Hi All
I need help with my choices in bandsaw blades for my Jet 4" by 6" HV bandsaw. It came with 14tpi 1/2" blade. Its time to move on and get a better blade. Was thinking about the Morse Bi-Metal blades from Enco.
What is the advantage or purpose of the variable tooth blades that are 10-14 tpi?
Thank you for the help Michael no xx's in address
My standard blade for several years for has been the Starrett 10-14 bi-metal. They last a very long time on a wide variety of material thicknesses. I have heard that Lenox Diemaster are also good.
Randy
Variable tooth spacing will not vibrate as a fixed pitch blade sometimes will.
John Martin
I use to use Starret until I tried a Lenox from J&L.
I also buy the highest pitch blade I can find in the J&L catalog for cutting thin stock. Right now that is a Starret. Thin stock will destroy a course blade. Changing blades is a pain but such is life.
chuck
I've never tried Morse, check one out before you load up. Lenox bimetal is what I've been using, Starrett is supposed to be decent as well. Periodically, MSC and J&L send out sales fliers with specials on both makes, get signed up online. You need to get blade teeth pitched so that you have at least three teeth in the cut, the idea behind the variable pitch blades is that they can saw different widths of material without shucking teeth or packing the gullets. On chrome-moly tubing, if the blade is too coarse, the teeth get ripped out of the blade. Then you get to change the blade anyway. I've got three blade pitches that I change as needed, it really isn't that bad to do on a 4x6.
Stan
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