Thread: New re-saw blade

I use a 1/2" 3tpi bi-metal blade from Henry Bros. as a general purpose blade, and have found it excellent for resawing - thin kerf, good finish, long life. They claim it costs twice as much as a normal blade and lasts 3 times as long, but I believe from my experience that its better than that. I'd be interested to hear how the Woodslicer compares - guess you won't find out for a while.

I've been waiting for a Lennox blade for 3 weeks now . When I read your post I got all excited and rang Henry Bros only to be told that they have not been able to even get a delivery date out of Lennox.Did you get your blade a while ago or am I being given the run around

Peter

Hi Peter,

I reckon I have had mine for around 6-8 weeks. Just been sitting up on the wall waiting for something decent to try it out. You certainly wont be disappointed. Have you tried the woodslicer blades yet? About 1/3 cost of the lennox but not as long lasting.

regards,

AD

Hi AD
I have the 1'2 inch woodslicer blade which cuts very well . cost me $29Au including postage . I have also had one of Henry Bros 1/2" bimetal blades cost me $54 inc postage which also cut very well but not quite as smooth as the woodslicer but lasted much longer . I was using them to cut veneers from inch boards . For this the woodslicer was better as I could get one more veneer out of the board .Looking forward to getting the CT blade but not any time soon apparently .

Peter

G'day Bloggs How long is that board you are resawing. How do you control the cut. It looks to be 3 or 4 + metres long???

Amazed! Hazard

Hi Hazzard,

Tad under 6 metres or 19.5'. Although there is only one bloke holding the piece in the pic ( a mate of mine whilst I am on the camera) it took two of us to get it through the saw. I use a tall featherboard setup near the blade to help keep her steady and two blokes are on the feed side of the saw until about half way through then one on either side for the rest of the cut.

Slow and steady wins the race here.

If they are straight boards, you can easily put through 20 footers by yourself, just have to think ahead.

regards,

AD

Unfortunately my 18" saw won't handle a blade wider than 3/4" but Henry Bros provided me with a very satisfactory carbon steel blade with only 1.2 teeth to the inch pitch and 1/4" deep gullets. It's an intimidating beast but highly effective on ripping everything I've pointed at it from 21mm - 200mm plus in thickness.

It doesn't deliver a planned surface of course but one light pass over the jointer is usually enough to remove all marks. It certainly cuts straighter and with less bow than anything I've previously used.

While I previously understood that one should use a blade pitch that provided at least two teeth in the cut, I've just finished ripping 12mm edge strips in blackwood from 21mm stock (an afternoon's worth) and with very light feed pressures I could feed stock through very rapidly and no drama. I haven't tried it but I suspect cross cutting could be a different matter.

Ted
Hobart