Cooks Sawdust Journal

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

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

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 … read more

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? … read more

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

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 … read more