- (1) Blade Back: The body of the blade that does not contain the teeth.
- (2) Blade Thickness: The dimension of the blade from side to side.
- (3) Blade Width: The nominal dimension of the band saw blade when measuring from the tip of the tooth to the back of the band.
- Camber: The arcing/bending of the cutting edge or back of the band saw blade.
- Cutting Rate: The speed at which the cross sectional area of the material is cut (square inches per minute).
- Feed Rate: The speed of the material pushed into the blade (inches per minute).
- (8) Gullet: The curved area at the base of the tooth.
- Gullet Depth: The distance from the tooth tip to the bottom of the gullet.
- (5) Kerf: The amount of the material removed by the blade cut.
- Strippage: Occurs when the teeth are pulled or break out of a saw blade.
- (9) Tooth Face: The surface of the tooth from where the chip is formed.
- (6) Tooth Pitch: The distance from the tip of one tooth to the tip of the next tooth.
- (10) Tooth Rake Angle: The angle of the tooth face formed by a line perpendicular to the cutting direction of the saw.
- (4) Tooth Set: The bending of the teeth to the right or left to allow clearance of the back of the blade through the cut.
- (7) TPI: The number of teeth per inch as measured from gullet to gullet
