Cooks Sawdust Journal

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

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 … read more

The Magic of Thinking Big - With Portable SawmillsUpdated 1/14/2019If you do much reading then you are probably familiar with the book by David Shwartz entitled ‘The Magic of Thinking Big’.Outside of … 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