Thanks you Clinton, Peter from Quindembo, and others who replied to this thread,I have bought and tested more blades now and l have learnt how important it is to use the right one. Unfortunately I haven't been able to get the Milwaukee blade recommended by Clinton. I thought I was buying a 5 pack on eBay but after I had clicked pay now, I realised I had bought a very similar German blade that looked the same but was not the Milwaukee. It cuts very well but not as smooth as my Sutton blades. I will have to wear out some of these now before I buy more and get the Milwaukee.
It turns out that the Sutton 4045 9" blade probably is worth the AU$74 for a 2 pack. Even my, over 1 year old blades that are a little damaged and have made 100s if not 1000s of cuts, still cut smoother and faster through GREEN bamboo than any other blade in my kit, by a long shot. I am cutting 100mm / 4" oldhami culms at the moment. I am just cutting them at ground level and leaving them in the clumps. They are very thick walled at this level. The Sutton blade cuts them easily and I get tried before my battery does. The most extreme contrast is a cheap, 7 PTI pruning bade I bought on eBay. Even though the teeth seemed sharp enough, it takes twice as long to make the cut and my battery ran out after only about 20 cuts. The Sutton blade probably cuts 50 to 70 poles on one battery charge. I have uploaded a photo of the teeth of the Sutton blade and you will see it is very similar to the Japanese pruning saws that many of us use. It surprises me that I can't find any other similar blades for reciprocating saws. I mean this tooth design is well proven the best for pruning so why are there not more of them made for reciprocating saws? Even the Sutton saw doesn't mention pruning in the description but rather.. " Specialised blade for carpenters with triple-smoothed teeth. For especially clean cuts in hardwoods and softwoods."
I tried to upload a photo of the Sutton blade to the BPP group's gallery but it didn't seem to work so I uploaded it here >>
http://www.earthcare.com.au/images/2010_10_0051sm.jpg
Cheers from downunder
Hans Erken
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From: bamboo-plantations@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bamboo-plantations@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of agrobambu/bamboofount
Sent: Friday, 22 October 2010 1:59 PM
To: bamboo-plantations@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [bamboo-plantations] reciprocating saw blade recommendations
Hi Hans
I bought a reciprocating saw B&D in a Black&Decker store from Las Vegas a lot of years ago thinking to use to cut green bamboos without sucess. After I pass to use it only to cut dried bamboos. You can see a handsaw at my website in the link bellow:
http://www.bamboofount.com.br/site/agrobambu/index.php?tipo=produtos&cod=12
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You can see the tooth detail at this page too.
I have a circular saw with this same kind of tooth (180 tooth). With this it is possible to preserve a perfect cut included the green bamboo poles
PS.: This circular saw you can find at Lowes or Home Depot stores in USA.
Ene
Agrobambu CF&T
Visite nosso website em:
http://www.bamboofount.com.br
On Seg 18/10/10 01:37 , "Hans Erken" hans@earthcare.com.au sent:
I have a 18v Hitachi reciprocating saw which is my favourite tool for cutting bamboo, both culms and rhizome divisions. I have been using an excellent blade on green culms. It is imported from Germany by Sutton Tools Australia. They sell it under their own brand name with product code 4045.
It has teeth very similar to the better quality pruning saws. It makes a very nice smooth cut compared to other reciprocating saw blades I have in my collection. The only problem is they are hugely expensive and I don't understand why, I am looking for a cheaper alternative. I am sure many of you are also using reciprocating saws, also known as Sawzall or Sabre saws.
Does anyone have a recommendations for blades for smooth cutting of green bamboo culms? I haven't tried greenwood pruning blades yet, they are much cheaper but with only 5 teeth per inch, they seem way too course to produce a nice cut.
Regards from a wet downunder
Hans
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