Timber Wolf Bandsaw Blade 111 x 3/4, 3TPI

I got this blade trying to save a few bucks and as usual I should have gone with the “buy once cry once” mentality. When it was brand new it was great but after going through less than 100 board feet of cutting maple and walnut it is all but worthless. I’ll be getting the laguna resaw king blade now and hopefully that will last a lot longer

This thing tracks like an arrow and gives surprisingly smooth cuts. Instructions were rather nice and not the typical Chinese translation. The sheet actually contained good information and not just warnings not to stick your hand into a saw blade. Pictured is the cut through 4inch red cedar with a quarter for scale so you can get a gauge of how fine it actually cuts. I am sawing on a Rikon 10- 326. Initial cuts resawing cedar were great and whizzed right through at a trotting pace. If I get a chance to test on some thick rock maple Ill update if there are any hitches.

I have a smaller bandsaw (Ridgid 93) that I have used this brand blade on and it worked great at resawing. I have resawn down to 1/4 soft maple on it with minimal sanding afterwards. I bought this 111 blade for my new bandsaw with more resaw capacity and have only done a couple of test cuts so far, but it has been just as awesome as the first one. These are both 3/4 wide blades that I have and the new saw is a Rikon 10-326 DVR. I would recommend this blade for resawing on any bandsaw you might have. I followed the blades installation instructions on the Ridgid but, with more options, I used the Rikons installation instructions, for tighteness.

Not so sure it’s a genuine Timber Wolfe blade. Comes in a generic, unlabeled package, not the one pictured in the ad. Includes a piece of paper with Timber Wolfe on it that could have been printed at home.

After finding a nail in some reclaimed 6x6 with my previous 1/2 blade, I put on this 3/4 blade from Timber Wolf. Man this thing hogged through that 6x6 pressure treated lumber without slowing and held a much straighter cut than I was getting with my 1/2. This blade is at the max of what my 1 1/2hp saw can take but has worked splendidly so far. I give 4 stars only because I havent resawed enough to know it holds its sharpness not because of a shortcoming on the blade. After I do a bunch more cutting, I will edit my review.

I have use this brand in the past and found the band saw blade excellent and Amazons price beats all competitors.

There warranty is real good. If it tracks smooth and true, then there is not need for warranty. What blade that is new does not work well. It is how long they last is what counts.

I wanted to like these bandsaw blades, but after going through 3 of them, over the course of three years, I am realizing that I should expect better. I run them in a Rikon 14 10-326 that is well tuned. Out of the box these blades do fine and produce ok results, but I find that after 1-2 months of moderate use they dull. Once dull they can barely handle rip cuts on 1 thick hardwood w/out burning. This has been true of all three blades I have purchased, eventually they get too dull to use, and I am not putting that much strain on them. Still on a search for a great blade that lasts and can be re-sharpened, will try the Laguna carbide.....

I purchased this blade because I had a few white oak logs given to me and wanted to slab them up to dry. This blade didn’t work well at all for wet wood , my 16$ Olson blade did way better. I thought it was junk but upon inspection the blade seems to be still really sharp so I had a 6x6 old red oak beam and it cut it like butter. So I think it’s good for dry wood but not wet .

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