Recent content by iajon69

There's honestly no need to apologise or edit any posts. 100% you should stand by your comments that the 1/4" x 10tpi Axminster is the best blade for you and better than the ones you had from me - it was just the way it came across that my blades are a lot more expensive and that this applied...

Sorry, should have clarified - working practices and on some machines that can't tension them properly.

With the M42 it depends a lot on the cutting being done, thickness of the wood and the bandsaw being used - M42 blades do need more tension so some bandsaws will struggle with them. I tend to use an M42 on my bandsaw for most of my cutting because I can use it to cut pallets, plastic, non...

My 1/4" Carbon in this length are £9.50 per blade but postage is £3.50 - I think Axminsters postage is £3.95 if the order is under £45.00? So to get the free postage would need 4 blades which comes to £46.72 and 4 of mine with the postage would be £41.50. But and in your case, and this is a...

Not really clearer - The Carbon blade isn't comparable to the GT blades, it's a totally different type of blade and cheaper than the GT blades. I think you are confused by the different types available and I can't find (limited search) any Carbon blades of mine that's more expensive than...

How is it more complicated - you made a statement that my blades are not just a little more expensive but far more expensive (which isn't true) and just asked you to clarify which blades these related to. There's hardly any price difference like for like between most suppliers so just curious as...

The point you made was that my blades are far more expensive - just looking for something to back this up. From what I can see the prices are pretty much identical and like for like mine seem to be cheaper on most them. Out of my stock all the Sabrecut and Fastcut are Ground Tooth, most of the...

I try to stay away from forum discussions but just curious as to which of my blades are much more expensive compared like for like to the Axminster ones. Genuinely not looking to get involved in a who's blades are better type of discussion but would be interested to know about the pricing if you...

Steve - if you want to email (or send a pm through here) then I will look in to this for you. It could be a faulty blade and if it is then no amount of adjustment on the bandsaw will make it cut straight. It's very rare for a blade to go out faulty but it does happen. I've contacted the OP now...

Hi Everyone I've not had time to read the whole thread but I have been having some problems with emails and with the website - just found out today that the contact us form on the site isn't working and and messages sent through there haven't been getting through. Hopefully this will be sorted...

I haven't been on any of forums for ages (not enough hours in the day!!) but was pointed in the direction of this thread and just wanted to share a video on youtube that shows how to sharpen a bandsaw blade: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UygEQ-079Ws If you've got a 3 or 4tpi blade, this...

Hi Bob It's a carbide tipped blade - they usually have a triple tipped tooth design and are great blades that give a great blade life. They need a lot of tension though - even more than M42 blades, so will only run on fairly big machines.....oh and they cost around £180 each......want me to...

Hi Bryn As Steve said, the 3tpi should be a lot better - what thickness are you trying to cut? I remember someone having a similar problem on an Axminster bandsaw and it was down the belt on the machine slipping. Does the bandsaw have two speeds? If so, make sure that it's on the fastest...

What stops most bandsaws taking a 1/8” or 3/16” blade are the guides – if the blade is too narrow then it’s easy to strip the teeth on the blade if the guides can’t be adjusted enough. Pretty much any bandsaw can be made to run really narrow blades, but it varies from machine to machine as to...

Thanks everyone for the kind words, really appreciate it. I don’t get much time to spend on the forums as I would like but it’s great to hear that people are pleased with the blades and service. If there is ever a problem with the blades or service, then I always try and sort it out as soon...