Scrollsaw Workshop Community -Please register to enable posting.
General Category => Brag Forum => Topic started by: marmoh on January 10, 2011, 07:53:33 pm
-
Done on 1/4" BB ..... don't know what size blade, as I have a bad habit of forgetting what I put in last ..at least it hung in there until the end and then I had to bury it !!! Any good ideas on keeping track of blades ??????????
-
That looks great! I love the pattern too! :D
Here is what we do with blades to keep them organized. We use the plastic boxes for embroidery thread and crafts. They were like $1 each at Wal-Mart. We cut out some of the dividers to make the chambers long enough to hold the blades. They stack nicely and are easy to keep organized. It is a simple and effective fix. :)
Sheila
-
Well done Marion! I also don't remember what blade I currently use. If it keeps cutting I keep going and then forget what it was. Right now I don't know what is in my saw! ::)
Sheila, now that seems to be the best idea for blades I have seen yet. Leave it to a Lady to have the easiest and simplest idea! I was going to use the pill bottle idea and build a rack or something for them. You know "manly". ;D But I like yours and am not ashamed to admit it! :)
-
Well now, HW . . . . I have to be honest with you all . . . my partner, Keith thought up the idea of the boxes! So you have to score one for the male gender on that one! LOL
(Although I did tell him it was a GOOD idea!) ;D
Sheila
-
Marion, Excellent cutting!
Here's what I do to keep track of the blade I am using. I use Plastic tubes that I store the blades in. I built a holder to hold the tubes. the tube are marked with the type of blades inside. When I choose a blade, I take the tube out of the holder and set on the table next to my saw. That way when I need another blade, I pick from the tube that is sitting on the table.
I get my tubes from www.sloanswoodshop.com
-
Thank you both for the blade ideas. Dan do you have a pattern for the America sign on the front of your holder ??? Harold I use the blade until it just can't go anymore (which ever one it was ) !!!
-
Marion, Here you go! http://www.stevedgood.com/america.pdf
As far as using up a blade, I use it till it stops doing what I want it to.
If the blade last the whole project great, but if it just last a few cuts, I toss it and load up a new blade. Blades are cheap, don't risk ruining a project just because you don't want to change the blade!
-
nice job. very cute. I only use spiral blades so I don't have a lot of sorting to do.
-
There you go! this is a nice one without "Waldos" :D
Any good ideas on keeping track of blades?
I also do not know how the blades I currently use are named (or numbered). But I do look at them and try to get a feeling for which blade to use. And I keep them in a saw blade holder, so I put them back after sawing is done. This way I keep'em at least separated ::)
regards
Torsten
-
Great piece of work there.
David
-
I also keep my blades in tubes, available from sloans or seyco or many other places. My saw holds 12 of these tubes on the sides. I move whatever tube of blades to the front when I'm using them. Then I don't have to think about it.