ANDREOU ( 16" ) GANG RIP SAW

ANDREOU ( 16" ) GANG RIP SAW

50 HP motor

2 HP infeed motor

20 to 100 FPM frequency controlled

16" blade diameter

3500 RPM

6 feed rollers

( 2 ) upper and ( 1 ) lower Anti kick back fingers

Automatic chain lubrication

Solid cast iron frame

Steel transport chain

Heavy duty saw manufactured in Brazil

Additional questions? Contact Justin Bennett at 704 821 1402 or email justin@machineking.com

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POWERMATIC ( 68 ) 12" TABLESAW

POWERMATIC ( 68 ) 12" TABLESAW

12" blade diameter

5 HP motor

Heavy duty cast iron trunion

Factory fence included

Additional questions? Contact Justin Bennett at 704 821 1402 or email justin@machineking.com

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TOOLA - MSL 13 LINE-BORING MACHINE MANUAL

Just came in and available.  Still in the box at a great price:

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TOOLA MSL13 LINE BORING MACHINE ~NEW STILL IN CRATE~ Boring Machine, Single Line, 13 Spindle: Number of drilling spindles 13 Center distance between spindles 32mm Maximum depth of drill 2 1/2" Collet Bore Diameter 10mm Spindle Rotation 3400 rpm Motor Power 1 hp - 1 phase Supply Voltage 115/60 hz Fence Length 72" Number of stops 4 Number of index pins 2 Machine dimensions (L, W, H) 50" x 35" x 56" Machine Weight 220 lbs email paul@machineking.com for freight quote or leasing information Any additional questions contact Paul Rhoades at (704) 821-1402

Register today (704) 821-1402

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By John Branch

Photo: MasterCraft Wood Products

There are many saw choices available for the rough mill area in a typical cabinet or moulding shop. Typically, a shop will start out with a straight-line ripsaw and then add another as business grows. Another option is to have a fixed arbor gang saw to add throughput efficiency for the operation.

A gang ripsaw can typically process three to four times the material that a straight-line ripsaw can process with the same labor input, plus it can deliver true parallel strips, eliminating the taper cuts often associated with single blade straight-line saws. Even better results can be achieved if you include a moving blade to the gang ripsaw.

Figure 1

Figure 2

Figure 3

Improving Yield: Demonstration
By processing the same random width material through different saw configurations it will be possible to demonstrate the impact the right ripsaw can have on yield in a rough mill operation. The input material consisted of 1032 board feet of random width red oak with an average length of 8.56 feet. The average width was 5.63 inches and the lumber had an average side bend of 0.321 inches.

Using Rip Navigator Optimizing software, a cut bill was created using 2-1/4 inches, 2-1/2 inches, 2-3/4 inches, 3-1/4 inches and 3-5/8 inches as the needed widths. The sizes would be used for stiles, rails and staves for panel glue up.

Using a 24-inch fixed arbor gang ripsaw, the bunk of material designated by PO-1006 is processed through the saw (Figure 1). The yield was 80.3 percent, though not all required widths were cut.

Running the same lot of material and cut bill through a 12-inch gang ripsaw with one moving blade and three fixed pockets (Figure 2) produced a yield of 85.4 percent (Figure 3). Next, using a simulated a 12-inch gang ripsaw with one moving blade, an added random width panel part was added to the cut bill. The random width part could be from 1 inch to 5 inches in width. This part would only be cut if the fixed part yield fell below 90 percent. This increased the yield to 89.3 percent.

Adding a Second Blade
The next step is to see what happens if a second moving blade is added and there is one fixed pocket of 2.250 inches on the arbor to the same cut bill. The two moving blade saw yields 90.5 percent.

A summary reveals that a yield increase of 5.1 percent was achieved by going from a 24-inch fixed arbor to a 12-inch wide moving blade gang ripsaw. By adding a requirement for random width parts, the yield increased another 3.9 percent, by using the moving blade saw to produce those random width staves.

A second moving blade gained another 1.2 percent in yield for the same material input. A total gain in yield of 10.2 percent was achieved in this simulation by using a moving blade ripsaw and adding a random width part to the cut bill.

The end result is that substantial savings — in money and material — can be achieved by using the correct ripsaw.

John Branch is an employee at Mereen-Johnson Machine Co. For information, visit mereen-johnson.com, call (612) 529-7791 or email info@mereen-johnson.com.

Housing affordability hits new high

Added: March 06, 2011

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. housing affordability in the final quarter of 2010 was the best it has been in the 20 years since the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI) was started.

The HOI indicated that 73.9% of all new and existing homes sold in the fourth quarter of 2010 were affordable to families earning the national median income of $64,400. The record-setting index for the fourth quarter surpassed the previous high of 72.5% set during the first quarter of 2009 and marked the eighth consecutive quarter that the index has been above 70%.

Bob Nielsen, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a home builder from Reno, NV, said, "(W)hile this is good news for consumers, both home buyers and builders continue to confront extremely tight credit conditions, and this remains a significant obstacle to many potential home sales."

Indianapolis-Carmel, IN, ranked as the most affordable major housing market in the country for the second consecutive quarter, after relinquishing for a quarter the top spot it has held for five years. In Indianapolis, 93.5 percent of all homes sold were affordable to households earning the area's median family income of $68,700.

Also ranking near the top of the most affordable major metro housing markets were Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA.; Syracuse, NY; Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI; and Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI.

New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ, again led the nation as the least affordable major housing market during the fourth quarter of 2010. In New York, more than a fourth -- 25.5 percent -- of all homes sold during the quarter were affordable to those earning the area's median income of $65,600. This was the 11th consecutive quarter that the New York metropolitan division has held this position.

The other major metro areas near the bottom of the affordability index included San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA; Honolulu, HI; Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA; and Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA; respectively.

Read more about the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index.

Posted by Rich Christianson

BIFMA Sees 8% growth for Office Furniture This Year

An optimistic 2011. That is the overwhelming consensus by representatives of the woodworking industry who say they anticipate an improved economy — and greater sales — this year. Also spurring hope for a better 2011 are recent projections by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and other groups for gains in new housing activity and remodeling projects for 2011. In a recent statement, NAHB Chief Economist David Crowe noted, “Expected improvements in the job market and the overall economy are beginning to increase homeowners’ confidence and remodelers are seeing indications that business will pick up.” See more: http://www.machineking.com/bifma-sees-8-growth-for-office-furniture-this-year.html#15