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   forestgirl | Oct 30, 2007 05:53am | #1

   I have maybe 1/5th as many as you do, but the idea might work.  Mine are in a bin (a drawer would be better) that has a grooved bottom built into it, and dowels across the top, spaced such that the blades "recline" just a little bit, they don't touch each other.

   The design was "suggested" by the bin that was handy.  If I were to make it from scratch, in a drawer, there'd be Masonite dividers instead of just dowels at the top, to insure the blades didn't bump as they were going in and out.

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 
   
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   charlesm | Oct 30, 2007 01:59pm | #2

   Jamie,Funny, I think you and I first conversed over how to store saw blades. If I recall correctly you were asking if it was okay to hang them by the arbor holes (or maybe I'm wrong and just having a "Senior Moment"). Anyway, standing them on their teeth is okay but laying them flat is probably best. I'd recommend a vertical storage cabinet with horizontal shelves to lay them flat, basically a rotated version of what Jamie suggested.
   Charles M

   Freud America, Inc.

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   forestgirl | Oct 30, 2007 06:36pm | #4

   Hi, Charles.  That would have been a lonnnnnnnnnggggg time ago, LOL!  I'll keep what you say in mind when I make a new place to store them.  The little cabinet they're in now was a rummage sale find, with a bin at the top (just the right width for the saw blades) and a bunch of shallow drawers in front (router bits and paraphenalia).  It's a pain to find room for, so when it goes to Goodwill, I'll make a horizontal resting place for them.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

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   colebearanimals | Oct 30, 2007 07:24pm | #6

    

         Thanks for your input, Charles

                                                   Paul

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   colebearanimals | Oct 30, 2007 07:22pm | #5

   Hi Jamie ( if I might be so presumptuous ),

           A drawer sounds pretty good. Charles suggested horizontal dividers for flat storage which would be fine also but would have to be kept up closer to eye level. A deep top drawer(s) would be ideal for me.

                                                      Thanks,

                                                                    Paul

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   Carya | Oct 30, 2007 02:21pm | #3

   Squared up a foot of 2x6, clamped onto the TS, raised thin and full kerf blades into it to create round, parallel slots.  Stores a dozen blades in a fairly small space and they're well supported (and close to the TS).

   Laying them flat?  That's a lot of shelf space.  Plastering them on the walls?  I don't need to show them off.  I think my dad hung his from dowel hangers on the inside of cupboard doors though.

   Andy

    

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   ctsjr | Oct 30, 2007 10:13pm | #7

   Several years ago (3-5?)there was a project sent in by a FWW reader that won the monthly prize--a saw blade storage cabinet. I've tried finding it in the search engine (I tried 'saw blade storage' and 'storage')but was not successful. The cabinet was a small plywood box. The sides had 1/8" dados spaced 1/2" apart or so. The person used a 1/8" piece of masonite as the shelf for the blade to sit on--a hole was drilled in the middle to push the blade out to retrieve it--and a 1/8" plywood top with a 10" hole cut out to frame the blade. He glued a piece of hardwood across the front as a handle to slide the masonite shelf in and out with. It was simple and allowed the person to safely store his table saw blades flat and they were easy to access without risking a cut finger. If I find the link later, I'll post it. I hope you can figure it out from my poor description. Tom

   "Notice that at no time do my fingers leave my hand"
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   colebearanimals | Oct 30, 2007 10:26pm | #8

   That would be like having a small drawer for each blade, stored horizontally. Interesting idea.

                                                Thanks Tom,

                                                                      Paul

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   KiddervilleAcres | Oct 30, 2007 10:44pm | #9

   Tom,

   I think it was in #170 - Methods of Work.

   Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres

    

   A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

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   ctsjr | Oct 31, 2007 05:02am | #12

   BobAny idea about how to search for it? Is there a way to search an issue of FWW? Hope you are having a nice fall in New England. Tom"Notice that at no time do my fingers leave my hand"

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   KiddervilleAcres | Oct 31, 2007 03:08pm | #14

   Tom,

   I saw your post and tried several searches with no success.  I then clicked on the Workshop tab above and then searched within, I presume.  I typed sawblade storage into the Workshop search box and it found the article in #170.

