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I built my saw on Monday and bought a blade yesterday (Milwaukee 14TPI band saw blade), but wound up ruining it. I heated the ends, let them cool, and tried to drill. One side worked fine, but the other wouldn’t drill. It wound up cracking from the pressure of the drill press. Today I bought another blade and tried again – with a new drill bit. Heated the end, put it in place and used a hammer and a screw to mark the spot. The bit cut the hole, but then the surrounding area fractured.
So I broke off the end and tried with an unheated spot. The screw actually punched a hole and then I was able to drill it. Snapped the other side to length and did the same to it. Since I got the saw assembled I’ve spent a couple of hours cutting up pieces of scrap wood 🙂