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^{February 5, 2016}Spacers Are Killing Your Lumber Recovery
I just received a package containing a sawguide sample from our newest customer, and I had to write this article right away. They were having issues maintaining clearance between their babbitt pad and saw blade. In other words, they had no gap control! As I have mentioned previously, maintaining a tight control of the gap…
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^{January 15, 2016}My Saws Are Turning Into a Flamethrower
I recently received a call from a friend of mine about one of his customers. I knew the news couldn’t be good. Turns out, this customer had been burning up saws for a long time. The customer’s edger had an untreated problem for many years. When I use the term “burning up,” it may make…
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^{December 16, 2015}Babbitt Pad Hell
I just received an email from a friend who recently visited a troubled sawmill. This sawmill has unfortunately been experiencing a lot of problems with their saws getting very hot and underperforming. Underperforming is not an accurate description of what is really going on. In reality, this sawmill’s saws are losing tension and folding over…
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