ok so im looking for a resawing blade for a 14 BS with 6 inch extension (105”) anyways i burned up my last 3/4 blade yesterday about 4:00 leaving me an hour to find a place with them and also getting there…i used about 30 mins searching and calling, fastenal,graingers, and a couple of odd places, i know its absolutely pointless to look into the box stores for the blades fastenal said they could make me a blade which is fine except the fact that i wont get any gratification from it for a week so luckily tried n true tools is open till 6 and i ran down there, woodcraft is about 2 hours from me and its over an hour to rockler anyways i ended up ordering a woodmaster c blade from fastenal and custom made to 105” and grabbed a generic blade to get me by from tried n true so anyways the question is, where do you guys get blades and futhermore what is a good resaw blade that i might be able to get a hold of?
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Woodslicer from highlandwoodworking.com. is a fantastic blade- cuts clean and fast. 1/2” wide. gets rave reviews, and I personally have great success with it.
what 14” bandsaw are you using that you are running a 3/4” blade on it? thats kinda stretching it… blades usually have a hard time wrapping around the smaller 14” wheels…
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I see. the issue is less the BS being able to handle it but more the blade that is over stressed trying to go around the smaller diameter wheel which can either break it, or stress it sooner than later. regardless. to stay focused on the OP: the woodslicer is a fantastic blade.
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Try a 1/2” 3tpi skip tooth. These guys are right that a 3/4” is too stiff for 14” wheels. If I may make a suggestion, Give WWW.bcsaw.com a try. They use Starrett blade stock, do a perfect job welding, and they cut and last very well. aLSO, THEY’RE about 1/2 the price of the WoodSlicer. They’re in Toronto, so right no the $ goes farther up there.
Steve
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I bought mine from woodcraft and like you its a 2 hour drive but then I’m not in a rush. I use the 3/4” Timber Wolf blade and haven’t had any problems with my 14” band saw. Of course I don’t do a lot of resawing so that may explain why I don’t have to much trouble with it. Its true that the 3/4” blade on 14’ band saw wheels does have a bit of difficulty wrapping around but does produce a nice cut. Haven’t tried a 1/2” blade yet so I don’t know how smooth a cut you can get with them. Although I hear its not to bad. Guess it just depends on how much resawing you do as to what size you use. I do set the RPMS to the lowest setting and slow down my feed rate when I resaw. If that makes any difference or not.
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i havent tried low speed yet on my saw, but mayble i will jiust to get a working knowlege of it, cant hurt to try right?..lol and now that i think about it, over 6 inch boards do drag the lil 1 h/p motor down a bit too so it may help keeping the speed consistant too
-- if you dont have it, build it, especially when its a stupid idea
Woodslicer hands down. Delta 14 no block. I cut some green so will soon be trying that turners blade for wet wood. BS is a joy when everything works right—crapatola when not. s
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