Go Big

[Diane Dickens]

Greetings, I haven't posted lately, I'm sure hoping everyone is doing well. Don't forget me here in Union Grove NC when you need some bandsaw blades. I mainly deal with the little siblings but thought you might get a charge out of seeing these big boys. We rolled these guys out of the big band shop and on down the road not long ago. "If You Can't Go Big, Stay Home."

Ya'll stay safe.

 

[Wiley's Woodworks]

Wow! You left us hanging. What do those go on, what are the dimensions, and for what is the machine used?

 

[llucas]

Yep! Pretty impressive! I'd love to see these in action...whatever that may be!
Just building the crates for transport is a sizeable job.

 

[creasman]

Wow! Would love to see the saw that requires that blade.

Definitely stand back when one of those uncoils.

 

[Mike Davis]

Wow! Would love to see the saw that requires that blade.

Definitely stand back when one of those uncoils.

And that’s the other question. How do you coil one of those?
A video would be great.

 

[Diane Dickens]

Wow! You left us hanging. What do those go on, what are the dimensions, and for what is the machine used?

These go on a sawmill band headrig which has 6 foot across wheels to cut logs coming to mill that get broken down to lumber that you would buy at a box store. Go to sawandknife.com or www.facebook.com/SawAndKnife to see more info and soon coming video and more pictures.

 

[Warped Woodwerks]

I've seen bigger.

 

[Raymond]

Whoa! One of those would crush both of my little ones.

Please give us some more info on what those go on and what is the machine capabilities.

 

[Hmerkle]

here is one example of a head rig

 

[Dee2]

Saw some of those when I toured the GP mill a few years back. The maintenance shop was responsible for their care and feeding to keep the mill running. Impressive stuff.

The movie shows a one blade machine. Visualize a multi-blade machine and you'll "see" what I saw. Puns are extra.

 

[Keye]

Hank, I watched the video, twice, and I still dot not believe it. I can not imagine what it takes to keep all of that working smoothly. What kind of dust collection system do they have. lol

Am I the only one surprised the company is operating as an LLC?

 

[Bill J]

here is one example of a head rig

This one is really impressive too:

 

[Hmerkle]

Saw some of those when I toured the GP mill a few years back. The maintenance shop was responsible for their care and feeding to keep the mill running. Impressive stuff.

The movie shows a one blade machine. think about a multi-blade machine and you'll "see" what I saw. Puns are extra.

I was looking for a gang saw like Georgia Pacific's (I have visited in the past and too thought it was impressive) but I thought this would get the point across...
A friend of the family was in blade maintenance at GP in Georgia and we visited when I was in short pants and was suitably impressed. I still remember how wide those blades were and how the saws were so tall.

 

[Hmerkle]

Hank, I watched the video, twice, and I still dot not believe it. I can not imagine what it takes to keep all of that working smoothly. What kind of dust collection system do they have. lol

Am I the only one surprised the company is operating as an LLC?

This is the dust collection system:

 

[Hmerkle]

This is the dust collection system:
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Seriously there is some pretty good collection (Torit etc.) VERY large cyclones, but in the log prep areas, there is a LOT of chips and sawdust... remember this is VERY wet wood, so you don't have the volume of dust we have in our shops - this is a wet, mucky, water and wood mixture...

 

[Gotcha6]

YouTube has a video somewhere of one of those with both edges of the blade sharpened so the saw cuts on the return pass as well. Company had a husband & wife team that did nothing but sharpen blades for it.

 

[junquecol]

YouTube has a video somewhere of one of those with both edges of the blade sharpened so the saw cuts on the return pass as well. Company had a husband & wife team that did nothing but sharpen blades for it.

My dad used to call those "shot gun" mills. At one in Smithfield, sawyer rode the carriage back and forth.