what size blade?

[don s]

i recently bought a 12" bandsaw off craigs list. it will take 1/8, 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 blades. which blade is best. i know it's a matter of opinion and purpose so, for purpose, it will be used for cutting the outlines of board bows and maybe some hickory backings from boards. things of this nature. i do not do glass bows and the risers that are used for glass bows where different radius' are used to glue up different woods for making some of the awesome risers i see here. in a nut shell which blade for hogging wood?
     don

[bigcountry]

1/2" is the way to go for straighter cuts.  I like 3-4tpi.  They don't last long.  Best I can get is to cut out 3-5 staves.  Hickory is hardest on it.

[Ricky Wallace]

I had the same question a couple weeks back,every body agreed on a 3/8,so thats what I orderd,,it aint here yet,,ill post how it does when I get it going

[don s]

thanks guys. i thought it would be either 3/8 or 1/2.
    don

[scrub-buster]

Thicker with fewer teeth for cutting bows from staves.  I also picked up a 12" Craigslist bandsaw and I use a 1/2" blade.

[vanillabear?]

1/2 inch, 3 TPI for me.

[Roy from Pa]

1/2" @ 4 tpi will do anything you want or need.

[don s]

1/2 seems to be the way to go for what i want/need. thanks all.
                      don

[eflanders]

I have the same saw and just got some 80" Timberwolf 4TPI x 1/2" blades.  WOW are these blades great!  Much better than anything else I have ever tried.

[John Scifres]

Get the 1/2", 4tpi PC, from suffolkmachinery.com.