Bandsaw + Carbide Blade = Oh My Gawd

[skysharks]

WOW Night and Day isn't a good enough decription for what went thru my head when I first cut with this thing.
I bought the TRI master Carbide tip 1/2" blade for my souped up grizzly.
I had a new blade on there from grizzly, but when I put this new one on today when I got it. I almost fell thru the saw, the wood went thru so effortlessly.
Travis you were right lil brother, holly Cow. I mean same wood 3" block of old Oak hard as nails, went thru it like there was nothing there.
6" resaw of Black walnut, anyone want paperthin or thinner.

You guys need to get one if you don't already for your bandsaw.
You wont be using anything else after you cut with one of these,
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[Travis Porter]

I told you so!!!:lol: It is definitively wicked.

I have been wondering if mine needs resharpening. It has been a year and I have used it a pretty decent amount. That is one thing I haven't learned, how to tell when a bandsaw blade is dull. I just figured out how to tell when the tablesaw blade is dull.

 

[skysharks]

So how do you guage when a table saw needs sharpening?

 

[Travis Porter]

The wood starts burning is the best I can tell.

 

[cpowell]

Man, that's a great gloat. Big bucks or what??


Chuck