Gregledder Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 Hi Guys 'n' Gals! Can anyone please recommend a suitable blade that will give a clean cut on hardwood around 1.5" thick and still allow a reasonably tight cutting turn? Blades are not easy to get in Thailand so I have been using a No.12 but it's not up to the job - something a little more heavy duty is called for! Any advice on blades and where to get them would be much appreciated! Cheers, Greg. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KurtP Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 A lot of people, including myself get blades from Mike @ www.mikesworkshop.com You would have to check with him to see if he ships to Thailand Gregledder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 Hi Greg, this will give you a rough idea........Paul Gregledder and smitty0312 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 (edited) Your at the limit for sizes Greg,Try a skip tooth as it cleans out lots of wood as it cut for you.Maybe even slowing down the machine to minimize the heat causeing the blade to bend and lose it's tensile.Thick hardwoods a tough for the scroll saw and cause unwanted wear on the machine.It really shortens the life of the machine.Cut as much as you can with a band saw on the outside cuts if you can which will give a little more life to your saw,Mikes has a blade called "the blade that could"That will and is for the hardest woods you'll encounter.I used plenty and can't keep them stocked.There not the best for tight turns as they are 1/4" wide. p.s you could, but a band saw blade and cut 5" pieces and use those in your saw if it's able to hold them.There's times i use them on my dw788.they come in1/8" sizes too for scrolling, which may help you ,but again tight turns are not good.Another thing you could do is go into the turns and widen the turn so your blade can turn easier I do this a lot on coin cutting as the heat build up when doing tight turns will break the blade everytime if i don't. Edited July 17, 2014 by amazingkevin Gregledder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty0312 Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 The bigger the blade.....the less turning you can do......I have some #9 FD blades......can't turn tight much without putting much pressure on which causes a beveled un-even cut.....I used these on some 2 x 4's.....I was not happy with the results........ Gregledder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 I know exactly what your talking about Smitty.I could not get a convex cut like that if I tried.! Gregledder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 1.5" is a tough one. Problem with smaller blades withthat thickness is that the teeth are too close together and can't clear the sawdust away. You might want to look for a skiptooth blade. I'd guess #7 or so. Not a real tight turning radius, though. You can try a #5 and take your time. Mike from Mike's Workshop would be able to give you solid advice too. Gregledder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 I see some really good advice here. Thanks Paul for the chart. I will print one just as a helpful guide whenever I am going to tackle something new in thicknesses Dick heppneguy Gregledder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregledder Posted July 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 Thank you for the great advice guys - will contact mike and see what he recommends too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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