BS says it all. I have a bunch of blades that I need to replace. Most of my narrower blades are Olson's.
According the box, I saved one years ago, the width of a blade is measured from the tip of the tooth to the back of the blade.
REALLY!!! someone should tell OLSON that. My 1/2 Olson measures nearly 5/8. My 1/4 closer to 3/8. My opinion of Olson blades has been pretty low, they just keep giving me reason to lower that opinion.
The 1/2 measures 1/2 to the gullet not the tooth. WTF is wrong with them. Their packaging, their sizing doc...
They (TW) are my preffered blades for resawing. I don't own thinner blades from them.
I am going to try the Highland woodslicer as I broke my timberwolf last year and have been using old surplus of Olson's.. clearly not up to the Timberwolfs.
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My experience has been completely opposite that: I've gotten much better results on my saw with Olson blades than with Timberwolf, to the point that I doubt I'll ever buy a TW blade again.
I was in that camp for a while too. But you have to wonder how a company could remain in the BS blade business if they were turning out crap.
I learned the hard way that it is the saw more than the blade.
I bought several Timberwolf blades for a new 18" Rokon BS about 9 years ago and had trouble with 2/3's of the blades. Timberwolf even talked me through cutting one of those blades and laying it out straight on my garage floor to insure that it was straight. They asked the brand saw I was using and indicated that they had been having issues with their blades on those saws. I had a local shop make me a blade and it did fine as did the blade that came with the saw. But no other blade worked well consistently.
After reviewing several Laguna video's and what to look for in a BS I ended up returning the Rikon and buying a Laguna. Timberwolf took all the used blades back in exchange for the longer ones, 150" for the Laguna.
Now, with the Laguna, the no name freeby blades that came with the saw, the Timberwolf, and the ResawKing all work exactly like they are suppose to.
So for most people, they are going to have to simply hunt to find the brand that works best for them on their particular brand saw.
I have tried, Olson, Timberwolf, Carter and some off brands. The absolute best blade I have found yet is the house brand from Highland Hardware. Not their Woodslicer, which is a great resaw blade, or their wet wood blades b ut their standard house brand bandsaw blade.
No, I just needed to know what size blades are broken to replace them. I just pick a blade that looks right for the job.
So now that I need to replace them, I need to know what size they are. And when I realized that even my 1/2 blade did not measure 1/2, I question my understanding of what blades I need to buy.. since none really matched what the box said.
Do I order 1/4 or 3/8 do I order 3/16 or 1/8 you get the picture don't you.
So what do I buy??? I guess I can take a trip 1 hour a way to Woodcraft and sit there with my old blades, and compare.. but that seems stupid.
We do the woodworking tour of Atlanta (Rockler, Woodcraft, Peachtree, and Highland) about every six to eight weeks. I'll drop SWMBO off at one of the nicer outdoor malls while I do Woodcraft and we stop at other places she likes to browse along the way. She likes Highland, though. It's a really neat place (with all sorts of toys on display).
Have either of you tried the Highland Hardware General Purpose Bandsaw blade? Most of the time, there is no need to adjust for drift. That cannot be said of any of the other blades I have used.
I've never seen them. BTW stick a toothbrush on a piece of metal, mount it and keep the wheel clean.
Also add dust collection, it keeps the tires from loading up and adding pitch and sawdust into the tire. Even the urethanes get messy if you don't have even a brush. while not perfect, it works better than no brush.
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