Sawmilling

Wood-Mizer SW10 Setworks

How the SW10 Setworks Speeds Up Work on a Sawmill

The SW10 Setworks is an electronic control system for adjusting the cutting head height on a bandsaw sawmill. Thanks to this device, the user does not need to measure and set the position manually each time — simply enter the target board thickness, and the system will automatically position the sawhead at the correct level.

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Blade Guide Rollers Adjustment

How to Adjust Blade Guide Rollers

Blade guide rollers add extra precision and stability to bandsaw blade while cutting. They also control blade position relative to the sawmill bed. To check if your blade guide rollers are set correctly use a special ruler that was supplied with your sawmill.

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How to adjust the blade guide rollers?

How to Adjust the Blade Guide Rollers?

Blade guide rollers are an essential component of the sawmill head. Wood-Mizer sawmills are equipped with two blade guide rollers: a fixed one on the drive side and an adjustable one on the idle side of the sawmill head. By following the instructions below, you can correctly adjust the blade guide rollers.

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How to avoid

How to Avoid "Wavy" Cuts

Many operators know this problem: during sawing, "wavy" cuts appear. The problem is really serious, but you can solve it. Let us examine, step by step, all the factors affecting the sawing process. There are four of them: the operator, the sawmill, the blade, and the wood.

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Increase Timber Production with Wood-Mizer Horizontal Resaw HR500

How to Increase Timber Production and Recovery

With Wood-Mizer machines, increasing your sawmilling production volume and timber recovery is an accessible and intelligent business. Upgrade your sawmilling operation and improve productivity by adding resaws and edgers to your sawmilling line.

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Saw in Cold Weather

How to Saw in Cold Weather

As colder temperatures arrive and logs begin to freeze, here are helpful sawing tips, reminders, and answers to common questions to compete with the cold weather sawing challenges faced by sawyers this time of year.

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Types of sawings log with band sawmill

Sawing Logs into Lumber

There are many different sawing methods and techniques to turn logs into lumber including live sawing, cant sawing, plain sawing, grade sawing, and quarter sawing. To get you started, here is an introductory course in sawing your logs to lumber.

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Simeon Fuchs and his father shows how to operate a Wood-Mizer sawmill outdoor in the winter

Swedish Homestead Series: How to Operate a Wood-Mizer Sawmill Outdoors in the Winter

In this video, Swedish farmer Simeon Fuchs explains how the LT40 hydraulic sawmill helps his farm stay profitable every season. After 15 years and 5,000 hours of milling, Simeon and his father continue to operate their Wood-Mizer sawmill even outdoors in subzero temperatures.

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