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25 February 2019 at 3:32 am
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Meant to add this I found under the history of the bandsaw on wikipedia.
“The idea of the bandsaw dates back to at least 1809, when William Newberry received a British patent for the idea, but bandsaws remained impractical largely because of the inability to produce accurate and durable blades using the technology of the day.[2] Constant flexing of the blade over the wheels caused either the material or the joint welding it into a loop to fail……..”