I would go to Lowes or Home depot and tell them your experience and see if they have a suggestion. I have a Lowes blade on my bandsaw and have no issues.
A local wood working club can help as well. Also your attachment is not working.
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I would go to Lowes or Home depot and tell them your experience and see if they have a suggestion. I have a Lowes blade on my bandsaw and have no issues.
A local wood working club can help as well. Also your attachment is not working.
Last edited by lowell holmes; 09-15-2022 at 4:55 PM.
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I think your problem is a very thin blade with a lot of teeth cutting a thick piece of wood. If it’s regular Douglas fir construction lumber if it’s wet or high Mc. That’s a problem
Good Luck
Aj
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This. WAY too fine a pitch on WAY too narrow a blade.Originally Posted by Andrew Hughes
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I agree that you are using the wrong blade for what you are trying to cut. Here is a link on blade selection.
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Can someone who is making their first post include pictures? I can't see them, maybe just moderators can. 14 TPI sounds like a metal cutting blade.
The photos were not visible at first. The OP has fixed that. You should be able to see them now. To answer your question, I think that members can post photos but cannot view them.
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I made a living with a bandsaw and scroll saw starting in 1968. I cut up to one inch wood, MDF, Plexiglas, etc. with a 6 tooth, hooked 1/4" x 11' blade. You can buy them local or on line. Your work should "glide" through 3/4" plywood. Never force your work into the blade. Sometimes you need to file the weld smooth on the back of the blade.
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Even a 6 tpi blade cutting 3 1/2" pine would require being careful. The pine will fill the gullets before they exit the wood which will still cause problems. My suggestion would be 3 tpi so you can cut both the 4x4 and the 2x4.
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A 1/8 inch blade is dicey on that bandsaw with a riser. Also, the Carter stabilizer allows the blade to twist very easily. I had the stabilizer on a 10" Rikon and had trouble with 3/16" blades. Cutting that thick of wood with a 1/8" blade is asking for issues in my experience.
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I bought a Carter stabilizer and after giving it a good try gave up and passed it on to someone else. My best tightly curved cuts with 1/4" blades (on a 14" Delta with riser block) was with embedding the blade within the faces of two wooden blocks in place of the normal guides.
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