, it seems far from
insurmountable.

=================================================

You beat me.

I made a 1/2" x 33" loop from a broken blade and inverted it in 3 seconds,
with gloves.

Neither a race nor a contest...besides, the effort required is probably exponentally more difficult as the length shortens...Just trying to figure out if the request was real or Memorex...

Reversed bandsaw blade?
 

Ned Simmons wrote:

If it isn't on YouTube it didn't happen.

There is a whole lot less off-topic garbage on YouTube than there is in
this group.

Reversed bandsaw blade?
 

Reversed bandsaw blade?
 

Yep. That one is reversible, barely.
Now to get on with a project.





I wrote:

Just remembered... I have a Morse 32 7/8" blade (one of three,
unused, because the other two sucked) in the trashcan to fish out
and try it on. I'll go get it.

Reversed bandsaw blade?
 

"Ned Simmons" wrote in message
...

On Tue, 2 Jun 2020 12:54:59 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:

I just tried (barehanded) with my 44-7/8" x 1/2" portaband blade...Took
maybe 1.25 seconds to flip it, and about the same to flip it back...While
the shorter blade might be a little more difficult, it seems far from
insurmountable.

=============================================== ==

You beat me.

I made a 1/2" x 33" loop from a broken blade and inverted it in 3 seconds,
with gloves.

If it isn't on YouTube it didn't happen.

--
Ned Simmons

================================
I did reference a YouTube video, didn't help.

I once worked for a film maker, doing stop-motion animation and special
effects. Videos prove NOTHING beyond the talent (and budget) of their
creator. I can take a Polaroid that shows a wispy ghost behind the subject,
or a flying saucer in an outdoor scene.

I've been stepping frame by frame through parts of "Titanic" to see how
Cameron created his illusions. Rose hit Jack's wrist with the fire axe.
https://social.shorthand.com/Titanic...the-1997-movie

The movie shows how to operate the then-brand-new Welin davits, which many
of the deck hands apparently didn't know, and releasing the pelican hooks on
the gripes. The ship sank before they could launch all the lifeboats they
did have, the last floated off upside-down. Cameron obtained authentic
davits and lifeboats from Welin and used his sinking set to investigate
lingering questions about why not.

Reversed bandsaw blade?
 

On Tue, 2 Jun 2020 11:41:26 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:

Luckily for me the machine shop teacher who taught me how to weld and fold
bandsaw blades had enough restraint to avoid those stunts. The welding
instructor tried to get me to touch a TIG high frequency arc, like he did. I
told him I'd already used up my nine lives in electrical accidents.

My 1.25" sawmill bands are much more difficult to manage than 1/2" ones. I
unfold new or resharpened blades by throwing them on a brush pile that
absorbs their fury.

Likely a fellow student taught me, certainly not my instructor.
TIG's in the 70s just tickled a bit, "Look at me, I can strike an
arc on my fingers" modern ones are like "Holy **** why did I do
that!"
--
William

Reversed bandsaw blade?
 

"William Bagwell" wrote in message
...

On Tue, 2 Jun 2020 11:41:26 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:

Luckily for me the machine shop teacher who taught me how to weld and fold
bandsaw blades had enough restraint to avoid those stunts. The welding
instructor tried to get me to touch a TIG high frequency arc, like he did.
I
told him I'd already used up my nine lives in electrical accidents.

My 1.25" sawmill bands are much more difficult to manage than 1/2" ones. I
unfold new or resharpened blades by throwing them on a brush pile that
absorbs their fury.

Likely a fellow student taught me, certainly not my instructor.
TIG's in the 70s just tickled a bit, "Look at me, I can strike an
arc on my fingers" modern ones are like "Holy **** why did I do
that!"
--
William

=========================
I've accidentally touched the 480V power line above an open breaker. I
wasn't grounded and it only felt like a prick from a metal splinter, but
when I looked there was a little blackened pit in my finger.

The foreman had been grounded when he touched 480V, and it knocked him
against the wall rack of nuts and bolts which avalanched down on him.

A tech working near me grounded a scope probe to the gate drive of an SCR
that floated at line voltage. When he switched on the power the entire probe
cable exploded, badly burning him.

At the same job I heard noise from a nearby breaker box and looked up just
as a fireball blew off its front panel. Bad aluminum wiring connections.

There was a large 3-phase power supply on the floor next to the machine I
was building. I was out sick one day, and the next morning I found the power
supply replaced with black blast residue on the floor and up the near side
of my machine. Two newly minted engineers had tried to determine the correct
phasing to the power supply by holding the leads on the input terminals
while squatting on their heels. Apparently one lost his balance and touched
a nearby electrolytic can with 480VAC.

40KV in a recently disconnected piece of coax hurt, not as much as the 10uF
cap charged to 700V. That felt like my arm was on fire. I was redoing
someone else's sloppy wiring with frayed strands outside the crimps and
apparently hit a loose fine strand.

I bought the first hand-cranked megger I saw and test all my home appliance
repairs with it. The heater wiring in some is very sketchy and I've measured
as low as 1 Meg to ground, before cleaning off the corrosion.

https://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/physi...l_current.html

Reversed bandsaw blade?
 

On Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at 3:48:45 PM UTC-4, John Doe wrote:
Yep. That one is reversible, barely.
Now to get on with a project.





I wrote:

Just remembered... I have a Morse 32 7/8" blade (one of three,
unused, because the other two sucked) in the trashcan to fish out
and try it on. I'll go get it.

Waita****ingSecond. You just spent how long telling everyone it's impossible, then you tried it yourself and succeeded? WTF is wrong with you?

Reversed bandsaw blade?
 

On Mon, 1 Jun 2020 16:36:42 -0000 (UTC), John Doe
wrote:

Ned Simmons wrote:

John Doe wrote:

I just got a Dewalt bandsaw blade from Amazon Inc for my small
Dewalt portable bandsaw. The teeth are freaking reversed. The
blade is only 32- 7/8"and 1/2" wide, so I doubt there is any way
to flip it.

Am I missing something? Or that just happens sometimes?

This is a joke, right?

Talk is cheap.

I'd love to see you flip a 1/2" wide 33" long bandsaw blade, without
damaging it.

Any YouTube videos? I will look, but I seriously doubt it.

There are 300 reviews by Average Joe users and nobody mentions
having to flip the blade. Obviously it's a defect/mistake.

Twist the blade and it will reverse itself....sigh..newbies...
__

"Journalists are extremely rare and shouldn’t be harmed, but propagandists are everywhere and should be hunted for sport"

Yeah..with no bag limit.




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