Xcalibur 2235mm (88") BANDSAW Blade for Elektra BAS315 BAS316, Metabo BAS317, CHARNWOOD 721 BB15, Fox F28-191, WOODSTAR SB12

I purchased this 3/8 blade to replace the 1/4 inch blade originally fitted to my Titan bandsaw. It was a straight forward swap with just a little adjustment of the blade guides. The blade cuts effortlessly and is more stable that the original which tended to wander on thicker pieces of wood.

Terrible. The blade was not straight and was warped so it twisted from left to right as it ran over the wheels. Absolute crap.

Thinking Excalibur would be a quality blade I decided to buy a couple , the teeth on these blades are not set at all they are as just stamped with all teeth either straight or to one side ,I tried to cut a piece of 1/2” thick pine , that I had been cutting all morning with the previous blade (cheap un-named ) pine but it cut to one side before I’d got even an inch into the cut ,tried second blade was the same ,So on inspection you can see the teeth are not set and can run your hand down one side without any grab at all ,yet on the other side there is grab on all teeth?- so I figure they will go in the scrap bin :-(

Pro:1) Arrived on timeNeg:1) 12mm to long... so much extra laingth that it cant be used as it will not grip the wheels at full adjustment.2) the teeth are in the wrong direction so that if it did fit the wheels it would not cut anything anyway.3) teeth are not sharp, this means if the where the correct laingth, and if the teeth where pointing in the right direction, your saw would have to work sooo hard to cut anything it would probaby burn out your motor way faster.4) teeth are not profiled to point away from center. This means that if it where the correct laingth, and if the teeth where pointing in the right direction and if they where sharp enough to cut. The band would bind up very easily potentially snapping drive belts and burning up motors.

Take a chance if you buy this blade. Join not welded square.bought cheaper from Toolstation £7.49...Perfect