I would like to get a good bandsaw blade for cutting mild steel. At
present, the blade that came with my Jet 5x6 is akin to using a dinner
knife on pine.

Any favorites?

I've had very good luck with a Morse blade from Grainger. We used
to rub the teeth off of the carbon blades and the thinner blades.
I decided to try the .035 weight blade. We've had the same blade
on for well over a year.

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/4WE13

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"Louis Ohland" wrote in message
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I would like to get a good bandsaw blade for cutting mild
steel. At present, the blade that came with my Jet 5x6 is akin
to using a dinner knife on pine.

Any favorites?

DanG wrote:
I've had very good luck with a Morse blade from Grainger. We used
to rub the teeth off of the carbon blades and the thinner blades.
I decided to try the .035 weight blade. We've had the same blade
on for well over a year.

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/4WE13


See how the .025 blade does.

On Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:49:00 -0500, Louis Ohland
wrote:

I would like to get a good bandsaw blade for cutting mild steel. At
present, the blade that came with my Jet 5x6 is akin to using a dinner
knife on pine.

Any favorites?


Lennox Bimetal blades are #1, with Starrett bimetal blades a distant
2nd.

A 14/10T or a regular 14T with "raker" tooth forms, would be
appropriate.

A smaller tooth count...such as 14, 16T or 18T will last longer, work
better on thin stuff, but cut slower.

Gunner

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but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag,
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Louis Ohland writes:

Any favorites?

Starrett Hard-Back:

http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INPDFF?PMPAGE=584

On Aug 2, 5:49*pm, Louis Ohland wrote:
* *I would like to get a good bandsaw blade for cutting mild steel. At
present, the blade that came with my Jet 5x6 is akin to using a dinner
knife on pine.

Any favorites?

That import stuff is the next thing to banding iron. Get a good Lenox
bimetal blade. 14 TPI should work, you might be able to go coarser
and/or get some of the fancier tooth forms if this is a production
thing and cutting speed is an item of interest. I keep 14, 18 and 24
TPI blades on hand, one pitch just doesn't do it all. Cutting wax
stick helps with some of the tougher stuff.

Stan

On Mon, 3 Aug 2009 05:13:04 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Aug 2, 5:49*pm, Louis Ohland wrote:
* *I would like to get a good bandsaw blade for cutting mild steel. At
present, the blade that came with my Jet 5x6 is akin to using a dinner
knife on pine.

Any favorites?

That import stuff is the next thing to banding iron. Get a good Lenox
bimetal blade. 14 TPI should work, you might be able to go coarser
and/or get some of the fancier tooth forms if this is a production
thing and cutting speed is an item of interest. I keep 14, 18 and 24
TPI blades on hand, one pitch just doesn't do it all. Cutting wax
stick helps with some of the tougher stuff.

Stan


The OP said bandsaw and 1" mild steel.

Use a 6/10 or 8/12 blade.

I use a 6/10 balde permanently on my import 5x6 bandsaw. For material less
than 5/8" in diameter, I use a hacksaw.


Mark Rand
RTFM

Mark Rand wrote: I would like to get a good bandsaw blade for
cutting mild steel.
Any favorites?
That import stuff is the next thing to banding iron. Get a good Lenox
bimetal blade. 14 TPI should work, you might be able to go coarser
and/or get some of the fancier tooth forms if this is a production
thing and cutting speed is an item of interest. I keep 14, 18 and 24
TPI blades on hand, one pitch just doesn't do it all. Cutting wax
stick helps with some of the tougher stuff.
The OP said bandsaw and 1" mild steel.

Use a 6/10 or 8/12 blade.

I use a 6/10 balde permanently on my import 5x6 bandsaw. For material less
than 5/8" in diameter, I use a hacksaw.


I got the Lennox Powermatrix II 10-14 TPI blade. When it gets here,
we'll see the results.