My brand new band saw blade snapped on a beef rib yesterday

I picked up a new bimetal blade from the supply house on Tuesday, installed it Wednesday morning, and it snapped clean through on the second cut of a beef rib rack. I always check tension and speed settings before I start, so I know it wasn't me being careless. Took me 20 minutes to fish the broken pieces out of the saw housing and swap in a backup. Has anyone else had bad luck with the newer bimetal blades from that brand?

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troy_wilson88d ago

Heard some other shops had the same issue with that batch, @black.amy.

black.amy8d ago

Man I had a brand new chop saw blade shatter on a frozen tri-tip last month and it scared the heck out of me!