On 8/1/2015 4:29 PM, Electric Comet wrote:
On Sat, 1 Aug 2015 16:15:10 -0500
Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote:

I would say because of the length. Any particular blade is a given
thickness, the shorter it is the more it has to bend to coil and the
more resistant it is to bend. Anyway with my 150" blades it is
almost like uncoiling a garden hose, there is no urgency by the blade
to uncoil.

mine are 90 something inches
they are like a coiled snake

LOL I remember those days with my old and much smaller Craftsman. Not
realizing the longer blades, on the Laguna, have less tension I feared
the opposite with the longer blades until I dropped the blade 5~7 times
and nothing happened. And then I was really on guard as I opened it
with my hands.




now all this talk of blades has reminded me that bandsaws used to have
a spot welder on them i think

Yes, they are welded in one spot, end to end.



or at least it was common to repair them
it seems material science has advanced to a point where the blades are
harder to break

i have tested this unwittingly and the blade i have did not break


I have only had one broken BS blade on the Laguna.... My wife wanted
to cut out a complicated pattern that was drawn on "cardboard". Bang!
Cardboard are you kidding me? LOL