Jet 14" bandsaw speed question

You want to use the fastest speed for wood and the slowest for metal. The fastest speed will occur with the large pully on the motor coupled to the small pulley on the saw.

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The slowest speed will not be slowest enough. You will knock all of the teeth off the blade if you try metal. The metal speed is around 200-300 fps. Where wood is 3000 fpm.

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The foumula for blade speed is here

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the easy way..go to owwm. type in shop calculations enter motor rpm an pulley size boom!

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I recently added the riser block to my Pioneer 14” band saw. The powermatic block bolted right up. $48 on amazon with free shipping. What a deal ! I totally love my bandsaw now. Put an Olson Pro 105×3/4 6tpi and a link belt from harbor freight, tune up the guides and you’ll be looking for logs every where you go. Good luck with your saw. It’s my favorite tool now.

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Thank you all for the information. I hope to find time this weekend to play around with it. 1st thing I need to do is get some real blades for it.