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What Can My TPI Cut?
30 October 2026

What Can My TPI Cut?

Slide to your blade's TPI to see what it can cut.
UNDERSTANDING, SETTING AND MAINTAINING YOUR BANDSAW'S GUIDES
29 September 2025

UNDERSTANDING, SETTING AND MAINTAINING YOUR BANDSAW'S GUIDES

At Wolfmach, we love to help our customers get the very best out of every dollar they spend on their workshop, and that includes bandsaw blades and machines. But that’s not limited to just getting the right product, we know from decades of experience that users can also make grea…
WHY IS MY BANDSAW BLADE LOSING TEETH?
31 July 2025

WHY IS MY BANDSAW BLADE LOSING TEETH?

There can't be much more frustrating in a workshop than setting up to cut a workpiece with your bandsaw only to watch the blade lose its teeth as you try to get on with the job. The problem is painful enough, but can often be made even worse by not knowing why the blade has faile…
WHAT ARE THE REAL COSTS OF RUNNING A BANDSAW?
24 July 2025

WHAT ARE THE REAL COSTS OF RUNNING A BANDSAW?

All machinery costs money to run, from your motor car to the cake mixer in the kitchen. In engineering trades, many companies charge out a machine-time component which should recover or repay the real costs of running those machines. The humble bandsaw down by the steel rack is o…
WHY DOES MY BANDSAW CUT CROOKED?
28 March 2025

WHY DOES MY BANDSAW CUT CROOKED?

There is perhaps nothing more frustrating to operators than a bandsaw that won’t cut straight and we’d hate to add up the potential profit lost to NZ workshops in an average year – wasted material, slow production, replacement blades, the list of incurred costs is long and painfu…
ANOTHER 5 MONEY-WASTING BANDSAWING MISTAKES – AND HOW TO AVOID THEM
4 March 2025

ANOTHER 5 MONEY-WASTING BANDSAWING MISTAKES – AND HOW TO AVOID THEM

There are three main ways a blade can quickly lose its edge, read about each of them here.
THE TOP 5 MONEY-WASTING BANDSAWING MISTAKES – AND HOW TO AVOID THEM
4 March 2025

THE TOP 5 MONEY-WASTING BANDSAWING MISTAKES – AND HOW TO AVOID THEM

There are three main ways a blade can quickly lose its edge, read about each of them here.
WHY ARE MY BANDSAW BLADES BREAKING?
12 April 2023

WHY ARE MY BANDSAW BLADES BREAKING?

Bandsaws
There are a number of reasons for cracking and breakage in metal cutting bimetal bandsaw blades, so in this article we’ll detail the main ones we come across.
I NEED A BANDSAW, SHOULD I BUY NEW OR USED?
12 April 2023

I NEED A BANDSAW, SHOULD I BUY NEW OR USED?

Bandsaws
In this post, we explore the critical things to look out and consider when purchasing a horizontal-type metal cutting bandsaw machine.
KEY CONSIDERATIONS WHEN BUYING A BANDSAW MACHINE
12 April 2023

KEY CONSIDERATIONS WHEN BUYING A BANDSAW MACHINE

Bandsaws
In this post, we explore the critical things to look out and consider when purchasing a horizontal-type metal cutting bandsaw machine.