Lenox diemaster 2 blade tooth breakage?

Leu Custom

Leu Custom

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i have/had been using a 10/14 vari-tooth blade for months and months now cutting everything from 1/8" to 3/8" A2 with no problems and then the other day i cut a piece of 1/16" lengthwise from a 5" section and noticed as it was cutting it was Super Loud! the next day i went back to cutting some 1/4" stuff and noticed it didn't cut as smooth as all the cuts prior to the 1/16" stuff. i looked at the blade and some of the teeth were broken. is that tooth size too big for 1/16"? this ever happen to anyone? thanks in advance for your explanations :D
 
General rule of thumb for determining a blade with proper pitch is to have 3 teeth in the work at all times.

1/16" is thin enough to drop into the gullet faster than the teeth can cut the material on a 10/14 pitch, and in turn... shears off the teeth. :)
 
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NickWheeler said:
General rule of thumb for determining a blade with proper pitch is to have 3 teeth in the work at all times.

1/16" is thin enough to drop into the gullet faster than the teeth can cut the material on a 10/14 pitch, and in turn... shears off the teeth. :)
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Then wouldn't 1/8" do the same thing? Doing the math, it would need ummm 24 TPI ?
 
Just use a piece of thin wood or something else as a backing to thicken up the cutting area.A 1/2-1" piece of steel as your platen helps to reduce wear too.
 
SAR said:
Do you break in your bandsaw blade properly? if that would have been thin ti you would have sheared off many teeth.

Spencer
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Very good point spencer! cant remember who said it..,but by breaking in your blade it will noticably last longer.

Put your blade on with light tension and just let the saw run for 10 or so minutes to work out any kinks.then tighten it up and run it for another minute.i then cut with only half pressure for the first 1/2 hour or so.this knocks those sharp points off the teeth tips.after that you can go to town.i never really get broken teeth anymore.
 
Most of the stock I cut is 3/32" with occassional 1/8" or 1/16". Breaking in the blade helps. Another thing that seemed to help was adding about 75lbs. weight to the motor, in other words tighter before the worm gear. The biggest help was talking my local hardware store into getting a spool of 24 tooth bimetal blade material.
Ken
 
SAR said:
Do you break in your bandsaw blade properly? if that would have been thin ti you would have sheared off many teeth.

Spencer
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Yeah Spence! I had been cutting with it for months and months already and no problems.
 
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