bandsaw tension for metal any different.

[Bill Dufour]

If you use the same bandsaw to cut metal and wood with a transmission for speed changes. Do you tension a wood blade. and metal blade to the same force for the same width blade? I realize you set it to the book recommendation then fine tune the tension so it stays on track.
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[John TenEyck]

I have a 14" Delta Wood/Metal BS. I set the tension the same on the blades I use for cutting metal as those for cutting wood. Neither is very high, about 12,000 psi; that saw can't muster a whole lot of force on a 1/2" blade.

John