Resawing Blades

Try the Timber Wolf They list a 1/2 inch by 80 inch. I think they will custom weld any lenght you need.

-- Jesse, Saint Louis, Missouri

We are in the exact same situation! We must have the same 12” Craftsman band saw because this past weekend I was looking online for a Wood Slicer blade and my saw requires an 80” blade also. I will look forward to someone giving an answer to this :)

-- "Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone." -- Pablo Picasso

Thanks Jesse! I’ve also read several very fine reviews for the Timber Wolf blades.

-- Russell Pitner Hixson, TN 37343 bassboy40@msn.com

Take a piece of string, 80” long and see if your saw will tighten that much. Actually, tighten it all the way and measure. I’d be surprised if 1/2” would make that much difference. Both my bandsaw have a couple inch travel.

-- There is nothing like the sound of a well tuned hand plane. - http://timetestedtools.wordpress.com (timetestedtools at hotmail dot c0m)

You can get an 80” timberwolf. I hear great things about those blades

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1/2” – 3/4” with 3-4 TPI bandsaw blades are recommended for resawing. Timberwolf has 80” or 6’8” length.

-- "someone has to be wounded for others to be saved, someone has to sacrifice for others to feel happiness, someone has to die so others could live"

Suffolk Machinery that makes the Timberwolf will make them whatever length you desire. They don’t charge extra for it.

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Your bandsaw unless it is very poorly designed should be able to accept an extra half inch without too much problem.IMHO I really cannot see this as a problem ask the manufacturer to be safe but I would not let a small deviation of that amount worry me.There should be more room to tension than a half an inch. see what others say.Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

I am also to understand that Timber Wolf badese do not require as much tension as other manufacturer’s; is this so?

-- Russell Pitner Hixson, TN 37343 bassboy40@msn.com

Russell,
I believe you are correct, but I’ve always tensioned them to the same “note” as other 1/2”s, I’ve used. But they’ll make them to your specified length.

-- Gene 'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton

Thanks all for your kind information.

-- Russell Pitner Hixson, TN 37343 bassboy40@msn.com