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Re: Strip: Sanity Check - How many strips?
By:Gero Verheyen
Date: 10/17/2014, 9:14 am

On a thin blade like that I would check in between strips to make sure that the blade isn't overheating and beginning to deflect/deform. You can also get very thin kerf 10" table saw blades that have laser cuts in them to dissipate heat.

For anyone considering doing this on a bandsaw, I would urge you to consider the investment of a carbide tooth blade as they are much sharper and last a lot longer - I've had mine for 10 years now. I'd get at least a 1/2" blade. the outfeed tables for a bandsaw would be critical, especially on the smaller bandsaws, as they're not really designed to rip 16'+ stock.

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Strip: Sanity Check - How many strips?
Mochaboy -- 10/16/2014, 8:55 pm
Re: Strip: Sanity Check - How many strips?
Allan -- 10/16/2014, 9:49 pm
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Mochaboy -- 10/17/2014, 12:17 am
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Allan -- 10/17/2014, 1:07 am
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Mochaboy -- 10/17/2014, 1:47 am
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Don T. -- 10/17/2014, 7:16 am
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Gero Verheyen -- 10/17/2014, 9:14 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/17/2014, 10:01 am
Re: Strip: Sanity Check - How many strips?
Gero Verheyen -- 10/17/2014, 10:09 am
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Mochaboy -- 10/17/2014, 12:00 pm