Which resaw do you use.

Georgia Antique Flooring · April 08, 2010, 08:27:26 AM

Having production problems with my Grizzly 0504 Dual Conveyor Resaw. I mill Antique Reclaimed exclusively. What resaws do you use?? Any comments and ideas are welcome!!
Thanks

Kansas · April 08, 2010, 09:19:15 AM

We use a Samuel Kent Baker resaw. What is it doing? I wonder if it isn't more of a blade problem than a resaw problem.

Bro. Noble · April 08, 2010, 10:31:02 AM

We have a 'Go-fast' made by Up Country manufacturing. It's simple and built heavy.

How about your guides, are they keeping your blade stable?

Georgia Antique Flooring · April 11, 2010, 11:37:05 AM

The guides on the grizzly are horrible. They are simple metal strips that are 1/4" thick and have a piece of ceramic adhered to it. They cost $75.00 each and there are 4 of them. I have used a lot of them. I adjust them as the manual states. I use Cooks 1" blades. I also use the grizzly blade lube system. I just cant get the speed I need out of it. It has a 30 hp 3 phase motor. Do you think if i changed the guides to better system I could increase my production??
Anybody use the Northtech Machinery Horizontal resaw or the West Plains Resaw??
Thanks for your help.

Ironwood · April 11, 2010, 08:42:09 PM

Have you contacted Grizzly? Tell them your issue, perhaps they can work thru a design flaw AND fix your problem w/out spending more capital. Seems they would want to get this right as reclaimed is a HUGE market segment for them.

Ironwood

Georgia Antique Flooring · April 12, 2010, 03:07:02 PM

Yes i did... They didnt seem to interested in fixing the problem.. Guess I should have spent my 17K someplace else.

Bibbyman · April 13, 2010, 08:46:56 AM

Wood-Mizer has a full line-up of resaws. I hear they are getting ready to release the HR130 which has a 15HP 3Phase motor, feed rate of 90FPM, and automatic run-around for 1 man operation on smaller cants.

But what kind of blade are you running? Maybe shopping around for another blade type may help. We bought a new RazorTip blade from Wood-Mizer last summer but have not used it yet. Sounds like it's made for sawing hard, dry wood.

http://www.woodmizerblades.com/bladeTypes/stellite/stellite.aspx

scsmith42 · April 13, 2010, 10:08:35 AM

Why don't you contact Shiraz Baolia (Pres of Grizzly) directly? You can send him a PM via Sawmill Creek, and explain the problems that you are having, what you've done to address them, and the frustration over lack of support.

Scott