"mac davis" wrote in message
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Well, it took almost a week, but I managed to screw up my 1st bandsaw
blade..

Made a stupid mistake and tried to cut something that wasn't quite
flat-bottomed
without using a fence or jig.. jammed the work and tweaked the new Ridgid
1/2"
blade..

Went to 5 different places in the Fresno/Clovis area and found that almost
NOBODY stocks blades for a 14" (93 1/2"), and the ones that do think that
3/8"
is a massive blade..

Ended up for now with a 1/2" Vermont American from Lowes... (ordered 3
blades
online last night)

I know that the Ridgid that I bought wasn't a "top of the line" blade, but
it
felt better, ran smoother and seemed to cut better than the V.A. blade..

Also, I had to use a sharpening stone on the weld, to keep it from tearing
up
the saw... didn't need to do that with the Ridgid blade..

Of course, one blade does not a test make.. I could have bought either an
exceptional Ridgid blade or a very bad VA blade..


mac
====Check out http://suffolkmachine.com/ . They have excellent discussions
on bandsaws and blades. Use their Timberwolf blade and it is excellent.

Leif