Blade Handling
Coiling The Blade
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Blade Handling
SECTION 7 BLADE HANDLING
This section covers coiling the blade, uncoiling the blade and inverting the blade.
WARNING!
Always wear gloves and eye protection when
handling bandsaw blades. Keep people away from work
area when coiling or moving blades.
7.1
Coiling The Blade
See Figure 7-1.
Raise the blade in front of you, with the teeth pointed upward. (About 1/3
to 1/4 of the blade should be between your hands.) Hold your hands about shoulder-width
apart. Place your thumbs on the outside of the blade and your fingers on the inside of the
blade. Squeeze the blade inward, making it oval-shaped.
FIG. 7-1
