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   SawdustSteve | Aug 28, 2003 04:08pm | #1

   Hi Curt...   Try Dynamite tool   http://www.dynamitetool.com for your bandsaw blades.  Great bunch of guys and they stand behind their products.  They also support the local Woodworking Club here on Long Island.  They have almost any tool and accessory you will need and they ship almost anywhere.       SawdustSteve

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   JohnWW | Aug 28, 2003 04:30pm | #2

   Although it seems huge by home shop standards, there is nothing unique about 3 inch wide bandsaw blades, that size, and larger, are used industrially all the time.  For good service and a very knowledgable staff, Suffolk Machinery is an excellent blade source.  Call them up and tell them what you want to saw and they'll help you to choose the right blade for the job.  Their phone number is (800) 234-7297.

   John W.

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   forestgirl | Aug 28, 2003 08:02pm | #3

   John, I checked the Suffolk site last night when I saw this thread, and it seems like their width tops out at 2-5/8" or something like that.  I was pretty surprised.  Any idea why, or did I miss something?forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)

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   JohnWW | Aug 28, 2003 08:24pm | #4

   Forestgirl,

   I'm a bit surprised, but I've never actually ordered that wide of a blade from them.  Their main business is supplying blades for the portable log sawing mills so I presumed that they had blades in wide widths, perhaps they do but not in the Timberwolf brand.  I'd still go to them first for a recommendation, I'd trust them to tell me if they couldn't supply the right blade for the job.

   Hope you are having fun, John

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   cliff1 | Dec 08, 2003 11:11pm | #5

   Hi Im wondering if you have an Hitachi b-600a bandsaw. We just received one. Do you have a manual for it. ours has some issues to fix. Cliff

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   Upraiser | Dec 09, 2003 12:59am | #6

   Cliff

   I have one, I think its the same model.  I will see if I can dig out the book on it.  I can send it email, or fax, let me know where.

   Curt

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   Upraiser | Dec 09, 2003 04:04am | #7

   Cliff

   My bandsaw is the CB75C model, I think yours is an older model, but I could be wrong.  My saw has the 3" blade, resaw to 12", 3 hp 110 motor.

   Hitachi has changed the name or designation a few times.

   Have you tried the Hitachi webb page for an online manual?  In any case I can copy and mail, fax, email or what ever works for you.

   Curt

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   cliff1 | Dec 09, 2003 07:01pm | #8

   Thank you for responding. Is your motor a small high speed unit thats geared down to just over 1000 rpm?

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   Upraiser | Dec 09, 2003 07:32pm | #9

   Yes, its rated at 3 hp.

   I have read where others have replaced it with a larger motor.  I have never had a problem with mine, but I do not use it all the time.  I have resawn some pretty tough material over the years and lugged it down.

   I told you wrong on the model its a CB75F.  

   I could dig out one of the old Fine Woodworking mag. as they did a report on the early ones along with the Makita of the same design.

   Curt

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   Scrit | Dec 09, 2003 08:37pm | #10

   For my benefit are there and blade life problems with this machine? Conventional wisdom says that the smaller the wheel diameter the shorter the blade life simply because the welds are stressed more (combination of short length and tighter bending radius). For that reason (and the fact that I would have had to do a personal import and CE-type marking) I opted to go for a more conventional larger bandsaw a couple of years back. Just curious.

   Scrit

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   Upraiser | Dec 10, 2003 12:51am | #11

   Scrit

   I have never experienced any, but all I ever ran is the 3" blade from Hitachi, made in Japan.

   The only problem I ever had, was cutting a spike into, length wise.  It seemed to just ruin a perfectly good $129.00 blade and my day or should I say days, and weeks.

   Sent the blade to an highly recommended saw shop, confirmed that they would "take care" of me.  Totally runied it.  All they know, is that you grind a 1/16" off of any tooth.  This is a blade with zero set, the stellite tooth provides the clearance.

   Then they told me that the "improved the gullet".  First knot I hit, bent 3-4 teeth and the blade was history.

   I still have it hanging in the shop as a reminder to never ever resaw old used lumber.

   What do you do with a worn out 3" wide band saw blade?  I know, sell it on ebay!.

   Curt