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Need band saw blade

Can anyone recommend a good blade for cutting stainlees steel,brass and
other atypical metals? I need one for a craftsman band saw and it would
have to be 80" in length.
Rich
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rich brenz
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First thiings first - is it a *metal* cutting bandsaw???? The *wood* cutting bandsaw I have from Sears uses an 80" blade. Wood cutting bandsaws run way too fast for metal. Ken.
Reply to
Ken Sterling
No, it's a wood-cutting bandsaew, but I was considering using a variac to decrease the cutting speed. My saw uses the same 80" blades. I'm able to cut aluminum like butter using my skip-tooth blade.
Rich
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rich brenz
I have the same saw and ended up ordering my blades from
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I looked in a lot of places and these were the best prices and good selection of blades. I order a dozen blades and stuck the website address on the side of my saw so I don't forget.
Reply to
HotRod
If your motor on the bandsaw is the typical induction motor, a variac will not do you any good. The induction motor locks to the frequency of the line -- changing the voltage will only cause it to drop out of lock with a lighter load and stall. You need to either put in a jackshaft with a pulley reduction system or something like that to slow the saw down.
mikey
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Mike Fields
There is a HUGE difference between cutting aluminum and stainless. You will have to slow that saw down to a crawl to cut SS. Typical wood saws run 3000FPS. You need less than 100 and probably more like 50 for SS. You will also need some kind of lube. I used a big wax stick sold for this purpose.
Second, are you cutting thick blocks or thin sheet? The TPI will depend on thickness. A course blade on thin sheet will strip all the teeth off the blade and bend the stock too.
chuck
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Chuck Sherwood
I have a related question. I have an old Delta three wheel saw. The wheels are pretty small. I keep breaking the blades I find in the store- I suspect they are not really intended to bend around such a small radius. I guess I should get real Delta blades, but, do they still make blades for their old three-wheel saws?
Reply to
Don Stauffer
Question here would be if the blades are breaking at the welded joint? If so, take a new blade and anneal the welded joint a bit and let it cool, then install and try it out. Should be better. Ken.
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Ken Sterling
How thick are the blades you've been getting? .025 gauge is probably most common, but thinner blades are available. For example...
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Ned Simmons
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Ned Simmons

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