Lenox Band Saw Blades (from Band Saw Blades Direct)
- Thread starter Chaz
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10 years ago, At that time I was very happy. Don’t remember many details. Sorry.
Yep, the only thing I use, Bi Metal II.
Cut clean and straight, affordable and they seem to stay sharp with more than 10 times the life of any carbon steel blade.
I need a 116" blade, and they don't appear to stock those
+1. I also use this blade. It lasts and lasts and lasts. I don't baby it. I would never buy anything else.
They will make one to any size.I need a 116" blade, and they don't appear to stock those
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Look at one of our sponsers, Union Grove Saw. When John at Woodcraft Bands retired, they took over his business. Been using Lennox Diemaster on Delta 14" BS for years to cut out TFT car bodies. First blade only lasted 14 years. It fatigued to death, but was still sharp.
Depends on the size of your bandsaw wheel diameter.
I use a 1/2” blade for most everything, including resawing.
My 17” Grizzly, the wheel diameter does not allow 3/4” or 1” as their thickness is beyond 0.025”. Stress cracking.
I have an old restored 1hp Harbor Freight 14" bandsaw with only a 5-1/2" resaw capacity (fine for the small projects I'm working on). This saw is one of the Taiwanese copies of the Delta's from that time and I'm wondering which Lenox blade you'd suggest for resawing sapele, white oak & maple ? I've sent a note to Union Grove per Bruce's suggestion but I'd like your thoughts as well...
- Lenox # 32 Wood Carbon Blade DrBob suggested, but these are 0.032" thickness but Willem calls out a risk of even a 17" saw using greater than 0.025" thick blades...
- LENOX DIEMASTER 2 BI-METAL - suggested above seems to be only available in very high tooth count and doesn't seem conducive for resawing or am I looking at the wrong ones ? Please provide a direct link if able...
- Looks like their resaw blades are only for 1" and wider
I may be misunderstanding what you mean by "Infinity rip blade" but that sounds like a table saw blade not bandsaw. If so, I have 4/4 stock so I need the thin kerf a bandsaw offers.
Lennox makes the die master 2 in 1/2” 4 tpi.
I plan to order for my Delta 14” once the current blade wears out.
Gotcha. I had typed in the 1/2” x 0.020” thickness while the 0.025” has the 4TPI option. $42+ for my 14” bandsaw (93-1/2 blade)
I just spoke w/ Union Grove and they do not carry Lenox blades but rather Sterling & Sterratt. Anyone have experience with their blades for resawing ?
Sounds like from looking at Lenox's marketing claims I should be looking at something that's a high speed steel (HSS) rather than carbon or silicon type...I'm not willing to pay for carbide tipped on this older saw w/ only 5.5" resaw capacity.
My guess is that Lennox is directing comments toward some of the other offerings from wood slicer and Timberwolf.
I’ve used both to resaw and they work fine. Last time I bought them, they were slightly cheaper than the die master 2. I planned to try out the die master 2 based on (longevity, cut quality) recommendations from this site—otherwise I would have just stayed with the first two options.
I’ve used both to resaw and they work fine. Last time I bought them, they were slightly cheaper than the die master 2. I planned to try out the die master 2 based on (longevity, cut quality) recommendations from this site—otherwise I would have just stayed with the first two options.
Ok, Union Grove just mentioned there blade they'd recommend to me is carbon steel and what I'm seeing for Lenox blade longevity is that they're claiming their HSS (high speed steel) is not carbon or silicon steel. Union Grove is sending me a trial blade, which is great ! No more than I'll be cutting should be ok and at least I'll have a data point vs Timberwolf's silicon based, which haven't lasted very long at all in my experience.
