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Old timer at the shop told me my break saw was dull last month - he was right
Harry, the 70 year old retired butcher who still hangs around our shop, told me to swap blades on my bandsaw after 20 hours of use. I blew him off for three weeks because I thought I knew better. Finally changed it yesterday and my pork chops came out twice as clean with half the waste. Any of you guys on a regular blade rotation schedule or just when it starts smoking?
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william_jackson6513d ago
Old timers have a way of knowing stuff from muscle memory we can't get from a manual. Maybe it's just the decades of feeling the blade bite into meat that makes them sense when it's off before we do. I'd bet that guy can hear a dull blade from across the room, same way my granddad could tell a lawnmower needed sharpening just by how it idled.
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black.joel13d ago
20 hours is pretty specific for a blade swap. The old timer's probably right that you'll see better cuts, but duty cycle matters just as much as runtime on that schedule.
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