When I ordered my new Grizzly bandsaw I knew that I would need some new blades to go with it.  I had used Timber Wolf blades on my old band saw and was very satisfied with their quality.  For my old bandsaw, I purchased the Timber Wolf blades at Woodcraft.  Doing that again would mean that the 4 blades that I wanted would cost me around $100 – $120.  That was more than I could afford along with the saw so I started looking around to see if I could find the Timber Wolf blades cheaper from another source.

Here’s what I found while searching for Timber Wolf blades.

Example blade specifications: 105” X ½” X 0.25”, 3PC

Woodcraft & Amazon:  $30.99
Grizzly Industrial:  $22.95
PS Wood Machines (Supplies Woodcraft who, in turn, sells through Amazon):  $21.90
Suffolk Machinery:  $21.30

Suffolk also has a one-time offer of a free silicon steel blade with the purchase of 3 other silicon steel blades.  Click here for the details.

My 4 new Timber Wolf blades from Suffolk Machinery ended up costing me only $69.57 including shipping.

For re-sawing veneers, I also purchased a Wood Slicer blade from Highland Woodworking.  I couldn’t find the Wood Slicer blades anywhere else but Highland Woodworking.  I haven’t tested this blade yet but, if it’s as good as all of the reviews say, I’ll be very happy.  I’ll let you know the results as soon as I have a chance to try it out.

About two months ago I decided it was time to upgrade my bandsaw. It took about a month to sell my old bandsaw and pull together the rest of the money for the new saw. In the middle of June I ordered a new Grizzly G0555P. That’s the Polar Bear version of Grizzly’s venerable G0555 Ultimate 14” Bandsaw in almost all white (the sides of the table are still Grizzly green).

At the same time I ordered the saw from Grizzly, I also ordered the 6” Riser Block Kit and the Heavy-Duty Mobile Base. And, I ordered 4 new 105” Timber Wolf bandsaw blades from Suffolk Machinery.  If you are a new customer, Suffolk has a Free Blade offer.

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Background

My current table saw, a Delta contractor saw, is my second.  The first one was a Ryobi portable table saw.  The user manuals from both manufactures suggested aligning the blade to the miter slot by pounding on the trunnion with a hammer or board or by prying on it with a board.  I tried these methods because I was a newbie and didn’t know of a better way.  While these methods produced barely adequate results, I was never really satisfied with it being close but not quite precisely aligned so I purchased a“> Contractor Saw Precision Alignment & Locking System (PALS™) almost two years ago.

Although I was not fully satisfied with the blade alignment on my table saw, I shied away from the task of installing the PALS™ kit because I thought it would be tedious and time consuming.  After all, my saw wasn’t way out of alignment. It was close enough to make reasonably accurate cuts.

But those extra blade marks on the sides of my rip cuts were a annoying and time consuming to clean up so before starting to build my materials cart, I decided to bite the bullet and tackle installing the PALS™ kit and doing a proper job of aligning my saw.

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