POWERTEC 13104 59-1/2 x 3/8 x 18 TPI Band Saw Blade, for Sears, B&D, Ryobi, Delta, and Skil 9 Bandsaw

This blade cuts well but the seam where the blade is spliced together is not done accurately. The blade makes a lot of noise and jumps as the splice hits the material being cut.

Do the job they are intended to. Held up longer than other brands used.

After some experimenting with others, had to go back to the original size.

Decent quality, sharp, and tracks well on my entry level Skil bandsaw. I will buy it again.

Ive bought these before and they fit just fine. This last one would not fit. It was short. Reurned and bought a Bosch brand.

Blades are a good value. They are carbon steel blades, and they are short (versus a 14 saw blade which uses a length of 93-1/2) so there are not as many teeth per blade, so each tooth cuts more than a longer blade will, so they cannot be expected to last as long as longer blades. They have decent welds, but they do not remove the weld slag the forms between the teeth, so it keeps the following tooth from doing what it is suppose to do (Years ago I welded custom band saw blades for an industrial tool distributor so one thing I know is band saw blades), but the tooth spacing is good, which shows that the blade tooth spacing is consistent at the weld. These blades will fit any 9 saw that uses a 59-1/2 blade no matter who makes the saw. Just a bit of useful information for those of you that are not aware.... Rule of thumb... the material should always have a minimum of 3 teeth in the material at any given time... so that tells you what amount of teeth the blade needs to cut through different thickness of wood (or metal, plastic, whatever) so a 6 tooth blade wold not work as well as 14 tooth in 1/4 wood. Another thing I have learned, just because Bosche, Ryobi, or other well known names put their name on a product, does not mean it is as good of quality as you might expect from the name. I have gotten better quality on no-name (meaning unknown named products) than I have on named products.

Makes my old Tradesman seem like a pro machine. Great for clean cuts through purpleheart, walnut and wormy maple. Cant believe the accuracy I can achieve with this blade. Ill definitely buy again.

I needed a new blade and one that was wider than my old one, so it stays in position while cutting. The guides on my saw require a wider blade. I chose the 18 TPI for smoother cross cuts. Yet it does well for other wood cutting, too.

So far , really impressed with this blade. I usually use Bosch blades but ordered this one to try. I’ve been using it for a week now, so far it seems to work really good , going to be using it on some hard , that will be the real test.

Dissapointed in blade longevity - one small nail rendered the blade unusable.