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Martin Eastburn Martin Eastburn is offline
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Default Common bandsaw blade that cuts tool steel?

Buy M42 tipped blades and cool them before, during and after the cut.

Tool steel is often ground to size.

TC is good as well.

You don't say what you are cutting - just tool ?? steel ??

Martin

On 10/2/2015 3:00 PM, David Billington wrote:
On 02/10/15 04:20, John Doe wrote:
In case I don't find them...

Looking for 59 1/2 inch bandsaw blades for cutting tool steel. As in hard
steel. Do they make abrasive bandsaw blades?

Thanks.

Look up a company that makes bandsaw blades to order and ask them.
Bandsaw blade stock in many sizes and is available in both tungsten
carbide grit coated and diamond grit coated so one of those will likely
do. I know a chap that cuts up truck tyres with a TC grit coated blade
and it slices through the steel belting easily, didn't cost a great deal
to have it made either.