DavidCBaker
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Good brands and sources? Thanks.
Good Source for Quality Band Saw Blades
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Whattarya gonna do with the blade? Curves? Resawing? More a combo? Sorry to send that back to you...
I use mine almost exclusively for resawing or straight cuts. For that, I have a Laguna Resaw King blade. Basically it's a band with table-saw teeth brazed onto the band. They can be resharpened. The surface off the saw is like you just sanded it to P80.
But not cheap. But then if you wanted cheap you wouldn't be here with the rest of us
I use mine almost exclusively for resawing or straight cuts. For that, I have a Laguna Resaw King blade. Basically it's a band with table-saw teeth brazed onto the band. They can be resharpened. The surface off the saw is like you just sanded it to P80.
But not cheap. But then if you wanted cheap you wouldn't be here with the rest of us
+1 on the Resaw King -- very, very smooth cuts. Lenox also makes good blades -- maybe a little cheaper, but anything that is carbide tipped is going to cost some money -- figure 1.25 - 1.80 per inch. I actually buy my other blades from Laguna too -- since I happen to live 20 miles from their showroom it is easy to pick stuff up in person. Suffolk makes good all around blades too and Highland Hardware.
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PaulMarcel said:Whattarya gonna do with the blade? Curves? Resawing? More a combo? Sorry to send that back to you...
I use mine almost exclusively for resawing or straight cuts. For that, I have a Laguna Resaw King blade. Basically it's a band with table-saw teeth brazed onto the band. They can be resharpened. The surface off the saw is like you just sanded it to P80.
But not cheap. But then if you wanted cheap you wouldn't be here with the rest of us
Mainly combo and resawing, so I'll take a look at the Laguna REsaw King Blade.
My bandsaw just arrived and I'm like a kid at Christmas.
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David
What bandsaw? I am in the process of buying one so am curious as to what you chose
Richard
What bandsaw? I am in the process of buying one so am curious as to what you chose
Richard
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Felder FB 600.
I'll do a full picture and text review as soon as I get it setup.
I'll do a full picture and text review as soon as I get it setup.
Another vote here for the Resaw King for straight cuts. I have a few of them so one is always ready if the others are out for sharpening. Put the widest one on that will fit your saw for straight line cuts. For other applications, you'll have to look at what you are cutting and then select the right blade for the application, the tighter the turns, the narrower the blade.
The Highland Hardware/Woodworking blades have won a bunch of awards I use them on my old Inca:
http://www.highlandwoodworking.com/woodslicer-resaw-bandsaw-blades.aspx
http://www.highlandwoodworking.com/woodslicer-resaw-bandsaw-blades.aspx
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Lenox Bi-Metal blades are the best I have used and they are not that expensive either.
Best,
Todd
Best,
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Well i'm kind of envious. Congratulations - I ordered one from Felder - they even cashed my deposit cheque before they decide that they could not sell me one - I wanted a 220 volt single phase and the machine they had lined up was a 60hz US model. I have just confirmed my order today for an Agazzani 600 -very similar - just more more expensive.David said:
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Mine is a single phase 220 60 hertz.
David,
You need more than a brand recommendation. The correct tooth and band geometry can have as much to do with blade performace as brand. I use John at www.woodcraftbands.com for bimetal and John Iturra (no website, old school paper catalog and a telephone.....http://www.businessmarketinginstitute.com/tmn/iturra.pdf is a scan of an old catalog) for my resaw blades. These two guys are encyclopedias (encyclopediae?) of bandsaws and blades and I recommend them without reservation. Tell them what you want to do and they will lead you to the best match.
I got some blades from a specialty blade/cutlery company Atlanta Sharptech few years ago which were very thin kerf stainless steel. They were intended for meat but made the smoothest resaw cuts I've ever made with a bandsaw. They didn't last very long but while they were sharp they were very good.
You need more than a brand recommendation. The correct tooth and band geometry can have as much to do with blade performace as brand. I use John at www.woodcraftbands.com for bimetal and John Iturra (no website, old school paper catalog and a telephone.....http://www.businessmarketinginstitute.com/tmn/iturra.pdf is a scan of an old catalog) for my resaw blades. These two guys are encyclopedias (encyclopediae?) of bandsaws and blades and I recommend them without reservation. Tell them what you want to do and they will lead you to the best match.
I got some blades from a specialty blade/cutlery company Atlanta Sharptech few years ago which were very thin kerf stainless steel. They were intended for meat but made the smoothest resaw cuts I've ever made with a bandsaw. They didn't last very long but while they were sharp they were very good.
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Thanks, guys.
