Fall 2013 - ISKA – International Saw and Knife Association

INTERNATIONAL SAW AND KNIFE ASSOCIATION
Cutting Times
Fall 2013
Volume LIII
Number XLV
Roving Reporter asks some ISKA
members what products or service
was being featured this year...
Sorry we missed ComSurge Tooling, FS Tool Corporation,
Great Lakes Custom Tool Mfg., and Royce AYR Cutting Tools, Inc.
We will see you in Atlanta.
ISKA Exhibitors at AWFS
Amana Tool Company
Colonial Saw Company
ComSurge Tooling
Equipment Ltd.
FS Tool Corporation
GreatLakesCustomToolMfg
H3D Tool Corporation
Leitz Tooling Systems LP
LEUCO Tool Corporation
Moon’s Saw Shop
Peerless Saw Company
Popular Machinery & Tools
Riverside Tool Corporation
Royce/AYRCuttingToolsInc.
If we missed
anyone; please let
us know and we will
print your name
in the next
newsletter.
Skarpaz Tooling Systems Inc.
Southeast Tool Inc.
Tigra USA Inc.
Vollmer of America
Vortex Tool Co. Inc
Williams and White Inc.
IN THIS ISSUE
Roving Reporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
ISKA Exhibitors at AWFS . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
AWFS Exhibitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-6
25th Annual WMI Workshop . . . . . . . . . .7
Prez Sez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Meet A New Member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
ISKA Exhibitors’ booths at AWFS
VORTEX TOOL COMPANY INC.
Ron Serwa (past president of ISKA) and son Mike
welcome visitors to their display of standard and
custom tooling.
Ron Serwa
5605 Jelinek Avenue
Schofield, WI. 54476
P715-355-7707 F715-355-7353
rons@vortextool.com
www.vortextool.com
INTOOLIGENCE
Jim Baad demonstrating the latest in tech services.
Jim Baad
PO Box 1408
Elkhart, Indiana 46515
P877-720-8665
info@intooligence.com
www.intooligence.com
NAP GLADU
Heather Hanselman
1180 Wernsing Road
Jasper, Indiana 47546
P812-482-2110 F800-457-7458
hhanselman@napgladu.com
RIVERSIDE TOOL CORPORATION
Johnny and Ron Migedt with ISKA president
Tim Rief discussing new marketing plans.
Ron Migedt
3504 Henke Street PO Box 1425
Elkhart, Indiana 46514
P574-522-6798 F574-522-6712
rtsales@riversidetool.com
www.riversidetool.com
TIGRA USA
James Britt illustrating the product line and answering all of your questions.
Donna Steele
161 Lenoir Rhyne Blvd. SE
Hickory, NC 28602
P828-324-8227 F828-324-8037
donna.steele@tigra-usa.com
www.tigra-usa.com
WILLIAMS AND WHITE
Allen Hewitt recommending the perfect machine
for your requirements.
Allen Hewitt
6307 Laurel Street
Burnaby Province BC V5B 3B3
P888-293-2268
F604-294-8354
sales@williamsandwhite.com
www.williamsandwhite.com
SKARPAZ TOOLING SYSTEMS, INC.
Paul Muscat (ISKA secretary) pointing out
the benefits of his products to Michael Kelly
(Kelly Saw and Tool) and John Coleman
(Eagle Superabrasives)
Paul Muscat
200 Valley Drive, Suite 34
Brisbane, CA 94005
P800-875-8030
F415-467-6688
info@skarpaz.com
www.skarpaz.com
AMANA TOOL CORPORATION
Frank Misti, John McInerney, and Craig Johnson
stand ready to bargain and close deals on their
merchandise.
John McInerney
120 Carolyn Blvd.
Farmingdale, NY 11735
P800-445-0077
F631-752-1674
johnmc@amanatool.com
www.amanatool.com
POPULAR MACHINERY & TOOLS
Ryan Gleason is a proud supporter of ISKA.
Anthony Ruffo
11916 Warfield
San Antonio, TX 78216
P 800-610-7297
F 210-348-0776
info@populartools.net
www.populartools.net
LEITZ TOOLING SYSTEMS, INC.
