saw blade info

[brummie]

is there a easy way to work out the the right way to find right way round on the reverse scroll saw blades I tried a magnifying class but does not help

[mrsn]

standard reverse blades only have blades going the reverse direction on the bottom 1". So the right way has most of the teeth pointing down. I sometimes run a blade across my finger or jeans to see which way it catches, the way it catches should be the downward stroke in the saw.
If you have blades that have reverse teeth throughout the blade (like a fd-ur) most of those have some sort of dent in the top or bottom of the blade, check your directions for details.

[dgman]

What I do is hold the blade from an end with my thumb and index finger. I then run my nail from the the other thumb down the blade. You want to feel the majority of the teeth pointing down and the last half inch to one inch pointing up. I do this with all sizes of reverse tooth blades down to 2/0. The flying Dutchman Ultra Reverse blades have a dent on the top of the blade.

[spiderman]

On the FD-SR blades if you look at it  the short end is the top and the long end is the bottom.
happy scrolling...

[spiderman]

 

[Billy in Va]

For my old tired weal eys that dent on the FD UR is worth it s weight in gold! I still have so of the FD SR and cuss every tim I grab one. But they are still superior to any other bland I have used. Guess you can call me a top feeding dent lover