Broke my band saw blade mid-breakfast rush last Saturday

I was breaking down a whole pig at 7 AM and my band saw blade snapped right as I hit the spine. The noise was awful and I had about 15 pounds of shoulder half cut. I shut everything down, swapped in a spare blade I luckily had in my toolbox, and finished the job by hand with a bone saw for about 10 minutes. Has anyone else had a blade go bad at the worst possible time? How do you handle it when you don't have a backup?

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olivia_rivera8816d ago

Keep backups on hand and you won't have this problem again. A spare blade is like $15, way cheaper than losing all that morning rush money.

oliver215d ago

Did you see that article from a butcher supply blog saying a dull blade actually snaps more often than a sharp one? I always thought you could run them until they failed, but that changed my mind on when to swap. Getting into a routine of changing blades before they start feeling rough might save you that kind of headache.