Afterthought.
If I need to do something like a twisted blade on a bandsaw,
something with thick material and lots of sharp turning,
I use a "very aggressive" blade. Like 6~8~10 TPI? With a wide kerf.
Not exactly sure how good that would work holding the
blade by hand. Might try screwing a lever/handle to it?
If you didn't buy a new saw yet, I got my Delta at Lowe's.
(made in USA, but China ones there now)
It was a lot cheaper than China Sears, or even HF on sale.
At the time, Sears was cheaper than the sale one at HF! LOL!
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