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Carbide tipped · sawmill

Wei Shuqiang TCT 4,390 × 35 mm

A carbide-tipped sawmill band, four and a half meters of it — the most expensive consumable here and the least likely to fit your machine.

Carbide-tipped band saw blade for a log mill, product photograph

Wei Shuqiang TCT 4,390 × 35 mm

A carbide-tipped sawmill band, four and a half meters of it — the most expensive consumable here and the least likely to fit your machine.

Length
4,390 mm (172.8 in)
Width
35 mm (1.38 in)
Tipping
Tungsten carbide
Type
Band saw blade
Quantity
1
Model number
Width 35 mm (1.38 in) / 40 mm (1.57 in)
Amazon reference
B0GVJR51KY (identical on 6 markets)
EAN
6400900457005
  • Carbide tipping stays sharp far longer than a steel tooth in green timber
  • €168 in Britain against €195 everywhere else in Europe
  • No thickness and no tooth pitch published — both decide whether it can be tensioned and what it can cut

Best for: A horizontal log mill cutting pine and softwood logs to board

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Specifications

Length
4,390 mm (172.8 in)
Width
35 mm (1.38 in)
Tipping
Tungsten carbide
Type
Band saw blade
Quantity
1
Model number
Width 35 mm (1.38 in) / 40 mm (1.57 in)
Amazon reference
B0GVJR51KY (identical on 6 markets)
EAN
6400900457005

Every figure below is a manufacturer specification read off the listing itself. The judgments are ours.

What the specification says

4,390 × 35 mm (172.8 × 1.38 in), tungsten carbide tipped, one per pack. The model number field reads “Width 35 mm (1.38 in) / 40 mm (1.57 in)”, which is the range the seller offers rather than the item you receive.

Length is a dimension of the machine

Band length is fixed by the wheel spacing and the tension travel of the saw. It is printed in the manual and usually on a plate on the machine itself. A band a centimeter out will not tension, and nothing on the saw will rescue it. Width and tooth pitch are choices you make; length is not one of them.

Two numbers are missing

Thickness and tooth pitch are absent from the listing, and both are decisive. Thickness determines whether the band will tension on a given wheel diameter without cracking; pitch determines what depth of timber it can clear. For a band at this price, neither is a detail you should have to guess at.

What comes up most often

Why is carbide used on a sawmill band?

Because a mill blade meets bark, grit and the occasional embedded stone, and it runs for hours between changes. Carbide teeth hold an edge through abrasion that would round off steel within a single log. The trade is brittleness: a carbide tooth chips where a steel tooth would bend, and a chipped tooth cannot be reset.

Could I fit this to a workshop band saw?

Only if the machine measures 4,390 mm (172.8 in) between the wheels, which is a mill rather than a bench saw. Beyond length, a 35 mm (1.38 in) band needs guides that accept that width and tension that a hobby frame cannot apply. Nothing reviewed on this site is in that class.

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    Length
    93-1/2 in, published — 2,375 mm (93.5 in)
    Width
    3/8 in, published — 9.5 mm (0.37 in)
    Thickness
    Not published by the maker.
    Pitch
    3 TPI — the coarsest woodworking pitch on this shelf
    Tooth form
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    Steel
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    Quantity
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    Intended use
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    Published padding
    The second of three features reads only “Applications are endless.”
    Part number
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    Amazon reference
    B005SC7VYS
    EAN
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    The only band here sold on how little tension it needs — which on a light 14 inch frame is the figure that decides whether it tracks.

    Length
    93-1/2 in, published — 2,375 mm (93.5 in)
    Width
    1/2 in, published — 12.7 mm (0.50 in)
    Thickness
    Not published by the maker. · A thin kerf is stated
    Pitch
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    Tooth form
    Not published by the maker.
    Steel
    High silicon, low carbide steel, as the maker words it
    Tension
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    Quantity
    1 blade
    Intended use
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    Part number
    144711
    Amazon reference
    B0036B4Q4Q
    EAN
    0669754935046
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    • A thin kerf wastes less of the board on a resaw
    • No thickness, on a blade whose whole argument is tension

    Best for: Resawing thick stock on a 14 inch saw that struggles to tension a half-inch band

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    Six millimeters wide is what turns a tight curve — and buying five at once is honest about how quickly you break them.

    Length
    1,400 mm (55.1 in)
    Width
    6 mm (0.24 in)
    Thickness
    0.65 mm (0.03 in)
    Pitch
    6 teeth per inch
    Quantity
    5
    Availability
    No EAN published — other markets could not be verified
    Amazon reference
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    • Five blades, which matches how fast narrow blades are consumed
    • No EAN, so other markets could not be verified

    Best for: Curve cutting on a small band saw, where blades are consumables

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    Main ports
    100 mm (3.94 in)
    Side port
    63 mm (2.48 in)
    Material
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    Supplied with
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    Size
    254 × 163 × 100 mm (10 × 6.42 × 3.94 in)
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    Availability
    No EAN published — other markets could not be verified
    Amazon reference
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    • Impact-resistant ABS rather than thin molded plastic
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    Type
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    Mounting
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    Amazon reference
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    EAN
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    Attenuation
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    Type
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    Model
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    Amazon reference
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All band saw blades

Prices quoted in these summaries are dated readings. The live price is shown next to each product.