I just took delivery of a grizzly g0513 series saw, a mobile base for it (shop fox), and am now in the process of setting up the saw in my shop, assembling the mobile base, and preparing to buy some blades. I've read through the bandsaw blades stickied post, now know why I had such a short life from the sweedish steel blades I used on my old saw, but I have a few questions and I've started putting things together (and I'm sure I'll get more as I continue)
1) For the mobile base it seems that everyone is putting the wheels of the shopfox on the spine and brake sides of the saw with the fixed wheels perpendicular to the direction of cut. This requires a 3/4" bade for the lower door to clear the bolts on the base. Has anyone put them wheels on the door and motor side of the saw? This looks like it might provide a little more stability with a wider base, but some quick measurements make me thing I'd need to use a 1.5" shim for the door to clear the wheels.
2) I saw and now cannot find a post about blade width for these saws. It seemed the consensus was it can actually handle a 1" blade, but getting that blade on and off through the blade slot in the table is a pain. Is 3/4" the recommended max if you're going to swap blades regularly, or will I be fine with a 1" resaw blade? Can this saw actually tension a 1" .035 blade?
3) Looking at carbide resaw blades, it seems the laguna resaw king is a .025 band, but the lenox tri-master and woodmaster CT are .035 bands. With 17" wheels should I be using the .025? I don't cut veneers (or plan to), and I'm not sure if I should spend the money for carbide or just use carbon steel. At least with a 3/4 or 1" flex back any fatigue cracking would only be on a $20 blade. I'd need to invest in a drum sander I'm not sure I have shop room for before a super clean carbide resaw cut is important to me.