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Some people are happy with a mill that saws ‘ok’, but ‘ok’ is not production sawing. If you’re in the group of people who purchased a sawmill with the intention of sawing for production or if you just … read more

Long-time Former General Contractor Dreams Again with New Cook’s Saw Portable MillBy Maya L. BrewerAs seen in Timberline Magazine Jan 2011CHARLOTTE, North Carolina—Five years ago, Jeff Oberman’s 37-ye … read more

In the last issue we discussed the basics what makes up a bandsaw blade. In this brief article we are going to go over two key features of a blade that will hopefully help you in striving to get the m … read more

With the increase of bandsaw blade marketing in terms of ‘hook angle’ there is also an increase in questions that arise as to how hook angle actually affects blade performance. So the question of … read more

How to Evaluate a Bandsaw BladeI hear many people in our industry using the number of sharpenings they get out of a blade as the measuring stick to determine its overall value. I hear this so often, I … read more

In the past I have written about our values at Cook’s Saw and what we try to portray to the sawmill community as well as to the people who work with us, and even more so to our own families.These valu … read more