Best General purpose bandsaw blade?

[dennis thompson]

Can someone suggest the best bandsaw blade for a hobbyiest for general purposes. I don't do much, if any, resawing, I'll use it, for the most part, to cut curves
Thanks
Dennis

[Brad Wood]

surprised you haven't gotten all sorts of replies yet on this one. A lot of people really like the Timberwolf from Suffolk Machinery.

I don't know enough about blades yet other than you want a wider one for resawing. there are all sorts of different variations you can get and others here are much more knowledgeable.

if you call the folks at Suffolk, you can just tell them what you intend to do, and they will pick the best blade for your application... thats what I did.

[Grant Vanbokklen]

Can someone suggest the best bandsaw blade for a hobbyiest for general purposes. I don't do much, if any, resawing, I'll use it, for the most part, to cut curves
Thanks
Dennis

You should mention what type of band saw your using and it's blade length.

But for general curves in up to 3/4" material I'd say a 6TPI 3/16" blade. That is what I use.

[Lance Norris]

I generally cut thicker stuff than 3/4" and I like a Bi-metal 1/4" 4tooth. Cheap and agressive. Does leave a somewhat rough edge, but a great general purpose blade.

[John Thompson]

I've got two BS's Dennis.. one strickly for re-saw and one for curves. I keep a 1/4" 6 TPI on the smaller for curves. The 3/16" would work fine also. And if you have a smaller BS as in 14" and under.. don't think you have to have a wide blade.

A 1/2" 3 TP is fine as I used one sucessfully for around 30 years on smaller saws to re-saw as many others have done. Wider is actually better but if you have a smaller BS.. you probably won't have enough spring to tension the wider blades. The 1/2" will work fine..

Good luck...

Sarge..