Report out....does 222 teeth, 194" blade fit on LT70 Wide?

[terrifictimbersllc]

In another thread (BMT250 Setter, started by Yellowhammer), the issue of 195", 223 tooth blades having the set pattern not evenly divisible by 3,  was mentioned.   Somebody person needing no further mention in this regard  : : : posted that it would be nice to have 222 teeth instead to make things easier in the setting process.

My mill is an LT70 super wide, and to date I've only used 195" 223 tooth blades.

At my request, Woodmizer kindly made up and sent me a 222 tooth, 194" blade (1-1/2", 055, turbo 7 not that these other details matter) for me to try out.

I could not get this 222 tooth 194" blade on my LT70 Wide.   No way, just not long enough.  And no way to collapse the idle wheel in further than it already goes.  One tooth less, only 7/8" difference, too short for this machine.

Good I didn't order boxes of the shorter blades including carbide ones.  :laugh:

[terrifictimbersllc]

p.s.  
195" and 194" are the nominal lengths offered by Wood-Mizer. I didn't measure the length.

223 x 7/8" = 195.125"
222 x 7/8" = 194.25"