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Blade suggestions for old Douglas Fir??

Started by IamSherwood, December 22, 2011, 09:00:14 PM

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IamSherwood

Hi
I have a bunch of 10" x 16" x 14Ft old railway bridge timbers. Douglas Fir.
My bandsaw, Norwood 2000, uses 1 1/4" x 144" blades.
I cut one up so far, useing the Norwood Goldline Premium blade.
It was a big effort to cut.
Is there a better blade I could use?
Carbide tipped?

It is possible, that I might find the odd nail in these timbers.


Thanks
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Ohio_Bill

You might try Woodmizer's   razor tip stellite blades.


If you do a search I think there was a post on these blades . I have not used them but from what I here they are forgiving .  I have used there 4 deg and had good luck with them .
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buildthisfixthat

lenox 3/4 1.5-1.7 vari tooth -vari pitch will cut them timbers niceley yes they cost around 100.00 bucks but they are made in u.s.a. and will out last any cheap import  blade ...and you can enjoy cutting right through those nails ..instead of changing cheap junk import dull flimsey blades ...that aint worth a pith hole in the snow ,...any who lenox blades the way to saw did i mention they are made in u.s.a.     

 
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Brucer

Normally I use 10 degree blades on Douglas-Fir. However, for wide, dry stuff like that, I'd be inclined to use 7 degree blades -- you wouldn't want to use these with less than about 20 HP.

The stellite tipped blades are good for mildly abrasive material. They do NOT like rocks and nails. I'd only use them if regular blades were getting dull quickly.
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bandmiller2

Build&fix,are those vari-pitch bands hard to sharpen ?? I hope theirs not different pitches and gullet shapes on the same band. Frank C.
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IamSherwood

Thanks for the input.
I've done more reading/searching.
I'm sorta leaning towards the bi-metal Lenox.

Does anyone know where I can get those in Canada?

Thanks
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IamSherwood

Does anyone have any opinions on these Cobaltized blades from Norwood.

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Quote from: IamSherwood on December 22, 2011, 09:00:14 PM
Hi
I have a bunch of 10" x 16" x 14Ft old railway bridge timbers. Douglas Fir.
My bandsaw, Norwood 2000, uses 1 1/4" x 144" blades.
I cut one up so far, useing the Norwood Goldline Premium blade.
It was a big effort to cut.
Is there a better blade I could use?
Carbide tipped?


Thanks
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buildthisfixthat

do you have any picts of the timbers also what promblems did you have with the nor wod blades that made cutting a big effort ? are you doing market research for nor  wood industerse?
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IamSherwood

Quote from: buildthisfixthat on December 24, 2011, 02:37:23 PM
do you have any picts of the timbers also what promblems did you have with the nor wod blades that made cutting a big effort ? are you doing market research for nor  wood industerse?

No, not doing market research.
Just asking a few questions, and hoping to get some answers that will help me
in dealing with my situation.
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redbeard

The colbalt blue  blades Norwood advertises for cutting reclaim wood look like the ticket. If the bridge timbers have creosote it makes it alot tougher. Learned my lesson on doing that. Never again. I use lennox carbides they work good on the old growth DF beams I have I avoid hitting metal but they do go right through 16 penny on down nails. There is not alot of set on them so they will deflect a little on the hard knots.
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IamSherwood

Thanks redbeard.
No creosote. The one I've tried was just very hard. After I had sliced it up, I went back to
some cherry logs, with the same blade, and it cut normally.
I've ordered a cobaltized blade. We'll see how it goes with that.
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