Sawing Nails

[oregonsawer]

Why don't some one make a ban that will saw
nails?
What is the problem with a metal saw ban?

I saw a lot of town logs and so a lot of nails.
I have a lot of ruined bans.
Don't know if it is worth it or not.

Oregonsawer
lt70 remote.

[Qweaver]

My metal cutting bandsaw uses blades with 16 to 24 TPI and very little hook or set in the teeth.  It would gum up pretty fast on wood. 

[Magicman]

I'm afraid that nails just go with the territory when sawing urban grown logs.  Sometimes rural grown logs also.

Of course, I don't buy logs and am always sawing the customer's logs.  It is understood before we start that the cost is $25 for each band that hits a nail.  Doesn't matter if it can be resharpened or not.  I have down/changing time that has to be accounted for.

I realize that I did not address your question as asked.   :-\

[beenthere]

Qweaver has the answer to the question.

[Brad_S.]

FPM speed too....wood bandsaws cut at a higer blade speed.

[Ironwood]

Some bands have may have brazed teeth, and will cut nails and wood but $$$$$ big money and will be shot if nail is too big or it is a lag bolt or worse ceramic insulators. Yikes. Ask some of the guys cutting reclaimed, stelite comes to mind, perhaps someone has a link or experience.

Ironwood

[redbeard]

I use lennox 3 tpi .045  carbide 70.00-90.00. resharpen costs 35.00 ea. blade only good for 3 times, Anything over 16p nails is hard on them and ripping nails gets them dull quicker but they buzz right through the small stuff. Usually when you here the zing sound i will pull the metal out of last cut, you dont want the planner to hit the metal, one way or another you got to get the metal out. I mostly use the carbides for cleaning the sides of the beams and making cants out of cedar telephone poles. Cross cutting burls they work really good plus you get a very smooth finish. All the carbides are priced about the same as the stellite blades. 

[oregonsawer]

well I guess that answer my question.
Thank you guys.

[Banjo picker]

You probably cut more metal than you actually know about...Up front I will say that I don't hear as well as I use to....I cut some white oak for my youngest son over the holidays...He built a nice deck out of it...When I went to look at it...Low and behold there was a couple of blue boards...I checked closer after seeing the color...and there was the metal...I had not even noticed it when I cut the boards ...and the saw kept the secret...Tim

[logman]

I've resawn quite a bit of reclaimed timbers and I use Woodmizer .055 7 degree blades.  I can zip thru quite a few nails before I need to change my blade.  I keep cutting until the blade starts cutting wavy or dives.  I also try and pull any nails I see but can't get them all.