Keeping Your Portable Sawmill Well-Maintained

As a portable sawmill owner, how happy are you with your portable sawmill's production?  Where should the cutoff point between happiness and disappointment be?  Well, it's hard to say because it's different for every portable sawmill and every portable sawmill owner.  However, one thing that will always remain true of every portable sawmill is that keeping your sawmill well-maintained will definitely increase your production and your profits.

What does it mean to keep a portable sawmill well-maintained?  Well, it doesn't just mean buying new blades occasionally.  You also have to focus on the sawmill itself.  You see, a portable sawmill is designed to move.  You can bring it to the lumber or bring the lumber to it.  That makes it very convenient, but it also creates a lot of opportunities for problems to arise, especially alignment problems.

When the vertical or horizontal alignment of your portable sawmill isn't quite right, you can expect that the blade will bounce out of the cut.  That can not only cause lumber to be cut incorrectly, but also do a lot of damage to your portable sawmill blades.

It's easy to see why a simple thing like making sure that your portable sawmill is aligned properly can increase production.  However, you also have to consider the fact that it will save on expenses.  If your alignment is proper then it reduces stress on your blades and you won't have to replace them as often.

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