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   Troy | Dec 20, 2006 01:43am | #1

   Hi give Standard Saw in Oakland CA a call they are pretty good and should be able to steer you in the right direction. Also give laguna tools a call they are advertising that their carbide tipped bandsaw blade is resharpneable they might be able to help.

   Good luck

   Troy

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   sanderdude | Dec 20, 2006 02:43am | #2

   Thanks Troy, but no cigars. Standard saw says no and laguna will only sharpen their resaw king blades.

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   Troy | Dec 20, 2006 03:14am | #3

   oh well

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   BOBABEUI | Dec 20, 2006 03:56pm | #4

   Robert,

   Just curious,  my understanding of Tri-Masters is generally the steel band will fatigue and break much before the teeth need to be resharpen, what species and how much of it did you cut to dull the teeth?

   Sorry I am a right coast person, but maybe Ridge Carbide Tool in NJ could resharpen the Trimasters. They are a tooling manufactor,  so even if they can't sharpen the bands they may know of someone who can. 

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   sanderdude | Dec 20, 2006 04:14pm | #5

   Hi, I am resawing old growth redwood billets for guitar tops. The billets are from 10 to 12 inches high by about 28 inches long. My best way to estimate blade life is to figure how many hours I bill per job till blade is too dull to get good slices. Rough estimate is about 24 hours. Some of the time I am also resawing exotics for backs and sides but lately only the redwood.  For about 20 billets I get about 400 slices. It's really hard to nail down because the billets vary a lot in usable thickness.  thanks,   Robert in Mendocino. 

   Oh yea, for the 24 hours I would be getting through 40 billets, or 800 slices. Hope this isn't too confusing. sometimes all that time standing at my bandsaw is like watching paint dry, but the pay is good eneough to keep at it.