Eli5 Bandsaw blades

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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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A bandsaw blade does not cut like a knife, but rather like a saw. It is, after all, a saw. If you wanted to cut something like a knife, you’d use a hydraulic blade of some sort. If you were to put that kind of pressure on a bandsaw blade, it would get pushed out of the way a bit.

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