Replies

1. 
   SawdustSteve | Apr 19, 2006 10:16pm | #1

   Almost everyone I know uses Timberwolf blades for re-sawing.
   I believe their website is http://www.suffolkmachinery.com. Read their site carefully and then call them if you have any questions. They are a bit expensive but you DO get what you pay for. They usually have a buy 3, get #4 for free deal. SawdustSteve

2. 
   BOBABEUI | Apr 20, 2006 03:25am | #2

   Guru,

   I have used and continue to use Timberwolf's on my bandsaw... Ok, having said that, I will tell you Lennox carbide tipped Tri-Master 2/3 tpi are truly amazing blades. I have cut 3/32 thick veneer from 12 inch wide crotch walnut like it didn't even exist, very little surface clean-up was required.. Very pricey, but the results are worth the price of admission.

   Best of luck and happy resawing

    

3. 
   tangomike | Apr 20, 2006 03:47am | #3

   Lenox Trimaster

4. 
   Bill6 | Apr 20, 2006 01:51pm | #4

   Bi metal 1 inch wide 3-4 TPI (tooth per inch).  Only use it for resawing.  After each use, clean it and put it away.  If you  really want to spend money, go for a carbide tip resaw blade.  If you don't know where to buy one, just write carbide tip bandsaw blade in your web brower and hit go.  You'll get all kinds of sites.

1. 
   tangomike | Apr 20, 2006 07:40pm | #5

   http://www.carbide.com

5. 
   ohcomeon | Apr 21, 2006 04:50am | #6

   Go to Lenox's website and do a dealer search.  I can get their blades cut and welded to custom lengths for half the price of Timberwolf and Woodslicers and pick them up locally the same day.  But some of their dealers are priced high, so compare before ordering.

   Jake

6. 
   old saw | Apr 22, 2006 12:24am | #7

   Guru,

   I've always used blades from Do All Supply on my fourteen inch Rockwell.  I get them from Do All of Texas, but they have locations all over the country.  I do not have a riser block, so my machine only saws six inches thick.  I use a one half inch wide x 0.25 inch gauge x 3 or 4 tpi, hook tooth blade.  Do All calls it a Claw tooth and it is their Dart brand.  This is a hard tooth, carbon steel blade that is actually intended for sawing metal, but it does a good job in wood as well.  Get raker set teeth.  This blade also has a hard back, so you want to gently round it with a stone. 

   These blades sure aren't going to stay sharp as long as a bi-metal and certainly not as long as a carbide tipped blade, but they do seem to cut better out of the box and last longer than carbon steel blades sold by the other companies for wood cutting.  And for some reason they seem to be less expensive.  Also, Do All guarrantees their welds.  And by the way, they do sell bi-metal blades and they will also custom make you a carbide tipped blade to order.  Very accomodating folks they are.

7. 
   ronselectrons | Apr 22, 2006 06:30pm | #8

   Highland's woodslicer is just great.  Very thin kerf and smoother than the timberwolf.  Sure it's olny 1/2" wide but if your using a pointed fence, rather then a streight fence, you can adjust for the grain pull.  I've sliced PAPER thin walnut and maple on my jet with it and am very pleased with its performance.

1. 
   RonK | Apr 22, 2006 07:24pm | #9

   I agree that these are the best I have used. They now have a 3/4" available