Gap control is the one of the most critical items to control in a sawmill. It determines how accurate your cuts are, and the quality of your lumber. Having gap control means maintaining that perfect 0.0015” gap between the saw blade and the babbitt pad of the sawguide. If you have read any of my previous blog…

We ran into a very interesting situation this week that I bet most of you would never have thought could happen. One of our sawguide systems, that has been running for several months, has had ongoing issues with fluctuating water volumes. It got to the point of actually stopping the water to the saws while cu…

Although sawguides are one of my favourite subjects, I occasionally develop writer’s block when asked to write another blog post about them. I have heard this happens to many professional writers. Since I’m not a professional, I guess the reasons behind my writer’s block are merely excuses. “Come on, think of…

“Sorry, your price was higher than your competition, so we purchased from them instead!” This statement is heard by salespeople all over the world every day. They often don’t understand why they lost the order because their product is superior to the competition’s. Good salespeople have been taught to sell on…

Remember the Yugo? It was a popular car in the 1980s, imported from the former Yugoslavia. It was really cheap too, selling for about $3,900. I guess many of you will not recognize the name Yugo because it was manufactured so long ago, but as you can tell since they aren’t around anymore, this car was not a h…