Printable scroll saw blade chart: TPI by blade number
The same numbers as the full chart, laid out to print on one sheet. The full chart has the sources, the tiers behind each number and the reasons.
One page on Letter or A4. To save a PDF, pick “Save as PDF” in the print dialog.
For a sheet that matches the screen, choose portrait, Letter or A4, and 100% (actual size) scale in the print dialog. Saved as a PDF, it opens on a phone or tablet in the shop with no signal. The numbers change only when the full chart’s sources do, so check the full chart now and then against the copy on your wall.
| Blade | TPI | Olson | Pegas | Flying Dutchman | Pegas stock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #2/0 | 28.2 | 28 | 28.2 | 30.5 | .06"–1/4" |
| #1 | 24.35 | — | 22.7 | 26 | 1/10"–1/3" |
| #2 | 20.5 | 20 | 21 | — | 1/8"–2/5" |
| #3 | 20 | — | 19.5 | 20.5 | 1/6"–2/5" |
| #4 | 16.55 | 15 | 18.1 | — | 1/5"–1/2" |
| #5 | 16.5 | 12.5 | 16.9 | 16.5 | 1/3"–3/5" |
| #7 | 14 | 11.5 | 14.9 | 14 | 2/5"–4/5" |
| #9 | 13.4 | 11.5 | 13.4 | 14 | 1/2"–1" |
| #12 | 11.5 | 9.5 | 11.5 | 13 | 4/5"–2" |
| Saw | Blade TPI | Strokes/min | For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grizzly G0734 | 10 | 1,200–1,650 | General cutting, hard and soft woods 3/16"–2" |
| Grizzly G0734 | 15 | 700–1,200 | Thin wood and plastic 3/32"–1/2" |
| Grizzly G0734 | 18 | 550–700 | Tight turns in thin wood 3/32"–1/8" |
| Ryobi SC164VS | 10 | 1,200–1,600 | Hard and soft woods 3/16"–2" |
| Ryobi SC164VS | 15 | 600–1,200 | Very thin cuts in wood and plastic 3/32"–1/2" |
| Ryobi SC164VS | 18 | 400–600 | Tight turns in thin material 3/32"–1/8" |
| WEN 3921 | 10–15 | 500–1,200 | Medium turns in 1/4"–1-3/4" wood |
| WEN 3921 | 15–28 | 800–1,700 | Small turns in 1/8"–1-1/2" wood |
TPI: median of Olson, Pegas and Flying Dutchman where all three print a number, else the mean of the two that do. Stock thickness: Pegas’s chart for its own Skip blades. Speeds: the Grizzly G0734, Ryobi SC164VS and WEN 3921 manuals. woodworkingmath.com/tools/scroll-saw-blades/ Version 8 Nov 2026. Free to share under CC BY 4.0: credit Woodworking Math (woodworkingmath.com).