Easy Storage for Tablesaw Blades

I was in my shop for several years before I got around to making a proper storage rack for my tablesaw blades. Hung on the wall next to my saw, it’s convenient, but eats up space and leaves the blades poking out from the wall at an angle. I wish I had seen the Woodpeckers BladeSaver before I made that rack.

The BladeSaver wraps around the blade, protecting all of the teeth from damage and your hands from accidental nicks when you grab a blade. There is a built-in hook for hanging the BladeSaver, which means you could hang several blades from a nail or dowel in a small space. I think I’ll rig up a dowel bar beneath my saw’s extension table and get my blades off the wall.

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