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They are not really designed to be re-sharpened - because of the way that the teeth are hardened, then any heat applied during sharpening softens the teeth and if they could be sharpened, then they need the teeth to be re-set as well. Bandsaw blades are now pretty much a consumable item Ian

As already mentioned 3tpi would have been the best option in either M42 or carbon hard tooth - either would have made a big difference. Stellite tipped blades are still available but are VERY expensive! They also need a lot more tension than M42 or carbon blades so are only really suitable for...

Hi all Some Record machines struggle to tension a 3/4" M42 blade, but some seem to cope ok with it - can't remember if it was this particular model, but Record upgraded the tensioning mechanism on some of their machines, which is why some are ok and some struggle. M42 blades do require more...

Just found the video showing the home made bandsaw: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbOlG7THecM

Can I be nosy and ask what width blade you bought and how much the Timberwolf blades cost? Only I've just had some 1" x .025 blades in stock that are identical to some of the Timberwolf blades and would be very interested to know how much the Timberwolf cost - you can PM me if you don't want...

Olly, if you can't repair the wheel, then there is a company in the UK (pretty sure that they are in South Wales) that can re-vulcanise bandsaw wheels - as usual my memory is playing up so can't remember the details off hand, but leave it with me and I will dig out the info and email you.

:D Here's another.... Ashley Cole was caught doing 104mph in a 50mph zone. When asked by police why he was speeding, he said "I've just heard that John Terry is parked outside my house"

Thanks again everyone. I know some points have already been mentioned but just to clarify a few things, there's no website at present but there will be one soon. I'm having a go at doing one myself as I can't afford to employ a site designer - as much as I'd love to work with Tom. Anyone...

Hi everyone, Sorry it's taken this long to come on and thank everyone - it's been a bit mad this week :D Tuff Saws is a new venture for me and it's not going to be a full time job, but I'd rather have a go at selling bandsaw blades than be unemployed or in a sh*t job and I've done both...

Thanks everyone for the kind words and support. Especially thanks to everyone that has PM'd and sent emails with help and advice - it really is appreciated. Our line of thoughts at the moment is to start again with a couple of grinders for sharpening and a bandsaw welder. This means smaller...

Thanks everyone - wasn't expecting so many replies so fast! After working for Dragon Saws for almost 15 years and actually loving my job, it was a hell of a shock when this happened but luckily my missus has been a rock, even though she thinks now that I've got more time on my hands that I can...

Not sure how to start this, but Dragon Saws are no more. We’ve had an insolvency manager in and have had to stop trading. I would like to thank everyone from the forum for the support that we’ve received and I’ve been very lucky to write to and to meet some great people through Dragon Saws...

Not a Vista user so not sure why it doesn't play .flv files but as already mentioned it could be a codec problem, but another vote for VLC as a media player - it will play virtually all types of media files :D

Hi Dan I suppose that I would be the best person to answer this :D Yes, we buy the material in from the manufacturers and weld the blades to length and lots of other saw doctors also do this. The important factor is where the material is sourced from. The majority of other saw...

Hi All Sorry to hear that people have had problems contacting us - it is purely down to the weather though and we haven't been able to get in to work since wednesday afternoon. Since my laptop died then I have no way have checking work emails from the house anymore - which the missus is over...

You shouldn't have any problems getting blades to fit - they won't be listed in standard catalogues but there's still plenty of blades available with 1 1/4" bore. Would have thought that it would a lot easier to have a blade bored to 1 1/4" rather than mess around with the spindle. Any saw...

Hi Colin Sorry to hear about your bandsaw problems - hopefully you will have have some joy with customer services. I know it's a pain now but when it's all sorted and up and running correctly then this will just be a distant memory and I'm sure that you will be very happy with the machine. Ian

Sorry to hear that nobody got back in touch - we have been having some staff problems but hopefully it's all sorted now. A lot of forum members get in touch with me direct and I always make sure that I try and get the best deal possible for any forum member :D I can be contacted by PM on...

If you use firefox as your browser then there's a few add ons that will do this for you - from memory I think ook video and magic video work ok but it's been a long time since I've used them!

Hi Neil Thank for the kind words. Our blades (Dragon Saws) can also be bought from Workshop Heaven - they take the orders online and then we post the blades out. This works out great because the blades can be ordered online at any time :D Ian