Appendix A - Blade Selection And Blade Speed Chart - Greenlee 1399 Instruction Manual

Appendix A - Blade Selection and Blade Speed Chart

FPM - blade speed in Feet Per Minute
T - blade type in Teeth Per Inch
F - feeding pressure: light (L), medium (M), heavy (H)
Type of Material
Aluminum
Castings
Solid Shapes
Tubing
Brass
Castings
Tubing (thinwall)
Bronze
Castings
Aluminum
Manganese
Copper
Beryllium
Drawn
Iron
Gray, cast
Kirksite (zinc based)
Lead
Magnesium
Nickel
Silver
Steels - S.A.E.
Carbon #1006 - #1095
Carbon #1112 - #1120
Chrom #5120 - #52100
Chrom. #51200 - #51710
Chrom. Vanadium #6130 - #6150
Manganese #1330- #1350
Manganese #X1330 #X1340
Molybdenum #4023 - # 4130
Molybdenum #4140 - #4820
Nickel #2135 - #2515
Ni. Chrom. #3115 - #3250
Stainless #302 - #416
Steels - Misc.
Armor Plate
High speed
Machinery
Cold Rolled
Die Blocks
Pipe
Structural
Tubing (thinwall)
Misc. Non-Metals
Carbon
Fibre
Plastics
Rubber, hardened
Transite
Greenlee Textron / Subsidiary of Textron Inc.
1399 and 1399-22 Band Saws
Under 1/4"
T FPM F T
18 800 L 10
18 1000 L 10
18 1000 L 10
18 500 L 14
24 300 L 14
18 275 L 14
18 300 L 14
18 300 L 14
18 300 L 14
18 500 L 10
18 200 M 14
18 300 L 10
14 1000 L 10
14 1000 L 10
14 175 M 10
14 275 L 10
18 200 M 14
18 275 M 14
18 175 M 14
18 100 M 14
18 100 M 14
18 275 M 14
18 275 M 14
14 175 M 12
14 175 M 12
18 175 M 14
18 175 M 14
18 100 H 14
14 175 M 14
18 175 M 14
14 275 M 14
14 275 M 14
14 275 L 14
18 275 L 14
24 300 L 18
14 600 L 10
14 1000 L 10
14 1000 L 12
14 2000 L 10
14 275 L 10
Thickness of Material
1/4" - 3/4" 3/4" - 2"
FPM F T FPM
800 L 8 600
1000 L 8 800
1000 L 8 800
300 L 12 275
275 L 24 250
200 L 10 175
275 L 10 200
275 L 10 250
275 L 10 275
300 L 8 300
175 M 10 150
275 L 8 200
1000 L 8 1000
1000 L 8 800
175 M 10 150
200 L 10 175
200 M 10 175
200 M 10 175
100 M 10 100
100 M 10 50
100 M 10 50
200 M 10 175
200 M 10 175
100 M 10 100
100 M 10 100
100 M 10 100
100 M 10 100
50 H 10 50
100 M 10 100
100 M 10 100
200 M 10 175
200 M 10 175
275 L 12 175
275 L 12 175
275 L 18 250
600 L 8 300
1000 L 8 600
1000 L 10 600
2000 L 8 1000
175 L 8 50
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2" - 4" 4" and over
F T FPM F T FPM
L 6 300 M 6
M 6 800 M 4
M 6 800 M 6
M 10 200 M 8
L 14 200 M 14
M 8 100 M 6
M 8 175 M 6
M 8 200 M 6
L 8 200 M 6
M 8 275 M 6
H 8 100 H 6
M 6 200 H 6
L 6 1000 L 4
L 6 800 M 4
H 8 100 H 8
M 8 125 M 8
M 8 100 H 6
M 8 100 H 6
H 8 50 H 6
M 8 50 M 6
H 8 50 H 6
H 8 100 H 6
H 8 100 H 6
H 8 50 H 6
H 8 50 H 6
H 8 50 H 6
H 8 50 H 6
H 8 50 H 6
H 8 50 H 6
H 8 50 H 6
H 8 100 H 6
H 8 100 H 6
6 100 H 4
M 10 175 M 10
M 10 175 M 10
L 14 200 L 12
L 6 300 M 6
M 6 600 M 6
M 8 600 M 6
L 6 1000 M 6
M 6 50 M 6
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F
300 H
600 H
600 H
175 H
175 M
50 H
100 H
175 H
175 H
200 H
100 H
175 H
600 M
600 M
50 H
100 H
100 H
100 H
50 H
50 H
50 H
100 H
100 H
50 H
50 H
50 H
50 H
50 H
50 H
50 H
100 H
100 H
60 H
175 M
175 M
175 L
275 M
300 M
300 H
600 H
50 M