Reversed bandsaw blade?

I just tried (barehanded) with my 44-7/8" x 1/2" portaband blade...Took maybe 1.25 seconds to flip it, and about the same to flip it back...While the shorter blade might be a little more difficult, it seems far from insurmountable.

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You beat me.

I made a 1/2" x 33" loop from a broken blade and inverted it in 3 seconds, with gloves.

If it isn't on YouTube it didn't happen.

Neither a race nor a contest...besides, the effort required is probably exponentally more difficult as the length shortens...Just trying to figure out if the request was real or Memorex...

There is a whole lot less off-topic garbage on YouTube than there is in this group.

Any shorter and real soon it would be impossible. The blade metal type matters too. Posting a video of some guy holding up a 12 foot blade and twisting it, followed by the rest of the blade falling into place, is totally unconvincing. I've seen all of those anyway. I'll believe it when I see somebody flip a 32 7/8" long 1/2" wide blade. Would be fun to watch.

Just remembered... I have a Morse 32 7/8" blade (one of three, unused, because the other two sucked) in the trashcan to fish out and try it on. I'll go get it.

The new Dewalt blades came and of course they are facing the right direction. The others will go back without damaging them while trying to flip them. Manhandling stuff is fun. I enjoy taking a set of vice grips to destroy some hard object. No problem here. Nothing to do with lack of force. Crunch it until my wrists hurt. I love force, and leverage.

Yep. That one is reversible, barely. Now to get on with a project.

I wrote:

If it isn't on YouTube it didn't happen.

Likely a fellow student taught me, certainly not my instructor. TIG's in the 70s just tickled a bit, "Look at me, I can strike an arc on my fingers" modern ones are like "Holy s*it why did I do that!"

Likely a fellow student taught me, certainly not my instructor. TIG's in the 70s just tickled a bit, "Look at me, I can strike an arc on my fingers" modern ones are like "Holy s*it why did I do that!"

Nym-shifting Google troll...

Any wider or shorter and it WOULDN'T flip. I wanted to see someone else do it, that's all. I appreciate the trouble a REAL poster toke to make a 33" blade. The blades were replaced and originals returned. No need to risk damage because of an improperely welded blade.