"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)


Could be worse. Couple years back I let myself run down to one blade, then,
when it snapped, went to the only place within 150 miles likely to have
blades. They didn't have a single 93 1/2" blade! All kinds of weird
lengths, though. Incredible.