"John Moorhead" wrote in message
m...
Folks -

Okay - I start, sort of, tomorrow with the woodworking class - I have 3
days to work in the shop, cleaning and getting a handle on things,
inventory, what's gotten ripped off, etc...

I do know that the blade they have on the Unisaur is cheap/old/dull....
The
blade on the bandsaw is bent... And this being a public school, actually
buying something before the end of the school year *may* be a trick.

What would you all recommend for general purpose blades here? Nermally,
I'd
go with a Forrest WWII Combo for the TS, and a Timberwolf for the BS...
but
how wide a blade? The BS is an 18" Delta.

More tomorrow night on this, after I report back from "the front". I
tried
to get them to let me bring NIPPER into shop class as a "Shop Dog" - but
as
I figured, it got ixnayed. So, if any of y'all are going to be in town
tomorrow, the dog could use a small pack of hot dogs at about 10 and
another
around 2.

Lemme know what y'all recommend for blades. Woof!

John Moorhead

I recommend any decent ~40T combination blade for the tablesaw. Preferably
one handled by a local merchant who will donate it to the school. For
bandsaw blades, whatever's cheapest (donated?) - with 3/8 a good GP, since
the kids are likely to kink anything before it gets dull enough to worry.
Smaller than 3/8 is going to kink faster, and spend some time in contact
with the guides getting dull. Later add a 3/4 resaw and a 3/16 with wooden
guides for those who want to try bandsaw boxes - supervised up front, I
might add, until you're convinced they're turning _only_ while advancing in
the cut.

It's also nice, for the future, to have a good 80T cross/plywood cutting
blade available where neatness really counts.