William Cariano
4301 East Paris Avenue SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49512
P 800-853-6070
F 616-698-9270
bcariano@leitztooling.com
www.leitztooling.com
LEUCO TOOL CORPORATION
Ted Snowden and Derek Bridges marketing
their product to all passers-by.
Jens Schultz
500 West Industrial CT
Villa Rica, GA 30180
P 800-631-0096
F770-459-1445
jschultz@leucotool.com
www.leucotool.com
H3D
Phil Mendel, Greg Dyer, and Chris Dyer
advocating for the use of their expertise in
solving all your cutting questions.
Chris Dyer
295 Enterprise Drive
Newcomerstown, Ohio 43832
P 888-544-3726
F 740-498-5454
sales@3D-Diamond.com
www.h3dtool.com
VOLLMER OF AMERICA
Shannon Fox, Scott Reiz, and Peter Allen
showing their new booth design to longtime and
new customers. Vollmer presented the new QXD
250 eroding machine for the first time in North
America. The QXD 250 for PCD tooling takes
advantage of the new generator technology, the
Vpulse EDM, to improve processing times by up
to 30%. For carbide tipped circular saw blades
Vollmer displayed the CHD270 top and face
grinder and the popular CP200 top and face
grinder which marked two years in North
America with the show. The booth was rounded
out with a Loroch Solution K850 for HSS cold
and segmental saw blades.
For more information contact
Vollmer of America
at 412-278-0655 or
info@vollmer-us.com
SOUTHEAST TOOL, INC.
Southeast tool has expanded and improved
the website with more helpful information for
customers and history about southeast tool as
we continue to grow.
Chuck Hicks
101 G E Plant Rd
Conover, NC 28613
828-324-2019
Router@SouthEastTool.com
PEERLESS SAW COMPANY
Peerless Saw now offers the fastest delivery on
custom-made saw bodies for carbide tipping.
Our gold medal service can ship your orders
as fast as one day! Peerless has also become your
best source for carbide tips. We offer same day
shipping from our large inventory of pre-tinned
and untinned tips. Call for your best discount.
Thanks.
Ken Lloyd
4353 Directors Blvd
Groveport, OH 43125
614-836-5790
kenl@peerlesssaw.com
MOLEMAB ABRASIVES USA
We developed recently a new specification of diamond
wheels called “Poly Gloss HD” Our new grinding
wheel is generated for flute and cutting edge polishing.
The application of these grinding wheels permits the
flute and cutting edge processing of solid carbide cutting
tools a high-gloss finish and gives you a higher
amount of stock removal per pass and polishing in
the same time which cuts down the time on the
fabrication process.
Josh Desrosiers
We Shape your world
91 Carey Rd
Queensbury, NY 12804
800-962-2226
josh@molemab.com
EQUIPMENT LTD.
Equipment LTD has introduced three new products
at this show:
1. We are the master stocking distributor of Stark
high speed steel saw blanks. We have over 1500
saws in stock for same day shipment.
2. We introduced our new Stark EM-620 high
speed steel saw grinder. This 4 axis machine
will grind HSS saws up to 620mm. It will
grind a triple chip saw (including chamfers)
automatically in about 15 minutes.
3. We introduced the new revolutionary NUSA
spiral grinding machine by Nordvtensili. It is
the first sharpening machine designed exclusively
to re-sharpen spiral router bits including
compression bits. The laser scanning system is
a one of a kind system that will revolutionize
the spiral grinding business.
Rob Rza
324 19th Street SE PO box 3508
Hickory, North Carolina 28602
828-328-8104
rob@equipmentltd.com
MOON’S SAW SHOPS SUPPLIES, INC.
We featured the Novus X2 CNC top & face
sharpener as well as the Talon F4 Auto Face
Grinder.
Greg Moon
4937 Brightmour Circle
Orlando, FL 32837
800-447-7371
moonsorlando@aol.com
COLONIAL SAW COMPANY, INC.
