BANDSAW BLADE TEMINOLOGY:

PITCH/TPI- Ka mamao mai ka piko o kekahi niho a i ka piko o ka niho aʻe. Hōʻike pinepine ʻia kēia ma nā niho no ka ʻīniha (T.P.I.). ʻO ka nui o ka niho, ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki o ka ʻoki ʻana, no ka mea, he ʻūhā nui ka niho a ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hiki ke lawe i ka nui o ka sawdust ma o ka hana. ʻO ka maʻamau, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka niho, ʻoi aku ke koʻikoʻi o ka ʻoki, a ʻoi aku ka ʻilihune o ka ʻili o ka ʻoki. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka niho, ʻoi aku ka lohi o ka ʻoki ʻana, no ka mea he ʻuʻuku liʻiliʻi ka niho a ʻaʻole hiki ke lawe i ka nui o ka sawdust ma o ka hana. ʻO ka liʻiliʻi o ka niho, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻoki a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻopau ʻana o ka ʻili o ka ʻoki. Manaʻo ʻia he 6 a 8 mau niho i ʻoki ʻia. ʻAʻole kēia he lula, he alakaʻi maʻamau wale nō. Inā he liʻiliʻi kou mau niho i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, aia paha ka hopena o ka hoʻohewa ʻana a i ʻole ka haʻalulu ʻana, no ka mea, aia ka manaʻo o ka hānai ʻana i ka hana a no kēlā me kēia niho e ʻoki hohonu loa. Inā liʻiliʻi nā niho i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, aia ka manaʻo e hoʻopiha i ka ʻāʻī o ka niho me ka sawdust. Hiki ke hoʻokō ʻia nā pilikia ʻelua ma ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka helu hānai. Aia kekahi mau hōʻailona inā loaʻa ka pitch kūpono i ka pahi a i ʻole ka maikaʻi loa a i ʻole ke koʻikoʻi o ka pitch.

PITCH PONO- Ua ʻoki koke ʻia nā lau. Hana ʻia ka liʻiliʻi o ka wela i ka wā e ʻoki ai ka lau. Pono ke kaomi hanai liʻiliʻi. Pono ka liʻiliʻi horsepower. Hoʻokiʻekiʻe maikaʻi ka lau no ka manawa lōʻihi.

PITCH NOO FINE- Oki malie ka maka. Nui ka wela, e hiki mai ana ka nahā mua a i ʻole ka hoʻopōloli wikiwiki ʻana. Pono ʻole ke koi ʻai nui ʻana. Pono ʻole ka horsepower kiʻekiʻe. Hoʻohana nui ka maka.

PITCH THAT IS TOO COARSE- He pōkole ke ola o ka maka. Hoʻopau nui nā niho. Haʻalulu ka ʻike a i ʻole ka maka.

THICKNESS- ʻO ka mānoanoa o ka band "gauge." ʻOi aku ka mānoanoa o ke kāʻei, ʻoi aku ka ʻoi aku o ka ʻoi aku ka ʻoi aku o ka ʻoi aku ka ʻoi aku o ka ʻoi aʻe o ka ʻoki. ʻOi aku ka mānoanoa o ka pūʻali, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka haki ʻana o ka maka ma muli o ke koʻikoʻi o ka haki ʻana, a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā huila bandsaw. UA MANAʻO KA PALAPALA PALAPALA 4-6 Iniha .014″ 6-8 ʻīniha .018″ 8-11 ʻīniha .020″ 11-18 ʻīniha .025″ 18-24 ʻīniha .032″ 3 ʻīniha 24-032″ Ma luna o kēia nā nui i ʻōlelo ʻia no ka hoʻohana pono ʻana i ka lau. Inā mānoanoa loa kāu maka no ke anawaena huila, e pohā. MATERIAL ARDNESS- Ke koho ʻana i ka maka me ka pitch kūpono, hoʻokahi mea āu e noʻonoʻo ai ʻo ka paʻakikī o ka mea i ʻoki ʻia. ʻOi aku ka paʻakikī o ka mea, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka pitch e pono ai. No ka laʻana, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā lāʻau paʻakikī e like me ka ebony a me ka rosewood ma mua o nā lāʻau ʻoka e like me ka ʻoka a i ʻole ka maple. ʻO ka lāʻau palupalu e like me ka pine e hoʻopaʻa koke i ka maka a hoʻemi i kona hiki ke ʻoki. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hoʻonohonoho niho like ʻole i ka laulā like e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kahi koho kūpono no kahi hana.

