DIY Bandsaw blade guides?

[eric auer]

anyone experimented with Different materials for bandsaw bladeguides?

If you have, did you find anything worth while?

Thanks

Eric

[Thomas Williams]

Hard maple soaked for a day or two in mineral oil. I did not like them as well as cool blocks.

[Bob Vallaster]

My current set is made from lignum vitae. They have held up well for ~6 years and will probably endure as long as the saw.
I tried cool blocks years back but did not like the smell when they wore or heated---like burning rubber.
The oil-impregnated maple idea above sounds good.

BobV

[John Thompson]

Lignum Vitae as it's very hard. Hard enough that wooden bearing for propellor shafts on ships are made from it or were. And it's naturally oily which makes it a perfect as a BS guide.

Sarge..