Well, I got the steel bar. Looks like I may get 6-7 blades out of it, if no problems cutting it.
If the temperature comes up a little, I will go out in the garage and see how hard it is to cut.
I would think the 5.5% Tungsten would make it a little tougher on band saw blades than the
stuff I am used to using.

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Albert Einstein

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