KERF- Ka laulā o ka ʻoki ʻoki. ʻO ka nui o ke kerf, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka radius hiki ke ʻoki ʻia. Akā, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka lāʻau e ʻoki ʻia e ka maka a ʻoi aku ka nui o ka horsepower e pono ai, ʻoiai ke hana nei ka pahi. ʻO ka ʻoi aku ka nui o ka kerf, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka nui o ka lāʻau e hoʻopau ʻia e ka ʻoki.

HOOK OR RAKE- Ke kihi ʻoki a i ʻole ke ʻano o ka niho. ʻOi aku ka nui o ke kihi, ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka niho, a ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki o ka ʻoki ʻana. Akā ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki o ka ʻoki ʻana, ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki o ka ʻoki ʻana o ka niho, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻoki ʻana. He kūpono nā lāʻau hoʻopaʻapaʻa no nā lāʻau palupalu akā ʻaʻole e mau i ka wā e ʻoki ai i nā lāʻau paʻakikī. ʻO ka liʻiliʻi o ke kihi, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka niho, ʻoi aku ka lohi o ka ʻoki ʻana, a ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka lāʻau i kūpono i ka ʻoki. Loaʻa i nā niho makau kahi kihi ʻoki holomua a lawe i ke ʻano o kahi radius holomua. Hoʻohana ʻia lākou no ka ʻoki wikiwiki ʻana i kahi mea nui ʻole ka hoʻopau ʻana. He kihi ʻoki palahalaha nā niho rake a hoʻohana ʻia no ka maikaʻihoʻopau ʻili o ka ʻoki.

GULLET- Ka wahi no ka sawdust e lawe ʻia ma o ka lāʻau. ʻO ka nui o ka niho (pitch), ʻoi aku ka nui o ka ʻāʻī.

RAKE ANGLE- Ka huina mai ka piko o ka niho hope. ʻOi aku ka nui o ke kihi, ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka niho, akā ʻoi aku ka nāwaliwali o ka niho.

KA IKAIKA ʻO BEAM- ʻO kēia ka hiki o ka maka ke kū i ka piʻo ʻana i hope. ʻOi aku ka laulā o ka maka, ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka lāʻau; No laila, ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka lāʻau 1″ ma mua o ka 1/8″ maka a ʻoki pololei a kūpono hoʻi no ke kahakaha hou ʻana.

NĀ MEA HANA- Ka ʻoki ʻoki o ka niho ʻili.

BLADE BACK- ʻO ke kua o ka maka e holo ana ma ke alakaʻi ʻaoʻao hope.

MAINTENANCE BLADE- ʻAʻole nui nā mea e pono e mālama ʻia ma ka ʻaoʻao, akā aia ma lalo kekahi mau kikoʻī e kōkua iā ʻoe e mālama i kāu pahi i ka hana ʻoki kiʻekiʻe.

HOOMAEMAE ANA- E hoʻomaʻemaʻe mau i ka maka ke wehe ʻoe i ka mīkini. Inā waiho ʻoe i ka ʻōpala a i ʻole me ka lāʻau i loko o ka ʻāʻī, e ʻōpala ka maka. ʻO Rust ka ʻenemi o ka mea hana lāʻau. Ke lawe ʻoe i ka maka mai ka mīkini a ʻaʻole ʻoe e hoʻohana ia mea no kekahi manawa, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka maka. E loaʻa i kahi lole i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me ka wax e huki ai ʻoe i ka maka ma hope. E uhi ka wax i ka maka a e hāʻawi i kahi degere o ka pale mai ka ʻōpala.

NĀ KĀWAI- E nānā i ka maka no nā māwae, nā niho ʻūlū, ka ʻōpala a me nā pōʻino maʻamau i kēlā me kēia manawa āu e kau ai ma ka mīkini. Mai hoʻohana i ka maka pohō a i ʻeha paha; he mea weliweli lākou. Inā ʻeleʻele kou maka, e ʻoi hou a hoʻololi paha.

BLADE STORAGE- E mālama i ka pahi i ʻole e pohō nā niho a ʻaʻole e hōʻeha ʻoe. ʻO ke ala hoʻokahi, ʻo ia ka mālama ʻana i kēlā me kēia lau ma ka makau me nā niho i ka paia. ʻO ka pahu kui a i ʻole he pepa lāʻau ma ka paia i pale ʻia nā niho mai ka pōʻino, a inā ʻoe e palaki i ka maka ʻaʻole ia e hōʻeha.