Metal blade 30tpi issue. So thin keeps letting go

[Just jo]

Hi everyone. I’m pretty new to scrolling but normally work with wood and have a few successful basics up my sleeve but I 

need to do a metal job snd my hand cutting skills are used up so I bought a 30 tpi Olsen scroll saw blade to cut 0.6 mm metal. 
however being a painless blade and so very very thin I am having trouble getting it to not pop out of holding ends is there a trick or am I just missing something or probably both. 
thanks for any advice. I’m baffled 

[Denny Knappen]

It may be something with the blade holders.  What type of Scroll Saw?

[Wichman]

I have used a scrollsaw to cut metal before. In my opinion 30 tpi is not fine enough and the blade is probably catching on the metal and the clamps just can't hold.

Solution 1. sandwich the metal between two sheets of thin plywood.

Solution 2.  get blades with more tpi, in the neighborhood of 70 tpi.

[LarryEA]

Your clamp holders may not be flat.

As Denny asked,  What type of saw?

[amazingkevin]

Worn out sloppy saw tolerances,?

[nrscroller]

HI

Try lightly sanding the ends of your blades, your holders might be smooth and slippery, that will give them something to bite on. 

Bill

[Rockytime]

Guess Just Jo wants to be incognito.

[Fedido]

I had the same problem with my Dewalt. Replaced the knobs that hold the blade and haven’t had a problem since.