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I have a good friend that bought me a Grizzly 14" band saw w/ a 6" extension and re-saw fence because the Lord told him to. I was blown away. PTL
I have a couple of questions.
What blade is best for re-sawing and where is the best place to buy blades?
Also, speaking a of saw blade, what saw/blade do you use to cut fret slots?
Thanks
Mark Ewing

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Mark Ewing
Columbus Ohio
"Trees are an important and precious thing. We should build good things with them. Building good guitars with heart are the best use for them." K. Yairi.

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"What a Friend you have.............."

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Waddy

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Sound Clips of most of my guitars

Wow!

Lenox Trimaster. 3/8" is about all you can tension even vaguely enough with that sort of frame. I can get mine to 17,000 psi with my Delta 14", which is way short of the 30,000 psi recommended, but I've sawn everything OK at that tension.

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Jim Kirby
kirby@udel.edu

Mark,

I do not mean to be mysterious here, but have you ever read Mark 11 in the Bible?

Maybe you might wanna do that...

Mike

Congratulations, Mark!

But guys, we need to steer away from religious discussion here. It goes against the guidelines of the forum here (and in many others).

Pat

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What Todd said, except I find the most useful blade to leave in the saw for general purposes is a 1/4" 6tpi, either skip or hook, depending on the brand; hook if Timberwolf, skip if Lenox or Starrett. IME, hook cuts better initially and on softer woods, skip seems to do at least as well on very hard woods and lasts a bit longer.

Band saw blades are a supply item that wears out (dulls) and needs regular replacing. I've noticed that a lot of people leave them on the machine long after they should have been tossed.

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Howard Klepper
http://www.klepperguitars.com

When all else fails, clean the shop.

I concur. Dial down the religion please. It has no place here. There is a time and a place for that, and this ain't it.

Congrats on the new saw.

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Brock Poling
Columbus, Ohio
http://www.polingguitars.com

Holy carp fellas!!! I was not trying to say ANYTHING religious!

I just thought it was kind of funny given the title and the OP's user name!

You guys are a little too quick on the trigger this time.

Oh, and pardon my use of "holy" cause that too had no DEEP meaning.

Yeesh!

Mike

I think Brock pulled in the reins just in time.

You have nooooo idea how many responses I was pondering (from the sarcastic mockery to downright offensive and insulting (the "get me kicked off the forum" kind of comments). I would have gotten a good laugh out of it anyway. I might have actually posted if Brock had not come in.

Congrats on the new saw!. You mentioned blade choice for fret slots, but I've never known anyone to use a band saw for this, and don't think it would work well at all. That's typically a job for the table saw.

For general use keep 1/4" 6tpi, and 1/2" 4tpi skip tooth. I just use flexback blades, usually from Simonds or Morse. For a general use saw that may be used to cut a variety of materials at any given point, I think flexback is a good way to go. There are better blades that hold sharp longer, but general use saws are easy to abuse (at least it seems this way in my shop ), so I don't like to use the more expensive blades that I'd have to swap out if I needed to cut acrylics or something. Cheap and disposable is the way to go for me.

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Eschew obfuscation, espouse elucidation.

Sorry. I did not mean to stir up something. I now know better.

I am mostly interested in saw blade info at this point. I guess I kind of blended my questions between band saw blades and table saw blades or hand saws for slotting the finger board.

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Mark Ewing
Columbus Ohio
"Trees are an important and precious thing. We should build good things with them. Building good guitars with heart are the best use for them." K. Yairi.

Mark, you stirred nothing up. My unpardonable attempt at humor went right over the heads of some. However, I still think it is dang funny.

Glad you got an awesome gift. I definitely want a 14" bandsaw some day. A table saw too. And a casewell buffer should round it all out.

Mike

Nice one Mike, I finally got it!

Come on guys!! Whats the big deal??

He just stated a fact, something that happened and he shared it with us.
Was that considered religious??
What if I said some Buddhist gave me a gift?? Lighten up....

I understand that some people are against religion but please don't stirr the pot unnecessarily....

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Peter M.
Cornerstone Guitars
http://www.cornerstoneukes.com

Right! Apply a little effort, put the safety on first, then try to get to the bottom of the "joke".

OK, back to building guitars...

Mike

must..... hold...... back......


restraint............

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Exactly.

Mike

For the record, I probably should have added a to my post. It's all in good spirits (and by spirits, I mean the ones at the bar downstairs in my hotel. ).

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Amazing account, thanks, that's my sorta currency!

Can't add any more to what the good guys have said on here, but will re-inforce the importance of putting a new blade on straight away and not using the preinstalled one; also that a decent bandsaw setup will save you plenty of timber.

If you can't afford the expensive blades, don't go cheap and aim for midrange brands. The blade quality is ohhh so important.....

Mark, I was gifted a bandsaw too, a Laguna 18".

No greater feeling than to be surprised by the generosity and love of others.

Congratulations on the saw, you'll use the fire out of it, hopefully.

I have a Delta 14 for general purpose, and use the aforementioned Olson general purpose 1/4 inch blades, cheap and last a long time.

Not too familiar with the Grizzly, it won't take you long to find it's capabilities.

Blades and saws are a real learning experience.

It's always good to ask questions.

Hey, since you are a new bandsaw owner, I recommend you go to http://www.highlandwoodworking.com and check out their great setups on Bandsaw info in their library.

http://www.highlandwoodworking.com/inde ... ustom&ID=3

There are nine excellent articles on setting up and operating bandsaws and you can print them off the pdf format.

Enjoy your new saw and your friend.

Real friends are harder to come by than bandsaws!

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http://www.dickeyguitars.com

Hey Mark, congrats!
Surprise your friend right back by building him a guitar with some wood you cut on his saw.

Steve

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

I like your suggestion. It really is "His" saw.

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Mark Ewing
Columbus Ohio
"Trees are an important and precious thing. We should build good things with them. Building good guitars with heart are the best use for them." K. Yairi.

perpetuating..........

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Look guys, just stop it....

Make no reference's please....

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No, I'm not posting for reasons you may think...just to say that I have the same exact setup Mike, and you'll love it! Folks made fun of my all-Grizzly shop back in the furniture building days...but I ran the bejesus out of them and they never broke on me...all the while my peers were always fixing their Delta stuff...when I downsized to fit into my new attic shop the big 'ol Grizz's had to go, but I kept the bandsaw (but getting up the stairs bought my chiropractor new patio chairs!!). Enjoy, and keep that friend forever!

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