Andre Cormier
11-23-2010, 5:35 PM
Hi,
I have lots of leftover PT SYP that I want to turn into various outdoor things and lots of the cutting will be done on the bandsaw (Laguna 18" China version). Most of the cut's will be between 1"-8" cross/rip/resaw. Might be a few cuts up to 11" but not often.
I have been using this blade and I am fairly happy with the results Fast cut, thin gauge/kerf.
http://www.lagunatools.com/accessories/bandsaw-shearforce/bandsaw-bb3050#
I have also been using a TW 1 1/4 1.3 TPI bandmill blade. Works well but has a bad weld and wanders back and forth a bit. Also I'm not fond of the .042 gauge on my 18" wheel. Not sure of the Kerf but it's fairly wide.
New to the bandsaw and I will be odering a few other blades to get a feel for them. For this purpose I'm mostly looking at feed rate over cut quality
At $17 I will be ordering a Woodmaster C 1 1/4 1.3tpi to just compare it to the TW blade. The woodmaster has a .035 Gauge/.72 Kerf. There is also a 1.1 and a 1 Tpi in this blade, not sure how much different that would be, probably more useful in the bandmills.
There seems to be lots of Diemaster 2 fans. How would it do for the cutting I just described.
For the Diemaster 2? Maybe a 1/2 .25 4tpi or a 1/2 .35 3tpi?
Any other suggestions/recommendations
Thanks
I have lots of leftover PT SYP that I want to turn into various outdoor things and lots of the cutting will be done on the bandsaw (Laguna 18" China version). Most of the cut's will be between 1"-8" cross/rip/resaw. Might be a few cuts up to 11" but not often.
I have been using this blade and I am fairly happy with the results Fast cut, thin gauge/kerf.
http://www.lagunatools.com/accessories/bandsaw-shearforce/bandsaw-bb3050#
I have also been using a TW 1 1/4 1.3 TPI bandmill blade. Works well but has a bad weld and wanders back and forth a bit. Also I'm not fond of the .042 gauge on my 18" wheel. Not sure of the Kerf but it's fairly wide.
New to the bandsaw and I will be odering a few other blades to get a feel for them. For this purpose I'm mostly looking at feed rate over cut quality
At $17 I will be ordering a Woodmaster C 1 1/4 1.3tpi to just compare it to the TW blade. The woodmaster has a .035 Gauge/.72 Kerf. There is also a 1.1 and a 1 Tpi in this blade, not sure how much different that would be, probably more useful in the bandmills.
There seems to be lots of Diemaster 2 fans. How would it do for the cutting I just described.
For the Diemaster 2? Maybe a 1/2 .25 4tpi or a 1/2 .35 3tpi?
Any other suggestions/recommendations
Thanks