I went to Suffolk 's website and did quite a bit of reading there. Of particular interest was the description of the various blade types available. I did a cut and paste of the description of the "AS" blades below.
THE AS (Alternate Set): These blades are only available in 3/8″ x 3tpi, 1/2″x 3tpi and 1/2″ x 2tpi. These blades are unique in their body thickness, set, and rake angle. They are .032 thick, have a full alternate set, a unique rake angle of 8.5° and also incorporate the unique geometry of our PC tooth design. These blades are primarily used by wood-turners and wood-carvers when roughing out blanks from burls and logs. Their performance is excellent if the thickness of your material exceeds 6 to 8 inches These blades are not meant to be used on three wheel band saws or any saw with less than a 90″ blade length or a wheel diameter of less than 14″.
As you see in their description above these blades are designed specifically for our needs. I have 2 on order.
I also noted that if clubs get a group order together they would get a 30% discount. We might want to keep this in mind.
Thank you Steve for a very informative demo.
