Skip to content
Every blade is made to order and welded to your length. Your basket shows the expected delivery date before you pay.
The Bandsaw Store

Made to order

Custom bandsaw blades, welded to any length

There is no standard bandsaw blade length: every machine takes its own loop. Enter yours and price any blade we list at the exact length your machine runs.

Do not know the length? Check the machine plate or manual, or measure an existing blade.

How welding to length works

Five steps between the coil and the blade on your machine. The same process, whether the loop is for a benchtop saw or a sawmill band.

  1. Cut

    Your blade starts as coil stock of the width, gauge and tooth pitch you chose. The length you give us is measured along the band and cut from the coil.

  2. Weld

    The two ends are joined in a butt welder, fusing them into a continuous loop. The joint becomes part of the band, not a patch on it.

    Two ends of a bandsaw blade clamped in a butt welder on a steel bench with the joint glowing orange mid weld, a gloved hand steadying the band and coils of blade on racking behind

  3. Anneal

    Welding leaves the joint harder and more brittle than the parent steel. A controlled annealing cycle softens it back so the band flexes evenly around your wheels.

  4. Grind

    The weld is ground flush on both faces and along the back edge, so the joint runs through guides and over wheels exactly like the rest of the band.

  5. Inspect

    The finished loop is checked: joint alignment, tooth line and the length you ordered. Only then is it coiled, boxed and dispatched.

The weld runs like parent band

Annealed and ground, a good weld is not a weak point you tolerate: it flexes with the band and passes through the guides without a click. If a blade fails at the weld early in its life, we want to know about it.

Price any blade at your length

Choose a blade and its width, then enter your length. The price updates as you type, and it is the same price the blade's own product page shows.

How to measure a bandsaw blade

Blade length is the full distance around the welded loop. Three ways to get it, in order of preference.

  1. Check the machine

    The blade length is on the machine's specification plate or in its manual, usually in millimetres. This is the most reliable source and takes seconds to check.

  2. Measure an existing band

    Mark a point on the back of an old blade, then roll it along a bench or floor beside a tape until the mark comes round again. The distance travelled is the loop length.

  3. Work it out from the wheels

    For two wheels of the same size, the loop is roughly twice the distance between the wheel centres plus one wheel circumference (the diameter times 3.14). Treat the result as a starting point and check it against the manual, or ask us.

Overhead view of a bandsaw blade laid flat in a long oval on a grey workshop floor, with a gloved hand holding a yellow tape measure along the loop and a blank notepad beside it

Measuring for the first time? Do it twice. A loop measured to the millimetre is the difference between a blade that tensions sweetly and one that fights the machine.

Read the full guide: How to measure a bandsaw blade length.

  • 1,000mm to 8,000mmwelded loop lengths, priced by the millimetre
  • 10.67mlongest loop, priced in length bands
  • 26blade products, all cut to order
  • 3 to 67mmpublished blade widths

Made to order, so made to measure

A blade welded to your length is made for your machine alone, so it is made to order and is not covered by a change of mind return. That is the honest trade for getting exactly the loop you asked for. If a blade arrives faulty, that is a separate matter. The details are on the returns and refunds page.

Need something we do not list?

Tell us the blade, the machine and the loop length. If you are not sure of the length, give us the wheel diameters and the distance between the wheel centres and we will work it out with you.

From the blog

Length questions, answered straight

Four questions to settle before a first custom order.

How do I find out what blade length my machine needs?

Check the machine's specification plate or manual first; nearly every bandsaw states its blade length in millimetres. Failing that, measure an old blade by marking the back and rolling it along a tape, or work it out from the wheel diameters and the distance between the wheel centres.

Is there a standard bandsaw blade length?

No. Every machine model takes its own loop length, which is why blades are sold by length rather than in fixed sizes. Each blade is welded to the length you order, within the range listed for the width you choose.

How accurate does my measurement need to be?

Measure as carefully as you can, in millimetres, and the blade is welded to the length you order. Bandsaw tensioners have travel to take up small differences, but a length taken from the machine plate or a properly measured old band beats an estimate every time. If you are stuck between two figures, ask us before ordering.

Can I return a custom length blade if I ordered the wrong size?

Blades welded to your stated length are made to order for your machine, so they are not covered by a change of mind return. Double-check the length before you order and ask us if anything is unclear. A faulty blade is a different matter, and the returns and refunds page sets out how that is handled.

Know your material but not your blade? The blade wizard narrows the range to what fits your machine.

Start the blade wizard