What brand of bandsaw blades do you guys like using? Looking to buy some for resawing some smaller logs on a 14" Delta. Also, where is the best place to buy the blades? Muchas gracias.
Timberwolf from Suffolk Machinery. What I really like about dealing with Suffolk is that instead of asking me what I want to buy (I honestly didn't know what was best), they asked what kind of saw I had and what I cut. What a novel idea…..cater the blades to the saw and the task! In fairness, I haven't used enough high quality BS blades to really know how well these stack up against the very best (maybe these are it), but they were sure a big improvement over stock blades and the junk I was buying locally.
Lennox. Gives me pretty good bang for the buck. The first Lennox blade I bought resawed 100bdft of ash 12" wide like butter. I bought 5 more Lennox blades in varied width and tpi shortly thereafter. That said, I've never tried the pricey blades. There are far more experienced and qualified people than me on this site that will surely weigh in…
I agree totally with knotscott's comment. Timberwolf has always answered my bandsaw blade questions with the best blade for the application. There really is not a "one size fits all answer for bandsaw blades".
Their blades are definitely the cheapest out there but they do cut as advertised IF you use the right blade for your particular application.
For resawing, I don't think you can go wrong with the woodslicer blades (does anybody but Highland woodworking sell these??). For day-to-day cutting I tend to use either the Timberwolf or Lennox blades. The last couple of blades I bought were Lennox and made in the UK, they are working great and were quite a bit cheaper than the Timberwolf.
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