Hello, looking for bandsaw blade advise please.

[dave_87]

Hello all, first let me start by saying a big hello.
I've just got into woodworking, my main area of interest is drum making but that may expand to other things depending how i get on.

I've got myself a SIP 01364 10" band saw, the blades it came with seem ok for straight and shallow curve cuts, im looking for a little advise on which blades would be best for cutting sharper curves, i'll mainly be working with hard woods (oak, walnut, mahogany...).

Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Dave.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Tuffsaws - Ring Ian at Tuffsaws. No other firm seems to come close. The number's easy enough to find.

 

[CHJ]

My advise is to contact:- Ian

Tuff Saws ( Ian M John )
E-mail:- [email protected] Tel: - 07896 058499

Explain which machine you have and the tasks you wish to perform.
He will give you a list of options/recommendations, based on blade material, blade width, expected life, initial cost.

He has always come up trumps for me for both wood and metal cutting when sorting out a task that needed something a little special.

 

[dave_87]

Thanks guys, will give Ian a shout, I had looked on the tuffsaws site a few days ago but just wanted to see if there were any other recommendations.

Cheers for the advice.

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Just as a me too..I also was a Tuffsaws Noob till this forum advised me otherwise. The blades Ian sent me for roughing bowl blanks out of green timber have out-performed my previous blades by an absolutely amazing degree........he really knows his onions. Furthermore I would contend that no other tools performance is so massively affected by poor blade quality than a bandsaw. You can get away to a large extent with both table and chopsaw's with very average blades. But not a bandsaw...oh no...it's horrible with a poor blade. Conversely its an absolute joy with a decent one...my go to saw in fact for many reasons.

Tuffsaws (ie Ian) is a shining beacon of old fashioned quality and value in a sea of profit motivated major corps that restore my faith in human nature every time I turn the thing on.

 

[wcndave]

Rough rule of thumb is smaller blade equals tighter curves.

The tooth type, blade material etc will depend on what you are cutting.

Contact Ian ;-)

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