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Painting Saw Blade Ends to Identify Size
A tip from @laaracerman: paint the same end of your saw blades to identify the size and know which way to load them.
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Here is a saw blade organizing tip from @laaracerman - Paint the ends of your sawblades for easy identification. This trick is especially useful when you can’t remember which blade is in your saw! If you paint the same end of all your saw blades you’ll always know which way to put it into your saw.” Laara thank you so much for letting me share!! It’s also a great beginner tip that you only need a few saw blade sizes for the metals you tend to work in the most! 🙌 if you have a tips you’d like to share with us please email me at tips@metalsmithsociety.com we appreciate you #jewelrymakingtips
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