What a difference a blade makes

[PeterSk]

So at the tail end of the Lambourn Bash, miles foisted a tiny little tabletop bandsaw onto me and I carted the thing away. I spent around two weeks trying to tune it but it refused to make decent cuts no matter what I did.

Disheartened, I went and had a look at some tablesaws, but then I read about Tuffsaws, so always being one to take a £10 route instead of a £150 route, I gave Ian a ring and ordered a new 3tpi 3/8" blade.

I received the blade today in the post, and was immediately struck by the quality. The extra four thou thickness really makes for a much sterner blade so it was hard work getting the thing over the wheels, however it's now fitted and the saw roughly tuned for it.

All I can say is I'm bowled over. This bandsaw has gone from being a useless waste of space to a fantastic tool. It's now cutting lumps of wood that brought the old blade to a standstill almost perfectly square, and I'm sure with a little more tweaking of the guides I'll get it all perfect.

So a huge thanks here to miles for the saw, and Ian at Tuffsaws for truly excellent service and an excellent blade.

 

[Steve Maskery]

You are not the first and you won't be the last to sing the praises of Ian at Tuffsaws. Even an entry-level saw properly tuned with a good blade will give perfectly decent results. I'm glad you are sorted.
S

 

[jlawrence]

I bought some blades off Ian way back in spring. Just managed to get around to fitting one. Wow - my little table top delta bandsaw is like a different machine.

 

[jimi43]

At a risk of sounding repetitive...his blades are like putting a turbo on any saw...

...and one last thing...they go on and on and on...mine has been in a few months now and taken a beating and is still as good as the day I put it on.

They work out great value too as a result!

Jim

 

[big soft moose]

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[big soft moose]

At a risk of sounding repetitive...his blades are like putting a turbo on any saw...

...and one last thing...they go on and on and on...mine has been in a few months now and taken a beating and is still as good as the day I put it on.

They work out great value too as a result!

Jim

Yeah I'm ordering some for my Kity 613, which when i got it had a axcalibur inch blade on it - it cuts straightlines loverly but is pineapple all use for cutting circles - I'm shortly going to have some 3/8" 3tpi skip blades from Ian which will sort that out

 

[big soft moose]

So at the tail end of the Lambourn Bash, miles foisted a tiny little tabletop bandsaw onto me .

when you want to upgrade from the baby bandsaw dont buy a table saw - tablesaws are great for cutting straightlines in flatworld carpentry but they are a dead loss for cutting out circles - a decent sized bandsaw is what you will eventually need[

 

[PeterSk]

Problem is I have enough of an interest in flatworld carpentry to make a tablesaw a sound investment. Doesn't mean I couldn't get a decent bandsaw too of course...

 

[The Shark]

This week I've replaced an old Dragon saws blade with a new 2240mm x 5/8” SuperTuff Fastcut blade from Ian.

Even on my old RSBS12 bandsaw, I was able to produce a 2mm veneer off a piece of oak like it was slicing through butter, and the finish is fantastic.

It was more difficult to get the new blade on ( had to slacken tension right off, and then some) than to get the old one off, but Ian is aware of this point. Once it was on, it tensioned up a treat!

Top blade, top service, top bloke :lol:

Malc

 

[xc-mtbr]

Just out of interest petersk what was the bandsaw you picked up?