Well, my 1/2 inch timberwolf bandsaw blade was dinged up during our move a couple of years ago and though I was repayed for the damage (bent teeth and kinked....) I didn't get around to replacing it until this week because I have a 3/8 inch and 3/4 inch blade.
I decided to give highlandwoodworking's ultra-thin "wood slicer" brand of blade a try because it got some nice reviews in a article I read a while ago in a WW'ing mag.
The blade arrived today in a flat-rate USPS box. The blade was completely wrapped in a piece of paper to protect it and was coiled in the box along with a receipt and an instruction page
I set by 14 inch craftsman up as I normally do with my 3/4 inch timberworlf blade and made sure to tension the blade as the instructions showed. I then tested the saw for drift with a 24 inch piece of 3/4 MDF. As you can see in this picture I had to shim my fence to the right about 1/2 inch from the front of the fence to the rear.
I then did a "conservative" cut on a piece of maple.... the saw cut like a hot knife through butter and created a very smooth and consistantly thick piece of wood which after a quick smooth through the drum sander will be 1/32 thick
I then decided to see how thin I could go.... again, this cut ended up smooth and extremely consistant across the entire cut. It is worth noting that I did not joint the board again before making this cut... a jointed face would have allowed me an even closer cut than this.
here is the opposite end of the cut
I can't say how much of this was a result of taking an extra 15 minutes to really set up my saw before the cut, how much was the result of the blade being brand new and sharp, and how much had to do with this being a better blade for this resaw. For other cuts I will still use timberwolf blades, but I know that the next time I have some thin veneer to cut (coming soon actually for some door panel veneers) I'll reach for the woodslicer first.
Thanks for looking, just thought I'd share how nice this blade cuts.
Lawrence