Wood Band Saw Blade Lubricant
Lubrication is simply one of many maintenance procedures a band saw requires to properly carry out.
Wood band saw blade lubricant. Excellent performance on band saw scroll saw and coping saw blades. In pro tip 8 we talk about waxing your bandsaw blades. What concerns me is that norwood industries operating manual that i received with my mill clearly states to use water and soap or windshield liquid and soap for blade. For use on all power and hand held cutting tools including scroll band circular hack and jewelers saw blades.
Lubricant stick is 8 long x 1 in diameter. Lubricant can t fix everything. For power and hand held cutting tools including band scroll circular hack and jewelers saw blades. While saw blade lubricant will assist in making smooth cuts coolants mainly help guard against excess heat.
Coupon expires 30 days from date generated. I will sometimes take a putty knife and scrape this off running the bandsaw at a slow speed holding the putty knife stationary. I use parafin wax as my band saw lubricant. I did try a squirt of wd 40 and it helped remove the pitch but i was concerned that the wd 40 would degrade the rubber like substance that the band blade rides on on the pulleys.
This wax stick is specially formulated to keep metal plastic and wood cutting blades from clogging because of chips or pitch. Use of a saw blade lubricant prolongs blade life and produces smoother and quicker cuts. Coupon is sent and valid once to first time subscribers only. I picked this up from tom latane.
There seems to be a conflict on the correct blade lubrication mixture between the sawmill manufacturer and saw blade manufacturer. A special blend of oils and wax helps protect blades from heat damage and clogging because of the accumulation of wood pitch and metal chips. In this video stephen cook briefly talks about what blade lubricants might be best for your portable sawmill or resaw. I m sure this subject has been discussed many times on this chat board.
The blade lubricant stick extends the life of saw blades keeping them sharper longer. Keeps metal plastic and wood cutting blades from clogging with wood chips or pitch. This is a great tip to maintain your bandsaw blades.