A Worthy bandsaw blade

Thanks for your review here Gary. I am definitely going to get one with the money I saved making my book stand!

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

I’ve been using Timberline and am not really satisfied.

From your picture it looks like you are not using a fence that is as high as the wood. Others have told me that having a tall fence would improve resawing.

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

Sawdust2 – That’s actually a stock picture from their website.

Having a fence as tall as the wood would only work if you have adjusted the fence for drift.
I do do that when I am making precision cuts.

Sometimes I am just resawing some 8/4 stock to 4/4 stock and I don’t want to put a tall fence on. What I do is clamp a piece of wood on the table at the width of cut then use a featherboard to keep the bottom of the board against it. Then I just draw a line on the top of the board and just follow the line.

It’s suprisingly quick and accurate.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Must be practice.
I’ve done the David Marks thing about adjusting for drift but that changes with each blade.
On free hand resawing I do alright for about 5 feet and then there will be a small bump. Usually only a problem for the small side if I’m trying to resaw 5/4 to make 1/2 boards.

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

You beat me to the punch on this one Gary.

I recently purchased one, & tried it on a 9’’ thick piece of Maple.

It cut like a charm, with my fence set straight. not a bit of drift.

I think a lot has to do with my saw.

I really haven’t had one of these blades long enough to say how long it’ll last,

but by the looks of it, I think it’ll last a long time.

I’ll be buying more of these.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Gary,

What size blade would you use for most of your work with the bandsaw? Do you usually keep the same blade on yours to do everything?

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

Thanks Gary. Resawing is all I do on my big bandsaw. I believe I’ll be ordering one of these bad-boys, soon.

-- Maplewood, MN

When I tried my Wood Slicer blade, I took this picture.
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A nice clean cut.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Tom – I usually get 3/4” for a stiffer blade, but I have also used the 1/2 with equal success. I would recommend the 1/2” first because you can do more with it other than resaw. Tighter circles and curves.

I usually only change blades when I have to. I would much rather be cutting things.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

I had one years ago. The cut was fantastic on all of the practice cuts. But when i went to do the real cuts the blade seemed to be dull and wouldn’t cut.

I was unhappy.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

I’ve been jonesing for a luaguna resaw blade since I saw the cut they got at a local woodshow.
This does not look too shabby either and it seems the price is much better.

Gary, where did you find the listing for a 3/4” blade? I must have missed it when I looked at the site.

Cheers
Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

Bob – Here is tha main page showing all the options.

http://www.highlandwoodworking.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=295

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Great tips there Gary. I use a similar blade. The larger teeth make all the difference.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Hi Gary;

I too was using a timber line and wasn’t overly impressed with it.

Actually I didn’t see any difference from the jet blades I bough with my saw.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

Hey Lee,

This isn’t the Timber line it’s the Wood Slicer from Highland.

Maybe you meant the Wood Slicer though.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Thanks for the information. Great post!

-- Only the Shadow knows....................

Gary, I’ve been using the Woodslicer blades also and I’m impressed. I only use a 3/8” blade for resawing. I tried a 3/4” blade when I first bought my saw. I think that 3/4” blade puts too much stress on your saw, and you’ve added the riser block, which may be even worse.
Keep an eye on alignment and your upper wheel shaft bracket.

-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com

I have never been able to successfully use a 3/4” blade on my 14” Reliant with a riser block. It just doesn’t seem like the saw can apply sufficient tension to the blade.

The 1/2” WoodSlicer blade works great. Better than any other blade I have used for re-sawing.

-- Mark

After hearing the merits of Highlanders Woodslicer Blade for many years I took the plunge about 2 months ago.
They sat on the back of my 18” while I smashed away with a 1” bimetal to do some milling.
Yesterday I went to run a few pieces of 6/4 cherry and the saw would not address the line.
After 3 hours of adjusting my saw I relented and put the wooodslicer in place.
B i n g o !

I’m converted now!

Rght down the line first time and almost ready for 180 grit.

Thanks Gary.

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

I finally got a woodslicer blade for my grizzly GO513x. It is great! What a big difference! I read that it cuts like butter and with a straight line. It’s all true!

-- Michael, Fort Worth, TX. "I wood if I could!"