Bandsaw blade help

Philbo · 29 May 2015

Hi, I was wondering if someone might be able to help a bandsaw newbie!

I have just bought a second hand Delta 28-180 bench band saw and need to buy a blade for it.

I have looked in the manual that came with it and it says it accepts blades of 1/8, 1/4 and 3/8" wide and although it doesn't state it in the manual, it came with some other paperwork showing a 56.1/8" blade is required (having googled the model this looks to be the case).

I have been on the Axminster website to look but can only find 56" blades, will this fit ok?

I am going to be using this for a bit of small ripping and also some curve/circle cutting etc so was going to go for a 3/8" 6tpi blade...

any advice much appreciated!

Cheers.

Phil Pascoe · 29 May 2015

Get hold of Ian at Tuffsaws. All your questions will be answered. His blades are the best and cheaper than many (certainly Axminster).

Philbo · 29 May 2015

phil.p":13imm7kb said:
Get hold of Ian at Tuffsaws. All your questions will be answered. His blades are the best and cheaper than many (certainly Axminster).

Excellent!

thank you for the recommendation!

JJ1 · 29 May 2015

Another vote for Tuffsaws. Extremely helpful and excellent blades.

hairywan · 31 May 2015

Another thumbs up for Ian at Tuffsaws, great sensible advice and service. After reading about and thinking I might need 3 or four different blades (but actually no backgraound knowledge), Ian suggested I try 2 different blades, to start with and see how I get on, have not looked back since and not need anymore. Thanks Ian