POWERTEC 13104 59-1/2 x 3/8 x 18 TPI Band Saw Blade, for Sears, B&D, Ryobi, Delta, and Skil 9 Bandsaw

Makes my old Tradesman seem like a pro machine. Great for clean cuts through purpleheart, walnut and wormy maple. Cant believe the accuracy I can achieve with this blade. Ill definitely buy again.

This is a great blade. Excellent quality. So far I have cut though a variety of woods- 3/4 Ebony, 1 Purple Heart, 7/8 Black Palm, 3/4 Bocote - And this blade has cut through them all with extreme ease, like cutting through butter. I have also cut softer woods like walnut, maple, cedar, Monkey Pod, Mango, and it does an excellent job cutting through these as well. I definitely recommend this product based on my experience. Update: I initially installed this on 25-Feb, it is now 18-Jun and I am finding that it is time to change the dulling blade. So it lasted about 4 months. In that 4 months I used it for my sole band saw cutting and made a little more than 1,000 cuts. Most of these cuts were through hardwood at either 3/4 or 1 thick. I think it is still excellent, especially for the price. My previous blade was from SKIL and I was never able to determine how long it took to get dull as it would just flat out break on me (at least on 3 occasions that I remember). At least this one didnt break and lasted its entire life as useful. I could have continued with it for at least a couple more weeks if I needed to, but at the price, might as well not make it hard on me. I still recommend and did purchase another to replace my backup that I just installed.

Fits correctly, good value, fast shipping. Nuf said

After some experimenting with others, had to go back to the original size.

So far , really impressed with this blade. I usually use Bosch blades but ordered this one to try. I’ve been using it for a week now, so far it seems to work really good , going to be using it on some hard , that will be the real test.

After cursing the Band Saw for a period of time, a period longer than I wish to admit, one finally has to fess-up to a lack of knowledge thats held them back. After studying up on all that needs to be known about setting up a Band Saw and, making all of the proper adjustments, found me still hacked off with the saw. (No pun intended.) All that was left for me to determine this saw will or, will not, hold it place of prominence in this shop is, to change out the blade. The set-up of the saw is one thing. The information related to blades is another. Dont forgo the knowledge needed for either one. This morning, I popped that blade on the machine. It appeared to be cutting a bit to the left of the marked line. BUT THEN, one thing that hadnt been checked to this point, came to mind. Was my slider on the saw table, (not sure of the technical name for that), accurate when set at 90 deg. I found it to be off by about 1 deg. Bingo! A correction to the slider and, this brand new saw blade found itself sawing perfectly straight. I gave this product 4-Stars because, I have only one day of use with it.

Worth the purchase. Solid performer after tuning up my bandsaw. Doesn’t drift and relatively smooth cut.

Blades are good quality at a descent price. The packaging was sub par. Band Saw Blades (with 1000+ teeth) should be packaged in a box NOT a bag.

I needed a new blade and one that was wider than my old one, so it stays in position while cutting. The guides on my saw require a wider blade. I chose the 18 TPI for smoother cross cuts. Yet it does well for other wood cutting, too.

Dissapointed in blade longevity - one small nail rendered the blade unusable.