Which bandsaw blade for acrylic blanks

[edlea]

After busting my bandsaw blade which incidentally used to cut my acrylic blanks a treat I went ahead and order what I thought was the same type blade (6 tpi x 1/4 in) off the internet. Turns out I ordered something that lumberjacks use for cutting down giant redwoods ! It looks more like a rip saw than a bandsaw blade and although it is a 6 tpi x 1/4 inch the teeth look so much bigger, its much wider too, my old blade being 0.39 mm and this ogre being 0.61 mm ! The photo shows the wavy line effect that I am now getting. So which blade do you recommend for cutting acrylic blanks ? My little band saw will only take 1/4 in or 3/8 blades.
Second pic shows old blade left ,new blade right.

 

[Woody]

Actually Ed the deep flutes are better as they will carry the dust away better on thick wood it is a 6TPI but to get a better finish on plastics and thin wood I would go for a 14TPI if your only cutting pen blanks

 

[yorkshireman]

Phone Ian at Tuffsaws, he'll put you right

 

[Jim]

Any of the two will do the job Ed, each manufacturer to his own i guess ..

 

[Doug]

I use a meat & bone bandsaw blade for acrylics & making segmented blanks Ed

 

[Pierre]

Phone Ian at Tuffsaws, he'll put you right

I agree with Keith, ask Ian for a skip tooth blade in M24 to match your band saw blade length and width and use it both for acrylic and wood. I use one for re-sawing planks for jewellery boxes; they save me on wood because I have such a minimal pass on the re-sawn piece.

For those who don't know re-sawing is when you create a thick plank through the planer thicknesser such that you can now cut it in half along its vertical width and make 2 planks of the same width and other dimensions and make 2 jewellery boxes instead of one!

PG

 

[Penpal]

That blade is a mean mother Ed certainly aggressive, it seems to have a large set on it wider than I have ever seen. Not knowing what saw size etc from here I would say back to the Tuffsaw makers for advice then purchase.

Peter.

 

[Terry Q]

Ed maybe this will help.

Choose the Correct Band Saw Blade Style and Set

 

[wm460]

Until recently I have only used 3tpi x 1/2" blades for wood Aluminium and resin.

 

[edlea]

Until recently I have only used 3tpi x 1/2" blades for wood Aluminium and resin.

You brute you :alex:

 

[wm460]

You brute you :alex:

Dont tell any one I used my tablesaw to cut 100 X 10 mm Ali bar last weekend.

 

[Penpal]

Good use of your saw but only if the teeth set is upright to forward. I prefer to use the bandsaw. Glad it worked OK for you Mark.

 

[21William]

I used my bandsaw to cut some alloy bar and it worked fine. Second time round it wouldn't touch it although it still works on wood, just about. Think I need to get a HSS blade for alloy.