Variable height, high performance, bandsaw blade and method of manufacture therefor

A bandsaw blade having a tooth pattern having a plurality of set cutting teeth,

• each set tooth of said tooth pattern having a set which increases with the height of the tooth,
• the set teeth of said tooth pattern having a tooth height which increases linearly over the tooth pattern, the tooth height at the end of the tooth pattern being between about ten and twenty-five thousandths of an inch greater than the tooth height at the beginning of the tooth pattern, said tooth pattern including a raker tooth followed by a predetermined number of set teeth, the set alternating in sequence along the teeth of the tooth pattern, and the teeth having a variable pitch, and tips of said set teeth lying in a plane which is inclined with respect to a back edge of said blade,
• said tooth pattern being repeated along said blade such that the tooth height at the end of a respective tooth pattern is greater than the tooth height at the beginning of a subsequent tooth pattern, each repeating tooth pattern having a length of about 6 inches.

A method of manufacturing a bandsaw blade comprising the steps of

• cutting a repeating tooth pattern, each tooth pattern having a plurality of cutting teeth, and
• setting selected ones of said teeth in each said tooth pattern, each set tooth in each said tooth pattern having a set greater than or equal to a set of a preceding set tooth in the tooth pattern, said set at the end of the tooth pattern being greater than the set at the beginning of the tooth pattern,
• said teeth being cut and set such that after setting, each tooth in each said tooth pattern has a height with respect to a back edge of said blade greater than a height of a preceding tooth in the tooth pattern, the height difference between a tooth at the beginning of the tooth pattern and a tooth at the end of the tooth pattern being between about ten and twenty-five thousandths of an inch, and tips of said teeth in each said tooth pattern lie in a plane which is inclined with respect to the back edge of said blade.

A method of manufacturing a bandsaw blade comprising the steps of

• cutting a repeating tooth pattern, each tooth pattern having a plurality of cutting teeth, and
• setting selected ones of said teeth in each said tooth pattern, each set tooth in each said tooth pattern having a set greater than or equal to a set of a preceding set tooth in the tooth pattern, said set at the end of the tooth pattern being greater than the set at the beginning of the tooth pattern,
• said teeth being cut and set such that after setting, each tooth in each said tooth pattern has a height with respect to a back edge of said blade greater than a height of a preceding tooth in the tooth pattern, the height difference between a tooth at the beginning of the tooth pattern and a tooth at the end of the tooth pattern being between about fifteen and twenty thousandths of an inch, and tips of said teeth in each said tooth pattern lie in a plane which is inclined with respect to the back edge of said blade.