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Band Saw Savy
If you have a metal cutting band
saw, regardless of make or type, sooner or later you will break
a blade in the midst of a long cut. Installing a new blade will
usually cause a binding problem because the tooth "set"
will be wider then the saw kerf made by the old broken blade.
Sometimes you can turn the piece around and start a new cut from
the other side, and that is a good solution. But sometimes you
can't. So, consider saving an intact but worn old blade for those
situations. It won't cut as fast as a new blade, but it won't
bind up either.
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