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Default New Bandsaw - (NEW new)

On 8/14/2019 8:39 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
"DoN. Nichols" wrote in message
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On 2019-08-14, Bob La Londe wrote:

.....
It will get
used most of the time to cut 6061 or 7075 aluminum from 1/2" thick
to 2
inch thick.

For that -- 6 TPI would do.

I started with 10/14 on my 4x6 bandsaw and slowly found I needed
pitches from 6 to 24. The 6/10 was the only blade that would cut off
6" square timbers, the 10/14 just clogged.



Â* Mine wears a 10/14 bimetal about 95% of the time . I do have an 18
for thin stock . I have yet to use it for wood ... isn't that what
chainsaws are for ? Mine have been getting quite a workout lately
stocking up firewood .

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Snag
Yes , I'm old
and crochety - and armed .
Get outta my woods !