Guide blocks for bandsaw blade

In a bandsaw including a saw blade in the form of a continuous metal band that is trained about a pair of spaced wheels and rotatably driven past a worktable, and further including guide blocks for restricting side-to-side movement of the saw blade during cutting of a workpiece supported on the worktable,

• the improvement wherein:
• the guide blocks are made of a fiber reinforced phenolic resin material impregnated with graphite, and the bandsaw includes at least one pair of guide blocks arranged with one guide block positioned along one side of the blade and the other positioned along the opposite side of the blade.