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dukeboy_318 said

so I have a question for all you tool gurus. A couple years ago when my great-grandmother died, I inherited some of my great grandfather's wood working tools. One of them is a vertical bandsaw. Would there be any concerns with me putting a band for metal cutting in it vs the wood band thats in it now? I mean don't think there would be but I don't wanna destroy this thing either

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It was my impression always that the wood ones wouldn't work for cutting metal due to their design limitations. Which explains why the ones designed for metal are much more expensive. If the wood ones worked well by just changing the blade, wouldn't people just by the cheap wood ones? Don't get me wrong, it would likely work fine for sheet for a while, but eventually you will find the weakness in the system.