SuperCut - 1/2-in. Bandsaw Blade Carbon Tool Steel
SuperCut Premium Carbon Tool Steel Bandsaw Blades are made from U.S. alloys and feature precision-milled, heat-treated teeth.To test bandsaw blades for resawing, we selected 1/2-in.-wide blades, a size well suited to resawing on a 14-in. bandsaw. The same saw (Delta model 28-241) was used for all of the tests. When it comes to resaw blades, most woodworkers have only three demands: that the blade be reasonably fast and that the cut be both reasonably flat and reasonably smooth. To measure speed, we timed low long it took to cut through a section of 9-1/2-in.-wide soft maple, with short times equating to fast-cutting blades. To assess flatness, we measured the amount of barreling on the test block using a straightedge and a set of feeler gauges. To find the smoothest cutters, we measured how much sanding had to be done to remove the blade marks. The SuperCut Carbon Tool Steel blade performed well in the speed test, cutting through the soft maple test block in 20.26 seconds.
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