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Tooth pitches

With the following formula you can find out the ideal tooth pitch for tube sawing. In the table there are tooth pitches for the most used dimensions of tubes. Choose the optimal tooth pitch by selecting the outer diameter of tube and the wall thickness.

If you have to cut two or more tubes lying side by side please use this table in view of the double wall thickness.

Band Saw Blade tooth pitch formula to find the ideal tooth pitch for tube sawing

wall
thickness		toot pitch Tz (tpi)
outer diameter D of tube (mm)
mm2040608010012015020030040050060070080090010001500
214141414141410-1410-148-128-126-106-105-85-85-85-85-8
3141410-1410-1410-1410-148-128-126-106-105-85-85-84-64-64-64-6
4141410-1410-148-128-128-128-125-84-64-64-64-64-64-64-63-4
51410-1410-1410-148-128-128-126-105-85-84-64-64-64-63-43-43-4
61410-1410-148-128-128-128-125-85-84-64-64-63-43-43-43-43-4
81410-148-128-128-126-106-105-84-64-64-63-43-43-42-32-33-4
10 8-126-106-106-105-85-84-64-64-63-43-43-43-42-32-32-3
12 8-126-106-105-85-84-64-64-63-43-43-43-42-32-32-32-3
15 8-126-105-85-84-64-64-63-43-43-42-32-32-32-32-32-3
20  6-105-84-64-64-63-43-43-42-32-32-32-32-32-32-3
30   4-64-64-63-43-43-42-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-3
50     3-43-43-42-32-32-32-32-32-31,4-21,4-21,4-2
75       2-32-32-32-32-31,4-21,4-21,4-21,4-21,4-2
100        2-32-31,4-21,4-21,4-21,4-21,4-21,4-20,75-1,25
150         2-31,4-21,4-21,4-21,4-21,4-20,75-1,250,75-1,25
200          1,4-21,4-21,4-21,4-20,75-1,250,75-1,250,75-1,25
250           1,4-21,4-20,75-1,250,75-1,250,75-1,250,75-1,25
300            1,4-20,75-1,250,75-1,250,75-1,250,75-1,25
350             0,75-1,250,75-1,250,75-1,250,55-0,75
400              0,75-1,250,75-1,250,55-0,75
450               0,75-1,250,55-0,75
500                0,55-0,75
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