Wood-Mizer`s New High Performance Blade

Wood-Mizer’s New High Performance Blade
The Turbo 7 Blade: Customers reporting to feed it with high horsepower and tough logs so it won’t go hungry
John Storm, one of Wood-Mizer's
blade specialists, checks the cant
surface for accuracy.
Development & refining of the Turbo 7 blade in the jungles of Guyana.
By Randy Panko
Wood-Mizer has been testing,
This new blade can best be described
researching, and producing sawmill blade
with one word - hungry! After its high
technology for more than 20 years, so
performance with South American
discovering a new
hardwoods, Wood-Mizer brought it back
blade profile that
to the US to see if it would perform as
outperforms all the
well for the domestic sawing market.
rest was no easy feat.
According to Wood-Mizer’s own tests and
Getting real results
initial response from customers, the blade
meant going to where
has more than proven itself in sawing
the native logs were,
domestic white oak, hickory, ash, hard
and for this blade, it
maple and similar hardwoods. meant the sweltering
A local enjoys jungles of Guyana in
Initial users report that the blade
the show! South America.
handles anything they throw at it, and
have found that they can avoid switching
By trying blade configurations
blades when switching
blade manufacturers hadn’t
Initial users between hardwoods and
considered before, the objective
softwoods. Because of the
was to find a blade that would
report that the big bite this tooth makes,
provide maximum run time and
it is most productive on
cut quality, no matter what species
blade handles higher horsepower sawmills
was placed on the mill. Carrying
(38hp+) and operations
out this testing in an area where
anything they where higher feed rates
logs are known for their extremely
and demanding production
abrasive qualities, Wood-Mizer’s
schedules must be
throw at it.
Blade Team created and refined a
maintained or exceeded.
groundbreaking new addition to
their product line that surpassed their
According to longtime sawyer Kendall
expectations. They have dubbed it the
Loewen, who was one of the first to test
‘Turbo 7’ sawmill blade.
out the new blade for Wood-Mizer, he
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shares that their company has completely
converted to using the new blade. “We
have been well pleased with the way they
have performed. We have totally switched
over and now that is all we run on our
LT300. The main two differences we see
is we can saw faster and still produce
quality lumber, and the deeper gullet takes
more of the sawdust out leaving less dust
on the log.”
The new Turbo 7 now available in the
following specifications:
What makes this blade so unique?
Wood-Mizer’s team of blade researchers
and experts know making intricate
changes to the science of a blade can
bring significant results. However, while
they are not giving away too much
information on everything that makes
this blade perform so well, the new blade
configuration works well for a variety of
reasons, including increased air flow in
the cut and additional room for sawdust
removal in tough hardwoods.
*Note the Turbo 7 will soon be available
in 1.25" x .055" DoubleHard and
SilverTip, 1.75" x .055" ST, and
2" x .055" ST. With all the issues sawmill operations
face on a daily basis, this new blade may
be one of those developments that help
sawyers run more smoothly, efficiently,
and help them produce more at the end of each day.
DoubleHard
(Wood-Mizer’s high quality band blades)
1.25" x .045"
1.5" x .045"
1.5" x .055"
SilverTip
(Wood-Mizer’s economica blades)
1.5" x .045"
2" x .042"
These blades can also be maintained
using Wood-Mizer’s CBN blade
sharpening equipment with the
following wheels:
5" CBN wheel
#066268
8" CBN wheel
#066267
Wood-Mizer’s ReSharp service is also
prepared to assist sawmills in maintaining
this new profile. Editor’s note: The preceding was paid
advertorial by Wood-Mizer.
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