Paul Ravinski and Jeff Goltz demonstrate this
new equipment.
We have 2 new products here that we’re real excited
about (our ABM 810CNC saw grinder & UTMA
LC35eCNC 4+1 Tool Grinder) and one oldie but
goodie (MVM PX1350 Knife grinder).
The 810CNC has been around in Europe for a
while but this is the first one we’ve brought to
America. It’s a 6 axis CNC Carbide saw grinder
with a full windows PC Controller. It can do all the
common tooth geometries as well as free program
pretty much any pattern you’d like. All standard
with the machine. Because it’s a true PC you can
save virtually unlimited amount of programs and
can program a new blade while the machine is
grinding. The UTMA LC35eCNC 4+1 is an evolution of our proven LC-NC tool grinders. The +1
axis allows us to regrind a compression tool flute
and OD grind up and down shear in a single setup
now. Its also of course rugged enough to grind
wood working and milling cutters, slab mills,
roughers, and a wide variety of tooling as a full service universal tool grinder.
David Rakauskas
PO Box A
Kinston, MA 02364
781-585-9375
pravinski@csaw.com
25th Annual WMI Workshop on Design, Operation and
Maintenance of Circular and Band Saws
Monday & Tuesday, October 14-15, 2013
Red Lion Hotel Lloyd Center, Portland, OR
Workshop Focus
The Workshop on Design, Operation and Maintenance of Circular and Band Saws will provide
you with up-to-date information necessary to increase your company’s profits by maximizing
sawing accuracy and the rate of sawing and by reducing kerf losses, downtime and sawing
equipment maintenance costs.
Issues to be explored include: economics of sawing variation and on-line sawing performance
control; impact of steel characteristics on cutting saw blade performance; circular and band saw
stiffness and stability and computer software for critical speed calculation; advances in saw
tensioning and tension evaluation; identifying what you stand to gain and lose by changing saw
design; on-line measurement and analysis of sawing performance and sawing accuracy; pushing
the boundaries of band saw performance; economics of advanced cutting tool materials and
troubleshooting procedures; key maintenance criteria which impact sawing equipment
positioning, feeding and scanning accuracy. And understanding of these principles will enable
you to analyze and improve sawing performance in your operation.
This year there will be a special session on safety and ergonomic issues in wood processing
and a review of causes of accidents and how they can be avoided.
The workshop faculty consists of lecturers from the United States and Canada, each a
recognized expert in his field. The faculty will combine lectures, video presentations and
demonstrations of computer software in order to address problems in operating and maintaining
circular and band saws, and to suggest possible solutions.
Szymani, workshop leader, has been conducting Workshops on Design and Operation of Circular
and Band Saws since 1980 in the USA and abroad and has been consulting on wood machining
problems and investigated accidents with woodworking equipment for over 34 years.
Who Should Attend
The material presented will benefit production supervisors and personnel involved with process
control and saw maintenance as well as those responsible for safety. The workshop will also be
very helpful to saw filers or saw manufacturers who are seeking to optimize saw design.
For further information, contact:
Ryszard (Richard) Szymani, Saw Doctor
Tel: 1-925-943-5240; Fax: 1-925-945-0947
E-mail: szymani@woodmachining.com
www.woodmachining.com
The Prez Sez...
Hi everyone. It is an honor and a privilege to serve as ISKA president
for the next 2 years. Cheryl has left some pretty large shoes to fill but
hopefully, with the help of our competent board and active members, we
can continue the growth we have seen lately.
I have been an “off and on” member for nearly 25 years with Daily Saw Service and my own
business. I have seen many changes over the years. The most recent changes are exciting.
We are trying to put more emphasis on the members and education. As a board, we look at
every event and offering with the thought “is the membership getting their money’s worth from
ISKA.” With the events at the last 2 shows and the hammering seminar, I think we’re there.
We encourage articles and topics for the newsletters and ideas for seminars. We plan on
highlighting a shop or 2 for each issue and new members.
Please feel free to contact me or anyone on the board with suggestions, criticisms or comments.
We are all listed at www.iska.org. We are members too!
Tim Rief
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