06-11-2012, 01:52 PM
Hi,
That Stenner rig is surely one nice piece of kit Lawrence and thanks for sharing it.
I used to visit a wood machine exhibition in the midlands and Stenner used to be showing their band-saw which always impressed me. I actually put my foot in it whilst talking to the salesman; I was touching the frame and saying you can't beat cast iron. I was informed it was actually heavy gauge steel plate as you state; the surface finish made it look like cast iron. These are machines built in the old tradition to last many lifetimes unlike the tinny offerings on sale these days built down to a price not up to a quality. Our local timber yard has one of these big Stenner saws.
What a shame it is that our heavy engineering is in decline and many of the old companies who manufactured top brand machines are no longer trading. Many of the foundry's have also closed. We are fortunate Lawrence to have worked with some top class machinery.
http://www.stenner.co.uk/home/
Kind regards, Col.
That Stenner rig is surely one nice piece of kit Lawrence and thanks for sharing it.
I used to visit a wood machine exhibition in the midlands and Stenner used to be showing their band-saw which always impressed me. I actually put my foot in it whilst talking to the salesman; I was touching the frame and saying you can't beat cast iron. I was informed it was actually heavy gauge steel plate as you state; the surface finish made it look like cast iron. These are machines built in the old tradition to last many lifetimes unlike the tinny offerings on sale these days built down to a price not up to a quality. Our local timber yard has one of these big Stenner saws.
What a shame it is that our heavy engineering is in decline and many of the old companies who manufactured top brand machines are no longer trading. Many of the foundry's have also closed. We are fortunate Lawrence to have worked with some top class machinery.
http://www.stenner.co.uk/home/
Kind regards, Col.
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