Ned Bulken
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OK gang,
With warmer weather on the 'near horizon', I'm thinking about placing an order for some blades for my BS. Suffolk has their buy 3 get 1 freee deal running still, but the question is what sizes... and what length blade.
I"ve got the 14" HF with a riser block installed if you remember... I'm sure they'll know what length, but please remind me if you know.
As for sizes, I was thinking of one each of 1/8, 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2". I'm planning on the 1/4 and/or 3/8 for 'general' use, and the 1/8 for some bandsaw boxes and such. 1/2 for some limited resaw duties; I fully realize that I don't have a powerhouse saw but I'd like to give it a try. I have a couple of really nice maple boards which I'd like to get the most out of, and a bookmatch with the curl that is there would be special indeed.
IIRC the 1/4 twolf blades can make some pretty tight turns, so I might skip the 1/8 and go with a 3/4 for resaw, but again, I'm not sure that I could drive that much blade with my stock motor.
With warmer weather on the 'near horizon', I'm thinking about placing an order for some blades for my BS. Suffolk has their buy 3 get 1 freee deal running still, but the question is what sizes... and what length blade.
I"ve got the 14" HF with a riser block installed if you remember... I'm sure they'll know what length, but please remind me if you know.
As for sizes, I was thinking of one each of 1/8, 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2". I'm planning on the 1/4 and/or 3/8 for 'general' use, and the 1/8 for some bandsaw boxes and such. 1/2 for some limited resaw duties; I fully realize that I don't have a powerhouse saw but I'd like to give it a try. I have a couple of really nice maple boards which I'd like to get the most out of, and a bookmatch with the curl that is there would be special indeed.
IIRC the 1/4 twolf blades can make some pretty tight turns, so I might skip the 1/8 and go with a 3/4 for resaw, but again, I'm not sure that I could drive that much blade with my stock motor.