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General Forestry => Sawmills and Milling => Topic started by: sawdusty1 on March 21, 2014, 12:19:17 AM
What is the best thickness to run on the LT15 with 18hp? I am cutting mostly hardwood with some pine.
I wish I had your answer. I got my lt15 in early December in Wisconsin 2013. I purchased the 9 degree blades for hardwoods/frozen timbers. All I have ever cut has been frozen. I'm not sure how thick the blades are.
Does .003" make that big of a difference?
John
Good morning Sawdusty1,
Either will work fine, its more important to get the right hook
angle (tooth degree), lots of WM sawyers here speak highly of the 7 deg bands for hardwood.
Check the WM site for their band selection chart.
http://www.woodmizerblades.com/bladeTypes/doubleHard/doubleHard.aspx
DGDrls
My ole manual lt40 came with a 18 hp briggs. I used both .042 and .045. Can't tell any difference as far as sawing goes, but I found the .045 hold the set better over more sharpenings. I upgraded to 25 hp and now use .045 exclusively.
Thanks for the info. Somewhere I had read that the lower hp engines would have a hard time pulling the thicker blades. Good to know since I have already bought 35 .045 blades.
x2 what piney said about holding the set. I can also saw the real wide cuts faster and straighter than with the .042" blades. .003" makes a difference. I have been begging Cooks to buy a coil of .045" band stock but they won't do it. they discontinued them about a year ago. ???