Good bandsaw blade for cutting 1" mild steel?

I've had very good luck with a Morse blade from Grainger. We used to rub the teeth off of the carbon blades and the thinner blades. I decided to try the .035 weight blade. We've had the same blade on for well over a year.

See how the .025 blade does.

Lennox Bimetal blades are #1, with Starrett bimetal blades a distant

A 14/10T or a regular 14T with "raker" tooth forms, would be appropriate.

A smaller tooth count...such as 14, 16T or 18T will last longer, work better on thin stuff, but cut slower.

Gunner

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Starrett Hard-Back:

That import stuff is the next thing to banding iron. Get a good Lenox bimetal blade. 14 TPI should work, you might be able to go coarser and/or get some of the fancier tooth forms if this is a production thing and cutting speed is an item of interest. I keep 14, 18 and 24 TPI blades on hand, one pitch just doesn't do it all. Cutting wax stick helps with some of the tougher stuff.

Stan

The OP said bandsaw and 1" mild steel.

Use a 6/10 or 8/12 blade.

I use a 6/10 balde permanently on my import 5x6 bandsaw. For material less than 5/8" in diameter, I use a hacksaw.

Mark Rand RTFM

Mark Rand wrote: >>> I would like to get a good bandsaw blade for cutting mild steel.

I got the Lennox Powermatrix II 10-14 TPI blade. When it gets here, we'll see the results.