"Carbon steel blades are stamped out of a single piece of steel." I am looking at a blade made by Laguna tools that has C8 steel teeth welded onto a traditional band. The teeth can be resharpened. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Goodale" <rrg@unlv.edu> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 10:23 AM Subject: Re: Band Saw Blade Teeth Material > C8 is "carbon steel". Carbide is hardened "tool steel", typically made of > tungsten and/or vanadium alloys. Carbide blade teeth are individual > separate units that are literally welded onto the blade. Carbon steel > blades are stamped out of a single piece of steel. Carbide blades are far > more expensive but last much longer, typically many times longer. Carbon > steel blades are expendable and not intended to be sharpened. Carbide steel > blades can be sharpened, (although this is a task probably best to send out > to a professional than a do-it-yourself). Regular circular saw blades are > also available in both carbon and carbide steel. You can visit your local > Home Depot store and compare these two types side by side and clearly see > the difference. > > As far as bandsaws themselves go, a quality machine is not cheep. Expect to > pay at least $1500+ to get into a saw that will have some decent accuracy > and power. They are one of the most expensive of all shop machines. I have > a commercial grade Powermatic which has the ability to have blade widths > ranging from 1/4 inch to 2 inches, (it came with a cheep > 1-1/2" blade). The guide will allow a thickness up to 30 inches and it has > a 20 inch throat. It did however cost me over $2,500.00. This is a lot of > money but I expect it to last well past my retirement. You can see it here: > http://www.jettools.com/PMWood/Tools/Bandsaw/2013.html > > Rob Goodale, RPT > Las Vegas, NV > > > > Attention Band Saw Material Knowanythings out there in Pianotechland: > > > > Any info available on the difference between C8 steel and carbide? This is > in reference to materials with which to make bandsaw blade teeth. Is there a > major difference in hardness? How does the C8 compare with traditional > steels used in bandsaw blade construction? I'm starting to accumulate quite > a stack of dull bandsaw blades - this has got to stop! Thanks. > > > > BTW: How does one dispose of dull bandsaw blades - nasty little critters? > > > > Also, anyone know of a good heavy-duty, easily-adjustable bandsaw fence > system? I love my Laguna 16HD bandsaw, but even though the supplied fence is > nice and heavy duty, its design does not allow for easy small adjustments to > fence angle (especially) and position. (I've seen the FastTrack System and I > think I am looking for something a bit more heavy-duty.) > > > > Terry Farrell > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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