Who makes the best resaw blades?

[Michael Ballent]

The Hakansson Home page is http://www.hakansaw.com/

Andy, which blade are you using? I could not tell which one to select

[lou sansone]

Yes, and I just checked. ~$198 for the 133". Looking at a past invoice, I paid $187.

But they are advertising 20% off the ResawKing right now...The Lennox are similar.

Take care, Mike

well I guess my 232" blade would be pretty pricey - fortunatly I was able to find a new lenox carbide tiped blade for about 25 bucks on ebay. It cut ok, but I would have been quite disapointed if I had spent something like 400 on a single blade
lou

[Andy London]

So who sells the Hakansson blades?

Only Hakansson, Their Canadian warehouse is located here in Halifax, massive operation, I believe they also have one somewhere in the New England states, send me a PM as to what you are looking for and I will get you a price, I get them wholesale through my business.

[Andy London]

The Hakansson Home page is http://www.hakansaw.com/

Andy, which blade are you using? I could not tell which one to select

I use the Silco line, it can be confusing as they have so many. What I did was ask my exotic supplier what they use and went with them. I think my cost CDN $$ is around $17.00 and I am here to tell ya these things last like you would not believe. Even is cutting blanks for the young fellows turnings.

[Richard Wolf]

I use the Resaw King on my MM20. The 1 1/4 sells for $1.50 per inch, that comes to $250.00. The real problem is If you have nothing to compare it to, you never really know how good it is?

Richard

[Mike Cutler]

Dev. My plug is for the Lennox Tri Master 2-3 vari pitch blade. I use a 1" blade on my Rikon, but don't you have a 36" Oliver, or is it a Yates? I'm not sure my choice would be your best choice. There is a lot of difference between saws
The TriMaster is a very nice blade. It is a bit pricey though. Lennox also has the Bi-Metal blade in the same tooth configuration. It's about 1/3 the cost of a Tri Master, but if you are going to resaw, and then plane or sand for a final finish, you may not need a blade the quality of a TRi Master, and the Bi-Metal may suffice

[Mark Singer]

The Lennox trimaster is it! I think Starrett has a very similar blade. Another good one for less money is the Lenox Bimetal

[Alan DuBoff]

The last ResawKing for my Jet 18" was somewhere north of $165. 133" length.

Mike, I'm looking on the site right now, and the 1 1/4" ResawKing is $1.50/in, so for my Jet 18x (137", they added the extra in cutting height I think, from the prior model) is about $205.

But, the reason I use the WoodSlicers most is that I can use 6-7 of them up before I arrive at the cost of the others. Aside form how well they cut and the finished surface left behind [very good] they are quite cutting. Their hype about the lower decibel is pretty correct.

The reason I'm gonna order a WoodSlicer is that you reccomend it!

I figure if you can't trust a saw maker in regards to a saw blade, who can you trust?

[Charles Bruno]

Dev,
I have a 14" bandsaw and I am using an Olsen 5/8" 4 tooth blade for resawing. It has worked good for me so far.
I asked about Timberwolf blades at my local Rockler and are they that much better than the Olsen blades that Rockler sells. Two Rockler reps and a cupple of other customers told me Timberwolf blades are way better. I'll buy a set of them when I get a round to buying the 6" riser for my band saw.
I understand that the carbide tipped blades don't do well on the smaller saws like the 14" to 16" saws.

[Charles McKinley]

Hi Dev,

I buy my blades from a local saw shop that welds the blades up right there.

Here is the link to contact Lenox to find a dealer near you.
http://www.lenoxsaw.com/contactus.html

[Rick LoDico]

I've pretty much swiched over exclusively to Lenox blades. I've been using a bi-metal and just took delivery of a trimaster carbide for my 18" Bridgewood BS from Louis Iturra that cost 160.00 delivered. I resawed a 7/8 thick X 36" L piece of ebony in half without leaving a sawmark. Amazing.

[Mike Palmer]

Go to Carbide.com they carry lennox blades all types.