Alan DuBoff
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What he would do is start with a 9" blade, and the cutting is only about 1" - 1 1/2" deep, so he would just snap a piece off the blade, and then reinsert the 8", do more work, snap off another inch, and insert the 7", this way you get a lot more life out of one blade.
Travis,Do-All is a great company for band saws. Do you have one with the blade welder on it? I had been wanting a metal cutting band saw, but with this I might not need that now and just be content with my wood cutting bandsaw, and this scroll saw.
Time is everything, I agree.
If you did run those pieces all the time, it would make sense to have a machine setup, but it sounds like you don't need to do them very often. I've seen people setup a machine, make a run to have stock, and then they wouldn't have to do it again for a while.
I know a lot of folks do cut metal on their wood cutting bandsaws, I've not done it myself though. I don't have any blades for it is the main reason.