Bandsaw blade degree of set on tooth

[Carhartt]

Anyone have an opinion on degree of set on tooth for general use. I cut some soft wood and some hardwood. If I am not mistaken I have 7, 9, and 10 degree blades and notice little difference in any. When I send them out to get them sharpened do they reset the angle? If so did my 7s and 9s possible get set to 10 degree?

 

[cease232]

I use Lenox blades, I resharpen them myself and they are 10 degrees. I haven't tried any other angles. I cut soft and hard wood and it does equally well in both. Overall sharpness is probably more important. I now square up the cant and immediately switch to a new or freshly sharpened blade. I've noticed a huge quality difference.


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[Carhartt]

So what you are saying is that you are slabbing with an old blade and milling lumber with a new blade? I could do that but it would be pretty time consuming.

 

[cease232]

Basically I saw the bark off and then switch to a different blade once I hit clean wood. It's more time consuming for me to pressure wash the log than change blades. I can change the blade on my mill in just a couple minutes.
Tension, Adjustments and feed rates only do so much for cut quality. A sharp blade makes all those things seem less relevant.


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[Carhartt]

I see what you are doing. Do you drag your logs through a lot of grit that wedges in the bark? I do drag mine some but it usually isn't to bad. I have no opinion on a tooth degree that last any longer with the same material than a different tooth degree. Im only running an 15hp Kohler mill. Woodmizer LT15.
What mill do you have? I see Woodmizer has a tool that runs through the bark before the blade gets to it. Always thought that would be a nice feature. Not sure it would work with my mill.

 

[cease232]

I don't do a lot of dragging but they just get dirty from storing and moving them around. Plus if there's metal in the sapwood I'll have only sacrificed my lesser quality blade.
I have a Linn Lumber mill. It's all manual operation but keeps me in shape haha.
I buy Lenox blades that come at 10 degrees and I just keep them like that. It's funner to mill that sharpen blades so I haven't really tried experimenting with different angles either.


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