I cut a fair amount of 3/8" 6061-T6 with a 3/8" wide standard 6
tooth blade. Slowed it down to about 1800' per minute. Biggest
problem was the build up of aluminum chips on the soft rubber
tire. It blew up on me a few weeks later, shed the tire, snapped
the blade, etc.

Phil Mitchell wrote:

I need to start cutting aluminum plate (1/2" or less) and some angle.

The material will be 6061-T6 mostly and I'll be cutting it on a bandsaw.

What blade should I use on this material and what should be SFPM be?

It's a Grizzly 1HP band saw for wood. I'm guessing that I need to slow the
blade down but by how much?

The blade is a puzzle too. What style of blade, what tooth type and how
many TPI?

Thanks so much, I searched GOOGLE and didn't come up with anything.

Phil