Bandsaw & Scrollsaw Blade Lubrication

You don’t always have to succumb to having to reach into your already shallow pockets to replace saw blades. Learning how to take care of your saw blades will always allow them to last longer and allow your money to stretch further. At Tools4, we are always interested in providing solutions to allow your saw blades last longer.

One should regularly clean your saw blades so that resin and pitch do not get the chance to build up excessively on the surface and reduce the quality of your cut. 

Olson Saw Blade Lubricant

The use of a Saw Blade Lubricant prolongs blade life and produces smoother and quicker cuts. This wax stick is specially formulated to keep metal, plastic, and wood cutting blades from clogging because of chips or pitch. For use on all power and hand-held cutting tools including scroll, band, circular, hack, and jeweler saw blades. The lubricant stick measures 200mm long x 25mm in diameter. Keep a stick next to your band saw for resawing and another next to your scroll saw for stack cutting.

Using Stove Cleaner

Just spray some stove cleaner onto both sides of your saw blade and let it sit for about thirty minutes before wiping it all off. For blades with a lot of build-up, you may need to use an old toothbrush to help get some of the grim out. You will notice that the stove cleaner removes most of the built-up and sap from your saw leaving it in a like new condition and I reckon that most oven cleaners will be able to work as well. Stove cleaner is readily available in most grocery stores and it doesn’t cost much either. Give it a try I’m sure you will like the results.

More Ways To Make Your Blades Last Longer

Cleaning and lubricating are the best things that you can do to prolong the life of your saw blade but I would like to give you two additional tips that may help you extend the life of your blade even longer. Tip one is to occasionally reverse the blade on your saw so that you will be using it on the other side. Although this will not be possible with every saw blade it will work for sure with some blades like diamond blades. 

The next tip is sort of a no-brainer but when it comes to woodworking tools I don’t like to take anything for granted, and this tip is that you should always ensure that you are using the right blade for the type of material that you are cutting. Using a fine finish blade to cut through very tough wood, for example, can damage the blade. So you always want to make sure that you are using the correct blade for the job as not doing so can potentially cost you dearly in the long run.