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The History of Thin Kerf Bandsaw Blades
Posted by Tim Cook on Jan 16th 2019
The thin kerf blade is a relatively young industry having its roots beginning around the 1970’s. During this time period most narrow blades being produced were for the metal bandsaw industry. So as w
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The Real Scoop on Gullet Grinding
Posted by Tim Cook on Jan 15th 2019
For more than 50yrs. the theory that blade gullets must be ground or the blade will get cracks has been perpetuated to the point that it is spoken asfact. The question today is: Is it True or False?
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Breaking Records with 2" Bandsaw Blades
Posted by Tim Cook on Jan 14th 2019
For the operator of a thin kerf style sawmill or resaw looking for high production sawing there is little that can compete with the production that a 2” wide blade can provide. In addition, the invest
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The Bottom Line about Sawing Straight - Part 3
Posted by Tim Cook on Jan 14th 2019
In this final article dealing with sawing straight I’m going to address an issue that has been one that has created a large amount of discussion among sawyers. Adjusting blade curvature to optimize pe
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The Bottom Line about Sawing Straight - Part 2
Posted by Tim Cook on Jan 14th 2019
In the last article I gave you a little history as to how I came to realize many of the blade discoveries that garnered me some insight toward sawing straighter and faster. These findings revealed so
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The Bottom Line about Sawing Straight - Part 1
Posted by Tim Cook on Jan 14th 2019
It was 1992 and we were selling a lot of thin kerf blades to the portable sawmill industry. I had a customer in Tomball, TX that had a Cook Sawmill and a LT 40 WM sawmill. One day he called me and
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