Cooks Sawdust Journal
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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Dreaming Again with a New Sawmill
Posted by Timberline Magazine on Jan 14th 2019
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
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Prolonging Bandsaw Blade Life
Posted by Admin on Jan 14th 2019
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
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Get More Money for Your Lumber
Posted by Tim Cook on Jan 14th 2019
We have all heard of the food chain. In the world of sawing logs into lumber there is a chain of sales. In this chain we have green lumber sales that include many things such as pallet lumber, crosst
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