No resharp here

[Chuck White]

I wouldn't dare go to the mill with just one blade, I know it would break or hit iron on the first log!   

When I head out, I go with 6 blades, but usually only use 3 during the course of a days sawing.

[ladylake]

I wouldn't dare go to the mill with just one blade, I know it would break or hit iron on the first log!   

When I head out, I go with 6 blades, but usually only use 3 during the course of a days sawing.

  That's for sure, with no spare blade something will happen in about 2 minutes.   Steve

[bandmiller2]

When I worked the LT-70 we used about 6 bands in rotation when their were three dulls hanging on the nail I'd take em home and sharpen.We always had a box of news around in case we needed them.I'd check the set with a gauge usally reset every outher time one trip around the cats claw.If tramp was hit reset and twice around the block.Probibly five sharpenings per band then hairline cracks start to showup.Frank C.

[Bibbyman]

Question; 

Can you hear a crack in a blade?  I know I can hear one as it develops while I'm sawing.  Got a "tick, tick, tick" sound. (Note, we're running an electric mill and it doesn’t make nearly as much noise as an engine.)

But I swear I can hear a crack when I open a blade and again if I kind of toss it down on logs or something.  It'll have a dull ring to it.

Once down in Mt. Vernon at the WM ReSharp facility I watched Joe Alexander open blades.  He could tell every blade grind profile at a glance and could distinguish blades with cracks in them by the sound they made when opening them.

[coastlogger]

Re: using one blade: I have several extras in reserve(guess what theyre brand new usually)I seldom need to use one,and yes my sharpener is spitting distance from the mill,and the mill does not go off the property.Like I said I may be the only one doing this but it does work for me.

[Bibbyman]

I think ElectricAl uses two in rotation and has his shaprener right behind the mill.  Maybe if he reads this he can correct me if I'm wrong.

[ladylake]

Sure can hear the tick tick of a cracked blade and I still jump when it breaks.   Steve

[Cedarman]

When you hear that tick tick, reminds me of the book, Three Feet to the End of the Log by Willie Makeit,  illustrated by Bangy Didnt, reviewed by Stucker Tight.

[Larry]

I run three in rotation.  Makes it a lot easier to set and sharpen as they are all the same width.

For backup I have a box of new bands...when I'm down to 5 new ones I'll get more.

[Magicman]

Sure can hear the tick tick of a cracked blade and I still jump when it breaks.   Steve 

I had a weld to break Friday.  They don't usually tick......and yes I jumped......

[bandmiller2]

Bibby,I to hear the tick tick but you have to act quick or one big bang.Frank C.

[Chuck White]

Usually when I hear the tick, tick, tick, etc. I just start thinking "I'll bet it'll break about a foot from the end".
I will usually see the blade flutter a little while before I start hearing it tick.

[Magicman]

Sometimes it's amazing just how long they will go before they pop.  About the time I finally decide that it's my imagination.....they give way....   By then, they are usually marking the boards too.

[customdave]

This decision was made for me whether I like it or not, No woodmizer resharp up here , & no one in my area that sharpens! So its strickly a do it yourselfer area , but I ain't complaining.... yet.



                                                                 Dave