   It appears as though the search in the tab(s) does indeed search the indexes for past issues.  Not sure if that is factual but it looks that way as it brings up the TOC of the issues.

   The foliage up here was really great but didn't last very long.  We got some rain/wind storms that pretty much obliterated the leaves in one weekend but for about a week it was really good.  Got some pics somewhere.........

   Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres

    

   A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

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   unTreatedwood | Oct 30, 2007 10:48pm | #10

   I built the case after reading that column!  Used some 3/4" mahogany plywood for the sides,  and some prefinished 1/4" maple ply for the sliding shelves.  It works great and I know exactly where everything is.

   I learned the hard way about indexing opposite sides when working this on the table saw.  It was not pretty the first time.  Oh well.  Wouldn't be without it at this stage.

   "The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a governmental program"  -Ronald Reagan 

   Edited 10/30/2007 3:52 pm ET by unTreatedwood

   Edited 10/30/2007 3:53 pm ET by unTreatedwood

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   BMilton | Oct 31, 2007 01:12am | #11

   Paul,

        I have a dowel just smaller than the arbor holes. On one end is a 1'4" piece of plywood about 10-1/2" on a side. Then I have many more of these plywood sheets, with a hole in the center just larger than the dowel. Put a blade on the contraption, add a sheet, put on another blade, another sheet, etc. etc. etc. The dowel is long enough that I can grab the whole collection and search for the blade I want.

        These contraptions will hold about 5-8 blades before becoming unweildy.

           Bob

    

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   Wingdoctor | Oct 31, 2007 02:27pm | #13

   I built a plywood, open front,  box to sit on a shelf with dado slots to hold 1/2" squares of MDF about 5/8" between slots. The MDF has a bandsawn handle shape on the end, a dowel for the blade center hole and a 1" hole centered at the blade edge drilled 1/4" deep to allow your finger to reach in and lift the blade. I mark what blade is in each holder on the handle end for identification.

   I sit this on the shelf of the cabinet I have over the right side of my saw table and have enough storage for all my blades. You can make it any height you need, or have space for, and it only takes 1 1/8" of vertical height for orderly storage of each blade. Each blade has a permanent home that keeps them from touching together. The cabinet is open fronted and I have the box below eye level to make it easy to see and get to.

   A coat of shellac on the MDF makes them a bit tougher and allows me to mark with a Sharpie on the end.

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   WillGeorge | Oct 31, 2007 07:28pm | #15

   Removable Ty-Wraps and a Kevlar explosion proof box to keep them in.

   EDIT: Sorry, I thought I saw Band Saw Blades!

   
   

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   Edited 10/31/2007 12:28 pm by WillGeorge

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   colebearanimals | Oct 31, 2007 07:38pm | #16

    

           Unwinding bandsaw blades can be an " eye opener ". I just throw 'em on the floor.

                                                    Paul

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   WillGeorge | Oct 31, 2007 08:13pm | #17

   I just throw 'em on the floor.OK.. but I'm old and not to fast these days!

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   PrettyMuchIRock | Nov 01, 2007 07:01am | #18

   You can use the same concept as sandpaper storage, have a lot of shelves for the different saw blades.

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   MaineCoonz | Feb 23, 2012 07:39am | #19

   Saw blade storage cabinet

   Hi Bob,

   Despite spending more time than I care to admit to, I have utterly failed to find the article originally referred to by by ctsjr82 in reply to colebearanimals [original] on Tue, 10/30/2007 - 19:13 (post #86174, reply #7 of 18).

   It is now 2012, and I guess the FW website has been reorganised as I don't seem to be able to find a search box in the Workshop tab, as you say in your post.

   Please: do you happen to remember the link to this?  I would really like to read it, having just acquired my first ever tablesaw and blades :)

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   CharlieL | Mar 07, 2012 03:41pm | #20

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