On 12/11/2016 9:51 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
In article JJ6dnTUiKuWxytHFnZ2dnUU7-
, lcb11211@swbelldotnet
says...

On 12/10/2016 10:10 AM, Brewster wrote:
On 12/9/16 1:27 PM, Electric Comet wrote:

recently broke a blade so bought one of these blades

http://www.carterproducts.com/band-s...and-saw-blades

they have guide upgrade kits that look good but


Carter has everything for pimping your bandsaw, but they have perfected
the pricing to always be on the edge of way too high, but low enough to
make you look...


-BR




And if you have never used roller bearing guides you might not be happy.
My old Rikon had roller bearing guides and they were noisy and created
a lot of vibration when oily/damp wood stuck to the bearings and was
pounded into the blade.

I returned the BS for that and tracking reasons and got a Laguna with
the ceramic guides. Ceramic guides will scrape your blades clean.

I haven't had a problem with the roller guides
on my Craftsman but I did have to replace the
rollers at one point. 20 bucks at the local
roller skate shop for a box of bearings and I
was good to go.


Many people are happy with roller guides as Carter is probably still
doing well. But there are occasions when working with certain woods that
the debris is going to be an issue with the guides.

My issue was with oily exotics and kiln dried SYP.