Prolonging sawmill bandsaw blade life - Blade Speed

In this series we hope to go over several ways that will help you prolong the life of your bandsaw blades for your portable sawmill or resaw.
In this video Stephen Cook talks about blade speed and how it can effect blade life.
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[@danielinman9657]

Thanks for the informative video! I spead up my feed rate and was surprised at how much longer my blade lasts and got less waves in my lumber.

[@Tyler-he7bq]

very good information thanks

[@Warren-ql4pm]

great info, how you determining the blade speed?

[@warrenmclendon4889]

I have a MP32 mill with a 27hp Kohler engine. You talked about that blade turning at 4000 to 4500 feet per minute. So not running my engine at full throttle is not the thing to do. I'm assuming you built the mill to run at full throttle to get the 4500 feet per minute. Am I correct?

[@CooksSawmills]

Yes, those engines are designed to run at full throttle.