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  1. #1
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    Default which blade to use?.

    I have an older bandsaw,length of blade is 2360mm x14 inch I would like to do some resewing silky oak,brush box for starters,This is what I have at the moment,I won't be doing a lot of resewing.I see a Starrett bandsaw blade on eBay with a size of 2360mmx19mmx4tpi,I don't know what the kerf size is,Would you entertain this blade to resew timber which would be fairly dry definitely not green.
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    Ken

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    G'day Ken,

    From what I've read I would say a 19mm blade is too big for your bandsaw as it will not be able to tension the blade correctly.

    I have a 14" BS too and use a 12mm blade for resawing. It seems to work fine, but I can't remember what TPI it is.

    If you want expert advice I suggest you ring Henry Brothers and tell them the bandsaw details as well as what you want to saw. They should be able to sell you something that will do the job. Having said that, there are probably other companies around your area that would be able to do the same.

    I don't know why you were looking on Ebay but keep in mind that any decent local company will usually reweld a blade for free if it breaks at the weld soon after installing it. The question is can you get the same backup from the Ebay seller?
    Cheers, Bob the labrat

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    16mm would be the largest if you have a sturdy bandsaw, otherwise 12mm. If you can get 3 - 4 TPI in one of those sizes they will cut nicely
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    guys are in your neck of the woods so ordering from them keeps the business local, and as labrat says you will be able to go back to them should the weld break. I had this happen on one of mine recently and the guy just made up another one as it had bent pretty badly when it let go.

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    I used to have a 14" Carbatec bandsaw and found that a 12 mm blade worked well for what it could re-saw (now I have a 20"). In my experience basic carbon steel blades do not last very well sawing Australian timbers and once they become a bit blunt they wander and you waste a lot of wood. Bi-metal blades are better (more expensive) and there are variably spaced toothed blades that reduce vibration. The ultimate 12 mm (and other size) blades that I have found are Lennox tungsten-tip triple-chip-grind blades (Other makers like Laguna untried by me but probably pretty good from reviews). These tct-tcg blades are very expensive but they cut very smoothly so you waste little timber on the jointer/thicknesser after sawing and they stay sharp for the longest time.

    Although I am in Brisbane I order mine from Henry Bros in Sydney. There is a closer distributor for Lennox but after they sold me a blade joined such that two teeth were welded side to side, then "fixed it" by returning the blade kinked I do not deal with them.

    I have bought non tct blades from the Brisbane company linked in the post above by Treecycle and have found them excellent to deal with - they have also sharpened other blades well and inexpensively so they may provide you a cheaper entry into re-sawing.

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