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Re: Building Out a Workshop

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Originally Posted by mman1506 View Post
I believe the rule of thumb is that you should always have 2-10 teeth in contact with the metal.
Ahh! That's what I'm missing here. The blades for softwood have a super coarse pitch (4TPI/0.25"). That would make the variable pitch blade Cory posted with the 10-14TPI a way better choice for the thinner stuff we tend to cut in FRC.

Today I learned a bit more about band saw blades.
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