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billmac:
I'm using my relatively new 14" Ridgid bandsaw to rough out my bow staves.  Is it just me, or is this really at the edge of this type of saw's capabilities?  I'm sawing out hickory, elm and ash (so far).  I have reduced the staves to about 2" square on my table saw already, and am using the bandsaw to make the measured cuts.  This really dogs the saw out and I end up doing cutting in little starts and stops, about 1/4" at a time.  I push the piece forward and it cuts a little and dogs out, and then I back the piece off and let the blade come back up to speed.  I think I have the saw tuned as best I can, and am using a 1/2 inch ripping type blade.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Hillbilly:
It should be cutting better than that, but hickory is tough stuff, especially at 2" thick. Is it a new sharp blade? My old Craftsman is like that when the blade gets dull or out of adjustment, but tuned and sharp, it wades right through it. Sometimes the blade will get pinched if you're cutting irregularly shaped stuff and the cut angle changes a fuzz as you go down the stave.

billmac:
Hillbilly,

It's a new blade.

GregB:

You shouldn't be having any trouble, we work larger hickory and osage then that. What horsepower is it?

Justin Snyder:

--- Quote from: billmac on July 30, 2007, 01:20:05 pm ---Hillbilly,

It's a new blade.

--- End quote ---
Yes, but what kind of blade is it?  I had difficulty cutting anything.  I bought a 93 1/2"X 1/2",  6 tooth per inch, hook blade and I can cut Ipe and Purpleheart now.  Justin

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