I ask this question here hoping its the right place. I found out recently that meat as well as wood is put through a bandsaw to cut up carcasses, and instantly assumed that it was a straight edge blade like a knife unlike the saw tooth blades used to cut wood. I have since looked on Google and been unable to find such a bandsaw blade. So my question is if they don’t exist, why? And if they do where do I find information about them?
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Knife-edge bandsaw blades do exist, but they’re relatively specific in their application.
Toothed blades are more common, especially in bandsaw applications because of their effectiveness on the materials they’re designed to cut, like all saws.
The teeth on a blade serve to cut and remove material from the object being cut, which allows the blade to move through the material quickly and easily. A razor edge relies on pressure and movement being exerted on the blade to cut through its material.
When you’re processing animal carcasses, you need the ability to cut through a mix of things ranging from soft tissue to hard bone without stopping. A toothed bandsaw blade will readily cut through all of them while a knife edge will only be effective on tissue.
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