Cooks Sawdust Journal
Following the Rules of Sawing Success
Posted by Tim Cook on Jan 16th 2019
In today’s society everyone demands perfection. If we go out to eat we want our food to be cooked the way we want, when we buy a car we demand that it have no problems, and when we buy band blades we
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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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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
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Julie's Place
Posted by James Osmond on Jan 15th 2019
Julie has always had a love for building and creating things from wood. When it came time for her to renovate her cabin she already had some good ideas about what she wanted, but what she ended up wit
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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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