29 December 2013, 07:36
ramrod340What band saw blade?
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.
29 December 2013, 10:20
dempseyI 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.
29 December 2013, 21:05
PaulSUse 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.
29 December 2013, 21:29
ramrod340quote:
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

29 December 2013, 22:11
Wes62Anytime 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.
30 December 2013, 00:34
WoodHunterquote:
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.
30 December 2013, 04:10
ramrod340Well 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.