Another bandsaw blade question

Does anyone know of a supplier of reasonably priced rolls of bandsaw blades? I have in the past got lucky on Ebay buying unused lengths of blade and using the welder on my Startrite saw to join them. No luck with Ebay for a while and running out of blades! Ideally 1/4" (6mm) wide blades.

Thanks, John.

Starrett and Lenox are the first names that come to mind

Any manufacturer of band saw blades should sell bulk coils. When bought new they are not cheap. Welds made on the machine are seldom as good as factory welds and are time consuming. The primary reason to have a welder on the machine is to allow you to cut the blade, thread it through a hole and re-weld it for making inside cuts.

I am sure TuffSaws would have something, I have always found them most helpful.
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Buy next size up (in length) and shorten?

Thanks for the replies. I've tried Tuffsaws and a few other ready made blade suppliers, not interested in selling rolls, I've just ended up with a quote for a new ready made blade. Just reinforces the fact that joining my own is considerably cheaper. For a carbon steel blade i have in the past made blades for about half the price of ready made, not such a big saving for HSS or bi-metal blade but still well worth doing.

I would not fully agree about the machines welder not producing good joins, I have had no problems with the blades I make although a little "tweaking" of the recommended settings is sometimes needed.

My saw came from a large local factory (broken gearbox, straightforward repair). They had in the toolroom a large bandsawing section, mainly Startrite and Doall saws. Small like mine to some very big machines capable of cutting 100mm alloy steel to form press tools. The steel arrived for sawing marked out, a suitable hole drilled if necessary for "internal" cuts, blade joined on the machine as were all other blades. Blade came from huge rolls, something like 500m of blade on each roll!

You may well find that Screwfix can supply Starrett branded blades on a "next day" basis.

AND cheaper than those available from some of the suppliers of the original Bandsaw.

Howard

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I have always used Tuffsaws but as you say they do not supply on the roll

If MSC direct serves the UK look there. They have Morse, Lenox, and Starret blade stock in 100 ft. coils.