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ramrod340
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Just curious what do you guys use on your band saw to rough cut your blanks?

I have a 14" and have been using a 1/2" 3tpi hook ceramic guides. But I seem to be doing a lot more burning than I think I should be. Can keep the burn down but need to keep the feed rate just below motor speed reduction.


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I use a 3/8 4tpi. I had a similar problem. I thought it was the cheap blade that came with the machine. It may have been but I also lowered the rpm of the blade and think that helped as much as the new blade.


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Use a "bi-metal" blade and it needs to run slow with a fast feed rate (high pressure). The pitch (number of teeth per inch) needs to fit the size of the work. 4tpi seems a bit low to me but your saw may be different. I like to use 8 to 12 tpi with the coolant on just fast enough to keep the chips out of the cut.


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I like to use 8 to 12 tpi with the coolant on just fast enough to keep the chips out of the cut

Coolant? Cutting Walnut? I'm Confused


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Anytime I put on a new blade and get it tuned I always take a hand held medium grit honing stone to the running blade and smooth the back edge of the blade. This reduces the drag resistance a great deal that will reduce wood burning.
 
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Originally posted by PaulS:
Use a "bi-metal" blade and it needs to run slow with a fast feed rate (high pressure). The pitch (number of teeth per inch) needs to fit the size of the work. 4tpi seems a bit low to me but your saw may be different. I like to use 8 to 12 tpi with the coolant on just fast enough to keep the chips out of the cut.


You are cutting metal, the ramrod is cutting walnut stock blanks.
 
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Well I did hit the rear of the blade with a stone. But I also remembered my blade lube stick and even better what box it was in. So just cut 6 1/16" pieces off the end of a claro blank in about the time it took to think about it. Not a mark on them.

I also think I need to watch my radius while using that 1/2" blade.


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