Review on Enhance Performance with POWERTEC 13197 💪 TPI Band Blades – Unleash Precision Cutting Power! by Paul Rogger

I used the blade on .1875 inch (3/16) thick 6061 T6 aluminum. I know it's a bit thick for a 24 TPI blade, but it should work fine at the reduced drive speed. Recommended 18 to 14. Bandsaw speed reduced and cutting fluid applied after cutting speed slowed past the first inch. After 6 inches of cutting, I stopped the saw and checked the teeth. . Many of them were rounded, some had aluminum stuck to the surface. Not enough teeth to remove chips and avoid overheating. I was expecting a bit of clogging but didn't expect the teeth to completely lose their sharpness in less than 2 minutes. I could run my bare finger over the edge without scratching the skin. In the past I have used multiple similar pitch blades to cut thicker aluminum sheets. This failed completely and made no progress after cutting less than 8 inches. That's a lousy blade. It should have zero stars.