Bandsaw blade broke

Issues and Requests
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ISSUE or REQUEST:

Affected Tool or Resource: White bandsaw blade broke.

Team, Group or Volunteer who usually handles this type of ISSUE or REQUEST (Please tag using the @ symbol. Start by typing @TEAM_ to find most responsible teams): @Tony, @laura_rogers

Details of ISSUE or REQUEST (Please be as specific as possible):
Bandsaw blade broke and needs replacement.

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I will be in tomorrow to replace it. Do you know what size blade it was?

EDIT - I will be in SUNDAY to replace this. Please use the other bandsaw for the time being.

Please tell me what you can about how this happened. Did you try to cut a tight corner, for example? What kind of material were you cutting? How thick was it?

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I was working the front desk when someone informed me of the situation. Jen Nelson was using the band saw. It’s a 3/16 in blade, 6 teeth per inch.

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Hi Tony! It happened as I was finishing a straight relief cut in my project. The blade broke as I was moving it back out of the cut (the cut itself was only about an inch, inch and a half into the wood). The piece of wood was a walnut chunk, approx 3-ish inches thick. Not enitrely sure why it broke, my guess is I either was moving the wood back too quick or had turned it slightly when backing the blade out

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OK, thanks for the update.