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Started by DR_Buck, November 19, 2012, 10:01:43 AM

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DR_Buck

This past weekend I was doing a custom sawing job for a repeat customer.   Turned out to be about 1300 bf.  He had a mix of maple, gum and some poplar.  All were yard trees.  By the time I got to the 3rd log, I was putting on my 3rd blade.  whiteflag_smiley   The customer now had two times more money invested in blade damage than lumber.  :(   

It was at this point the idea hit me. smiley_sidelightbulb   Maybe I should advertise a service to locate used, bent rusty nails and wire in logs for a small fee.  Or as an alternative I could  just start selling band blades.  ;D   Either way, on some jobs I could make just as much as sawing.  :D
Been there, done that.   Never got caught [/b]
Retired and not doing much anymore and still not getting caught

NWP

How much do new blades cost?  I'm just curious.
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POSTON WIDEHEAD

Quote from: NWP on November 19, 2012, 10:55:31 AM
How much do new blades cost?  I'm just curious.

I think the WM 10 degree blade is around $21.00. They come 15 to a box. I think. But if I hit metal the customers cost is $30.00.
The older I get I wish my body could Re-Gen.

DR_Buck

Quote from: POSTONLT40HD on November 19, 2012, 11:44:50 AM
Quote from: NWP on November 19, 2012, 10:55:31 AM
How much do new blades cost?  I'm just curious.

I think the WM 10 degree blade is around $21.00. They come 15 to a box. I think. But if I hit metal the customers cost is $30.00.


Current price in 10 box is $223 plus shipping.   That's $22.30 plus shipping each.   I charge my customers $35 blade damage everytime I have to change a blade for hitting something other than wood. (Hitting mill parts are excluded.  :D :D)
Been there, done that.   Never got caught [/b]
Retired and not doing much anymore and still not getting caught

dboyt

I've had good luck with cobaltized band saw blades (also referred to as bi-metal blades) for cutting wood with metal in it.  They're pricey, though and I only use them when I suspect metal. In some cases, it is worth it.  This walnut had fence wire sticking out of it.  I cut through at least fifty nails and strands of fence wire, and the blade still cut all right.  I like the way the grain swirls around the wire, sort of like waves.



A few years ago, I hit metal (with a regular steel blade) and charged the customer the usual $30.  He was unusually cheerful about it.  When I packed up at the end of the day, he informed me that he had paid for the blade, and was entitled to keep it (couldn't argue with that).  He told me that he makes knives, and that band saw blades are about the best knife steel available.  He figured he could make several hundred dollars worth of knife blades out of that one band saw blade.
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NWP

Quote from: POSTONLT40HD on November 19, 2012, 11:44:50 AM
Quote from: NWP on November 19, 2012, 10:55:31 AM
How much do new blades cost?  I'm just curious.

I think the WM 10 degree blade is around $21.00. They come 15 to a box. I think. But if I hit metal the customers cost is $30.00.

Thanks.
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kelLOGg

Quote from: DR_Buck on November 19, 2012, 10:01:43 AM
The customer now had two times more money invested in blade damage than lumber.  :(   

Been there. I have a customer for whom I saw reclaimed tobacco warehouse beams and he "removes"  :D nails. It is sorta a drag to chance blades so much but "ka-ching" compensates somewhat.
Bob
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