DON’T SHOOT ME, I’M ONLY THE SAWFILER
I imagine that as sawfilers, we have all experienced that time when our filing room doors burst open and in comes a person yelling, “What is going on with your...
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DON’T SHOOT ME, I’M ONLY THE SAWFILER
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Are your circular saws being guided properly?
Hopefully, the answer to that question is “Yes, they are.” A guided saw is a saw operating between two guides. This combination requires good guides, proper clearance and alignment to...
Paul Smith |
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Paul Smith in 1976
In 2020 Smith Sawmill Service celebrates 30 years of serving the wood industry. As a 19-year-old young man, Paul Smith was sharpening saw blades and learning his skill of the...
Paul Smith |
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Smith Expands to East Coast
Smith Sawmill Service is announcing the acquisition of Precision Saw Works, located in Polkton, NC: founded in 1986 by Frank Curran; they specialize in repair and manufacturing of both...
Paul Smith |
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2021’s Saw of Choice
In any business, we tend to speculate as to what changes will occur or what new technology will come along. Throughout 2020, I began to notice a change in sawing...
Paul Smith |
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Time Sensitive Information
Our wood industry is experiencing a shortage of strip steel, which is the product used to manufacture both narrow and wide bands. Some sawmills may have already been impacted by...
Paul Smith |
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It's All About the Tooth
Paul Smith was published in the Canadian Wood Products Magazine November/December 2020 issue. To have the best running circle saws, a near perfect tooth is required. And today, a perfect...
Paul Smith |
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What's Driving Circular Saws?
Collared, splined, or geared, your circular saws have to have a way to spin. This is a very important factor of how well your saws are running. Collared circle saws are...
Paul Smith |
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COVID – 19 Virus and getting back to normal.
During this pandemic we pray that your companies, your employees, and their families have managed to stay safe. SSS proudly recognizes our wood industry for not only standing strong but also adapting...
Paul Smith |
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Regarding The COVID – 19 Virus
We have locations in both Texas and Louisiana serving customers all across the US, either by our sales team, UPS, FEDEX and/or common carrier. After listening to both the Governor of...
Paul Smith |
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Today’s circular saws expectations are high.
Are teeth coming out, shoulders breaking? These issues are beginning to show up more and more in the guided circular saws used in today’s mills. When the normal tooth bite...
Paul Smith |
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Year end message
Each year I find myself reflecting on things I should have done, could have done or in some instances shouldn’t have done. One thing is for certain, I would like...
Paul Smith |
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A Properly Greased Filing Room
Lubrication-related filing room equipment failure is a problem that plagues most all sawmills. And it seems, since the new automatic grease units have been put into use, the problem is...
Paul Smith |
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Bandsaw Steel
The Uddeholm group, now owned and operated by Voestalpine Precision Strip LLC, has a long tradition in supplying sawmills with bandsaw material. Our industry...
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