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The History of Thin Kerf Bandsaw Blades

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 … read more
Analyzing Broken Blades

Analyzing Broken Blades

Posted by Tim Cook on Jan 15th 2019

Our motto here at Cook’s Saw is “Our goal is to help you make more money”. We get the opportunity to apply this principle daily as we do our best to help people who neither have our sawmill nor have … read more
Breaking Records with 2" Bandsaw Blades

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 … read more
The Bottom Line about Sawing Straight - Part 2

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 … read more
The Bottom Line about Sawing Straight - Part 1

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 … read more
Ready To Saw Production?

Ready To Saw Production?

Posted by Tim Cook on Jan 14th 2019

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