Milling a Chinaberry Log Into Lumber

Installing a carbide tooth blade on my band saw and re-sawing a log into lumber.

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How's the price on the carbides compared to a regular blade? Wood-Mizer was telling me 3 to 4 times the regular blade price for my sawmill.

[@thehappychiselllc]

Not quite 4 times the price. $33 for the regular and $120 for the carbide. George over at Middlefield Custom Sawmill has been raving about carbide blades. I think he said he got 13 logs out of one blade before he broke it on a nail, as compared to 3 or 4 for a regular blade. If the carbide blade lasts 4 times as long, it's a better deal. I guess time will tell.

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@@thehappychiselllc It's George's fault that I am considering carbide 🤣