Norwood – Built to Work
Norwood LumberMate’s Steel-Strong Log Deck
Stronger than the competition and twice as stiff, the LumberMate Pro uses twin double-plated commercial-grade-steel rails in its wide-track log deck. While impressive, the .162” of steel isn’t the secret – What gives the LM Pro’s rugged log deck its muscle is the way it’s formed. 400-ton press-formed strengthening debossments (engineered depressions) boost rigidity and strength.
Debossed steel is much stronger and more rigid than flat, unformed steel. Some people may try to mislead you about this important fact – Don’t be fooled by uninformed name-calling! Norwood’s debossed-steel technology is super-strong – thousands of hardworking Norwood portable sawmill owners prove it every day!
What’s more, the boxed front and rear end-frames are extra-rigid structures that provide added strength and torsional stability. Greater strength, stiffness and lighter weight mean greater structural integrity.
Norwood LumberMate’s Rigid 4-Post Carriage Frame
The LumberMate cutting head’s fully supported 4-post design ensures even, accurate, stable milling. With solid 4-post support on both sides of the sawmill, it’s impossible to get any of the bounce or sag that you see when a heavy sawhead is suspended from only one side.
The LumberMate Pro’s 4-post carriage frame is fortified with structurally-engineered reinforced 2” x 5” (5cm x 12.5cm) precision-extruded vertical guides, and heavy-gauge 2½” structural tubular-steel rear vertical mounts and front horizontal anti-sway bar. The LM Pro’s solid frame effortlessly manages higher load inputs for better milling with more accuracy and control.
Patented Norwood Laminated Sawhead Construction
The backbone of the LumberMate Pro and LumberLite is one of many Norwood patented innovations – Norwood’s laminated sawhead construction. Constructed of heavy-gauge steel, the laminated plates are laser-cut and precision-formed. The sawhead assembly, reinforced with dual structural-steel inner beams, is more precise, stronger and torsionally more stable than traditional “cut and weld” sawhead designs. This revolutionary technological advance represents a quantum-leap in sawmill design.