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Sawmill Helps Build The World’s Largest Freestanding Timber Structure
Colorado Timberframe has recently supplied sewn lumber to the world’s largest freestanding timberframe structure: for the “Ark Encounter” exhibit in Williamstown, Kentucky. The size of this boat is staggering: it used 3.1 million board feet of timber, with 1/3rd of it being pine-beetle reclaimed Englemann spruce. The volume of the Ark is equivalent to 500 … Continue reading
SPS-2000 vs. Synsteel
We often get asked about the difference between SPS-2000 Kraftmill safe polyurethane and Redco pulp-safe Synsteel UHMW. In many cases, customers think they’re equivalent products except one happens to be made from polyurethane and one happens to be made from UHMW. This is not correct! The materials are for two different applications. SPS-2000 is a … Continue reading
Design Your Deadplate
Redco Deadplate by Redwood Plastics is a shock absorbing polyurethane design for use in lumber mills. Deadplate’s elastomeric properties cushion the blow of lumber reducing rebound and protecting machinery. Getting a quote on a custom Deadplate application isn’t as complicated as you might think. You need to be able to provide four pieces of information: … Continue reading
Seneca Sawmill: People First Sawmilling
Found an inspirational article from December 1st 2016 by “Pallet Enterprise”. The article highlights efforts by Seneca Sawmill to be “employee-focused” which has been a long held priority for the company. When you think about it, people are the most important asset in a sawmill. Machinery can only get you so far as motivated, happy, … Continue reading
Tuffkast 025 vs. 020 In Carriage Wheel Applications
Redwood Plastics offers multiple grades of their Redco Tuffkast product and recently a customer came to us asking about the differences between the grades. In this case, the customer had been using the standard Tuffkast 025 for carriage wheels and then noticed a special 020 grade just for carriage wheels existed. They were wondering if … Continue reading
Why Choose To ‘Swim With A Shark Fin’?
With every substantial investment people want to know “how does this benefit me?” and sawmill technology is the same. The Shark Fin Board Turning system has over 20 years of excellent performance in sawmills all over the world – from Canada, to Russia, to Brazil, to Australia, and throughout the USA. But why does a … Continue reading
Product Spotlight: Redco 750 Sprockets
Sprockets made of Redco 750 polyurethane have been a proven solution in sawmills for decades. But it isn’t a case of one size fits all: we get requests for sprockets for all sorts of shapes, sizes, pitches and chains. To be honest, not all of those orders can be filled by us. But in the … Continue reading
Sawmill Parts – Talking About Tolerances
We had a situation recently over at Redwood Plastics (the sponsor of this website) where a sawmill customer asked us to supply some kiln wheel bushings. A spec was given, the bushings passed quality control and were shipped. However, when received, we were told the bushings were 1mm off the spec. The problem here is … Continue reading
Product Spotlight: Trimmer Lugs
The humble trimmer lug is one of the simplest but most effective products Redwood Plastics offers. The soft, yet durable, UHMW plastic lasts a long time and is easier on the lumber. The trimmer lugs are fairly inexpensive, ranging from perhaps $10-$19 depending on size and quantity. The 1″ pin in the center is fairly … Continue reading