Tooth arrangement in a metal cutting bandsaw

A metal cutting bandsaw blade comprising a strip and a recurring group of teeth projecting therefrom,

• each group of teeth having setting subgroups and height subgroups, each setting subgroup comprising at least three setting units selected from the following setting types:
• (a) unset teeth,
• (b) teeth set to the right,
• (c) teeth set to the left;
• each setting subgroup defining a setting pattern and including at least one of each of the setting types, the setting pattern repeating itself at least once within the group;
• each height subgroup comprising at least two height units selected from the following height types:
• (a) high,
• (b) low;
• each height subgroup defining a height pattern and including at least one of each of the height types, the height pattern repeating itself at least once within the group, the high teeth being of substantially equal height, and the low teeth being of substantially equal height which is less than the height of the high teeth;
• a total number of teeth in the recurring group being equal to the number of setting units multiplied by the number of height units, the number of setting units being incommensurable with the number of height units;
• a number of teeth set to the right in the group being equal to a number of teeth set to the left in the group;
• all of the set teeth in the setting subgroup having substantially equal setting widths.