[HELP] kalamazoo boat anchor or band saw

[mr green wilson]

(01-20-2014, 10:25 PM)PixMan Wrote: Sounds more like a problem with the length of engagement (how many teeth in the cut) rather than the saw itself. Ideally, you should have only 3 to 5 teeth in a cut if at all possible. Rake and set are also important features of a saw blade. I like the Lenox "Classic Bi-metal" blades myself, for general purpose work.

I have a much smaller 7x12 MSC-branded saw and have two different blades of it. The "fine" one is a 10-14 mixed tooth bi-metal blade, the other is a 4-6 mixed tooth. I've stalled the 10-14 going through some 4" diameter of 4150 annealed, so I switched to the better choice 4-6 and it worked fine.

I understand the limited resources problem, but if you can ever swing a 4-6 or 3-4 mixed tooth bi-metal blade you wouldn't regret it. What size is the blade in length and width?

BTW,...WELCOME! Pictures of the saw or it never happened! ;)

The blade is 10'5" long by 3/4 wide 14TPI. cutting 1 1/4 dia HRS round.