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Permalink Reply by darryl kernaghan on October 17, 2017 at 2:16pm

I'm not in the states Janis, so i can't help you with suppliers, but, i would say you will be able to get a blade with a .023 blade, as mine came new with one, if all else fails, you can get a saw doctor to widen the kerf a bit, or even try yourself with the blade prices being so low, it is fiddly work, and your condition might make it difficult, but basically, you just bend each tooth a tiny amount 1 left then 1 right for the length of your blade, it will be a very, very small amount, but if you do bend too far, you can easily close it again with pliers or a light tap with a hammer

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Permalink Reply by Janis Wilson Hughes on October 17, 2017 at 3:00pm

Darryl, thank you for the info on widening the kerf. It's good to know that's an option. It's also good to know there are blades out there since you have one. :) I just need to keep looking. 

A lot of them have a designation for 'wide' and 'thick'. With the widths being in the hundredths of an inch (say 0.03") and thicknesses also in the hundredths, I'm unclear what these 2 measurements are. I was thinking I need to look for thickness designation to be 0.023", but I'm not sure. 

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Permalink Reply by darryl kernaghan on October 17, 2017 at 3:13pm

I just had a quick look, i suspect these are too long for your saw, [ 11"], but it gives you some idea what to look for, the 0.023"  is 23 thousandths of an inch kerf width, length and depth will always be a fair bit larger---------https://www.amazon.com/Olson-DT43300-0-011-Inch-Double-Scroll/dp/B0...

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Permalink Reply by darryl kernaghan on October 17, 2017 at 3:18pm

https://www.olsonsaw.net/cat/scroll-saw-blades/

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Permalink Reply by darryl kernaghan on October 17, 2017 at 3:27pm

These are what i use in my saw Janis, my saw takes pin ended blades, .5 mm is just nice for gitty's fret wire-----https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Scroll-Saw-Blades-Pinned-Ends-German-Ma...

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Permalink Reply by Janis Wilson Hughes on October 18, 2017 at 4:25am

Do you think these specs would work? The designations I'm finding here in the US are different. Unfortunately this particular one is plain end, and I  also need pin end. 
https://www.woodcraft.com/products/olson-44002-universal-scroll-saw...

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Permalink Reply by Richard Dean on October 18, 2017 at 5:36am

hmmm, I have a pretty old craftsman scroll saw I use for fret cutting, and my blades seem to work well for thickness, I have a pack of blades, let me find my calipers to mic them up to see what thickness they are. I could always just throw one in an envelope and mail it to ya. I'm about to cut some medium frets, last ones I cut were jumbo, I'll let you know how they work, maybe different fret manufactures, different thickness too. These are pin type blades also

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Permalink Reply by Janis Wilson Hughes on October 18, 2017 at 5:52am

Oh man, Richard, any help on identifying your blades would be awesome! I was searching more this morning, and for the actual Craftsman blades I can't find thickness info. I've been using the medium, medium fretwire from C.B. Gitty (jumbo for the zero fret but only for that). 

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Permalink Reply by darryl kernaghan on October 18, 2017 at 12:14pm

Pretty sure they''ll be fine

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Permalink Reply by Janis Wilson Hughes on October 18, 2017 at 10:27am

I think I found one that works! Craftsman 29441

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Permalink Reply by Richard Dean on October 18, 2017 at 10:51am

Hope so, can't find my calipers at the moment

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Permalink Reply by Kigar on October 18, 2017 at 4:53pm

Not really an answer to the blade width, but for your hand/wrist issues you might try pressing in the frets instead of pounding them in.  Some hard wood blocks and a decent vise will push them in with little effort.

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