Need a new resaw blade

My Lenox Tri-Master blade broke so I need to find a new one. A little searching looks like people recommend BandSawBladesDirect.com. Any other recommendations for an on-line purchase these days?

For the price I don't think you can do better than the Lennox Woodmaster CT for resawing. It was designed for cutting wood; the TriMaster was not though many people use it for that purpose. No matter what Lennox blade you buy you'll likely get the best price at Spectrum Supply.

John

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Originally Posted by John TenEyck

For the price I don't think you can do better than the Lennox Woodmaster CT for resawing. It was designed for cutting wood; the TriMaster was not though many people use it for that purpose. No matter what Lennox blade you buy you'll likely get the best price at Spectrum Supply.

John

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Thanks for the recommendation John. I last used Blade Serpent and Spectrum seems to be about $4 cheaper for the Diemaster 2 blades.

You might check with toolcenter.com as well. Shipping is reasonable, I got a 1/2" .025" Trimaster from them. They were the only place I was able to find that sold the thin Trimaster blade. Most carbide tipped blades are .032" thick or thicker. I figured a .025" blade should be a little easier to tension and perhaps less prone to breaking from fatigue going around a 14" wheel.

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Originally Posted by John TenEyck

For the price I don't think you can do better than the Lennox Woodmaster CT for resawing. It was designed for cutting wood; the TriMaster was not though many people use it for that purpose. No matter what Lennox blade you buy you'll likely get the best price at Spectrum Supply.

John

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Thanks for suggesting Spectrum, I'll check them out. I took a look at the Woodmaster and it doesn't appear to have carbide teeth. Given I occasionally work in Hard Maple and Hickory, I think I will stick with carbide teeth.

Woodmaster CT 1.3T is likely what you want and has carbide-tipped teeth (CT)

I bought mine from Spectrum Supply last summer and have not taken it off the saw once. Fantastic blade.

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Originally Posted by Bryan Hunt

Thanks for suggesting Spectrum, I'll check them out. I took a look at the Woodmaster and it doesn't appear to have carbide teeth. Given I occasionally work in Hard Maple and Hickory, I think I will stick with carbide teeth.

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Woodmaster CT (Carbide Teeth)

If your saw is large enough and beefy enough to handle the 1" x 1.3 tpi blade it will blow you away. The 3/4" x 2 tpi is a fine choice, too. I have the 1 x 1.3 tpi blade and it will cut a lot of bf before getting dull. Once mine got dull, I resharpened it on the saw with a diamond wheel in a Dremel using a shop built jig and it's cutting like new again.

John

How smooth a cut do you get from the Woodmaster CT 1" x 1.3 tpi? I'm looking to replace my blade soon, but a lot of my resawing is making thin slices of relatively valuable wood, so I'm hoping for as narrow a kerf as possible, but also a cut that will clean up with one light pass through a drum sander. The current Trimaster 3tpi comes pretty close to that when dull-- I bought it used so don't know what it's like when sharp.

I know I also need to try sharpening it-- too many projects, too little time.

Thanks for pointing me to the Woodmaster CT

I just ordered from Spectrum Supply - way cheaper than BandSawBladesDirect.

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Originally Posted by roger wiegand

How smooth a cut do you get from the Woodmaster CT 1" x 1.3 tpi? I'm looking to replace my blade soon, but a lot of my resawing is making thin slices of relatively valuable wood, so I'm hoping for as narrow a kerf as possible, but also a cut that will clean up with one light pass through a drum sander. The current Trimaster 3tpi comes pretty close to that when dull-- I bought it used so don't know what it's like when sharp.

I know I also need to try sharpening it-- too many projects, too little time.

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This smooth and consistent:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw...-no?authuser=0

14" wide x 49 inches long, max. deviation about 0.005 inches top to bottom, end to end.

Here's a closeup:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw...-no?authuser=0

Woodmaster CT 1" x 1.3 tpi at 24ksi tension on a Grizzly G0636X.

John