Accidentally caught a pc. of wood and the blade jerked it sideways leaving a bend in it. Any way to straighten it out. I paid a good bit for it, so when you are cheap, cheap, you try to salvage it! Thanks!

Edited December 8, 20178 yr by Ron Dudelston
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time for a new blade.

 

BS blades are pretty brittle, so trying to bend it back will only increase the chance of it snapping.  live and learn.  keep a few spares handy.

 

Happened to me once. Success depends on how much your blade is bent. I put my blade across an anvil and gently tapped it flat. Go slow. If it snaps later, so what?

hat

If it kinks, to me it's junk. 

I am thinking, depending on the kink, that you could be asking for a catastrophic failure next time the blade was put into "heavy" use or maybe after the "x" time you "gently" used it. 

It still cuts, but it makes a wider cut and it is not very smooth. I am thinking that if I take a sharpening rock against the sides, it might help some.

15 minutes ago, oldwoodie said:

It still cuts, but it makes a wider cut and it is not very smooth. I am thinking that if I take a sharpening rock against the sides, it might help some.

That's been my experience. It can ruin a project

Anvil and nylon head hammer/mallet...gently gently does it and no guarantee...

It's always worth a try, but  test it on scraps so that it doesn't end up costing you more than the cost of a new blade.

 

6 hours ago, hatuffej said:

Happened to me once. Success depends on how much your blade is bent. I put my blade across an anvil and gently tapped it flat. Go slow. If it snaps later, so what?

hat

 

Have you ever had a broken blade come out of the saw on you?

This happened to my wife this summer. She was fortunate that the blade slapped the back of arm after it bounced off the table and stock but did not cut her.

 

My recommendation is do not use it. If or when it breaks it could come out of the saw like mentioned above.

 

It is nice to be frugal but we need to be sure that frugality does not come at a greater cost later.

cut out the kink and braze/weld the band back together....

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=welding+bandsaw+blades

 

 

10 hours ago, John Hechel said:

 

 

Have you ever had a broken blade come out of the saw on you?

This happened to my wife this summer. She was fortunate that the blade slapped the back of arm after it bounced off the table and stock but did not cut her.

 

My recommendation is do not use it. If or when it breaks it could come out of the saw like mentioned above.

 

It is nice to be frugal but we need to be sure that frugality does not come at a greater cost later.

Yes, one time a blade snapped and it stopped instantly because it was no longer held and driven by the drive wheel. There is virtually no momentum to keep it going and the blade is almost entirely enclosed. My answer to his question was a suggestion to consider repairing it. Its a personal choice and I would do it again. I also have considered Stick's suggestion to remove the bend and re-weld it. There is an element of risk associated with that also. 

Do like someone did????  Cut it up for scroll saw blades . You might set a record  for the largest piece of wood cut by a scroll saw maybe a 6x12 or bigger. That would put you in the hall of shame.

http://www.rockler.com/olsonreg-all-protrade-band-saw-blades-93-1-2-fits-most-14-delta-jet-etc

 

a new blade runs about $20.  buy a new one and move on.  blades wear out, budget for it and accept it.

I break them up into 6" pieces, put them together, alternating the teeth and, tape each end of the bundle. They make decent rasps. The 1/4" and 3/8" work best. No 1/2" or 5/8" blades have ever broke for me. Don't think they'd make good rasps, anyway.

4 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

They make decent rasps.

excellent...

On 1/26/2017 at 6:49 PM, oldwoodie said:

It still cuts, but it makes a wider cut and it is not very smooth. I am thinking that if I take a sharpening rock against the sides, it might help some.

Toss it and learn. By grinding off the metal you make the blade THINNER and more likely to break. Plus the tooth set is already off. Count your fingers and your lucky stars it didn't catch YOU!!!

By the way, you might have had your blade tension loose and that's what caused it to kink. I've snapped blades through no fault of my own and it's a very scary experience. Replace on the side of caution. Your wife will thank you for not having to wipe your butt while your fingers are healing cause you tried to "save a few bucks".

I had a blade break a couple of years ago and the topside of the break came don to the table and got me right in the center of my index fingernail. Pure bad luck?

Probably.

 

Would I have spent as much as 35.00 on a new blade to avoid the discomfort of the injury and the healing process!  

HELL YEAH!  

 

The pain of the expense is forgotten long before the pain of the injury would be.  

And depending on when, how  and just where it breaks in its rotation on the saw things could potentially go worse for you than they did for me. 

I have had one break and I have no idea why. My hands were far from the blade at the time but it was absolutely a scary moment

if you are keeping score, it seems the 'get a new blade' faction is carrying the day.

 

get a new blade.  way, way cheaper than an ER visit.