Imachinist S6412121014 Bi-Metal Band Saw Blades 64-1/2 X 1/2 X 10/14TPI Variable Teeth M42 for Metal

Installed this blade on a recently purchased Harbor Freight Metal Band Saw without any problems. I am cutting thin wall mild steel tubing (1/2 to 1” by 1/16” wall) at a slow speed and very little downward force. After installing the blade, I made sure it was aligned vertically and horizontally, so it would cut square. Since installing the blade I have probably made 50 cuts without any problems. The only change I might make is to use a 14/18 tooth blade, because I generally only cut thin wall steel. I would recommend this blade! BTW, the stand is made of 1” sq x 1/16” wall mild steel tubing with wheels, cut with this saw before installing the new blade.

The one I received didn’t run well out of the package. The weld joint was not ground flat on the back of the blade and hit the shoulder of the wheel on the band saw.

Liked it so well I purchased a second one as a back up.

Product looks to be good quality

Exact fit. Cuts straight. Good value.

This is an excellent metal cutting blade, works perfect in my Harbor Freight horizontal saw. The original blade the saw came with was a 14 TPI, not bad, but snapped. Replaced it with a US made 14 TPI which was total crap, dulled quickly and snapped. Ive used this bi-metallic blade for about two weeks now, and works perfect. Cuts quickly and smoothly, does not gum up and is a big improvement over the high-carbon blades. This is also pretty thin so it cuts quickly and passes easier in the metal. Excellent quality blade, very good steel, and comes nicely packaged with a plastic guard over the teeth so they dont chip. For the price, I dont think theres any other blade nearly as good.

Cut 4130 CM Steel tubing like butter. Even cut a few pieces of 416L nicely before i dropped the saw head and bent the blade through the bearings. Good news is that it bent and did not break. packaging was awesome, teeth were protected. Only docked one star because the cut rate is a little slow on mild steel by comparison to more costly name brands.

Not sure how well they work but look like any other blade as of now

I bought the Imachinist S6412121014 blade in august of 2019. at the time the blade that originally came with my bandsaw was working fine. After two moves of my shop and two years eight months later I finally got tired of hearing my bandsaw bump and grind like a bad erotic dancer. I replaced the blade with the iMachinist and took a cut on some 5/8-inch steel round stock. It was a beautiful cut. I chose the 10/14tpi blade because most of my cutting is aluminum with some plastic, wood and steel thrown in. The blade was very surprising on the cleanliness of cut.

Perfect fare for my dads saw