I recently purchased from a local dealer and took delivery of a brand new Laguna LT18 3000 bandsaw. No problems with the bandsaw, none. She is a beauty and runs extremely well. With the bandsaw I also decided to splurge and purchased a 1" wide Resaw King blade. Lots of money but from what I had heard, it was a great blade and cuts hardwood like a hot knife through butter. This is not the case with my particular blade. I found it very hard to resaw 8"+ of wood, even softwood. I had adjusted the fence for drift and it seems to cut straight but it takes a lot of force to push the wood through. I called my dealer to see if they could test it for me but they don't have that size bandsaw. So today I purchased a standard 3/4" blade for $35 bucks to see if there was a difference. WOW, what a difference! The cheap blade cut through different samples of wood with relative ease. I am now convinced that there must be a problem with the Resaw King and I will take it back tomorrow.
Has anyone else experienced poor cutting with a Resaw King? I checked some of the teeth with a magnifying glass and it all seemed Ok but I must admit I don't know what I'm looking for except for the obvious like broken teeth.