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This thing saves time and money for me in the Guitar building world. You gotta keep the teeth razor sharp though and let the saw do the work.
I'm getting about 15 sharpens per blade. I now sharpen the blades myself- after dissapointment sending to 'experts' in Sydney.
After many years of turning good wood into sawdust I bought the Hitachi CB75F with 3" wide stellite tip blade. This one does.
Caution- small blades (less than 3" wide) not a good idea on this saw as the can chew the rubber wheels out. Never looked back.
Not many machines can deep cut 10" deep Australian Blackwood into accurate wafers hr on end without runout or waver.
The Hitachi takes a 111" blade.As you can see from Page 3 of the owner's manual 9available on the hitachi site) the machine will accept down to a 1/4" blade. I am merely writing because--contrary to the above poster's review--the Hitachi will accept almost any bandsaw blade on the market, including almost all of the popular aftermarket resaw blades like the Resaw King, Woodmiser, etc.Almost all blades are made to a custom length, and there is ABSOLUTELY NO REQUIREMENT to use a Hitachi-branded blade on this saw. I am about to buy this blade for resaw work. I have not used it yet though I hear it is outstanding.
I am unaware of another manufacturer that makes blades to fit this saw, so this is what I use. I've had both blades professionally sharpened, and the results were decent for what it cost, but they do not cut like brand new blades. If you own a CB75F and you want to resaw with a wide blade, it's either this blade, which has all carbide teeth or the other Hitachi blade with every other tooth carbide tipped. The other blade is a bit cheaper, but it does not last as long.
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