Lenox Chipsweep blade?

[Celeriac]

Yesterday I picked up some Lenox literature from a local distributor. One of the offerings is the Chipsweep blade which they tout for dry and/or frozen wood, and for helping eliminate dust left on the lumber.

A forum search did not yield any results. Is this a new profile? Any experience ???

[Chuck White]

Never saw a blade with a tooth profile like that.

I would think that the profile would give those of us who sharpen our own blades a problem.

You'd probably be locked in to one of the many resharp businesses.

I do like the idea of cleaning off the sawdust though.

[hackberry jake]

I used to work for a sawmill that had a run-around resaw. It took 2" blades and never came out of wood. The squares were ran around and went through the head end-to-end. Thay had an air hose running right behind the band and the boards were sawdust free. I've contemplated trying that with my mill, but would be harder to do.since my head moves 22" back and fourth.

[tommone]

I've seen this shape on wide bandsaws used in major European mills. it is known as a "frost notch" obviously for frozen wood. Probably need complicated cam to resharpen it
but all things are possible!!.tom.

[LeeB]

Looks to me like it would be pre disposed to early breakage due to the sharp angle at the top of the tooth. Good place for a crack to start. I guess if it is a through away, single use blade it wouldn't matter.

[Celeriac]

I expect Lenox views it as a throw away. It's priced about the same as their Woodmaster C. As for sharpening, I don't see where a cam type grinder could grind that profile.  However, I was thinking that it wouldn't be too difficult with a chainsaw type sharpener, such as the one that came with the Kasco mill.

I expect I'll order a couple to try out.