2" blade over 18" wheels sounds like a recipe to break blades to me, have you got any idea how hard it will be to even handle a 2" blade?
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2" blade over 18" wheels sounds like a recipe to break blades to me, have you got any idea how hard it will be to even handle a 2" blade?
Chris
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You need to look at band thickness. A 1" Lenox has a band of .035. the 1.25" goes to .042 and I'm not sure there is an 18" saw that will tension it, let alone a 2" blade. I don't run a Lenox wider than 1" on my 36" saw but tension it to 30,000. Cut quality is good enough that hand feeding inconsistency causes the only irregularity in the cut. Resaw machines that are made to run 2" blades are way heavier machines than you are contemplating. The old hitachi ran a stellite 2" resaw but the band was very thin and had no more beam strength than the Lenox 1" Trimaster. Dave
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