Aluminum Sawguides (Saw Arms) Features and Benefits:

• Made From Aerospace Quality Aluminum to ensure reliability

• CNC (Computer Numeric Controlled) Machined for greater and consistent accuracy

• Precision Honing (1) of the critical surfaces before Engineering Hardcoat Anodizing to provide accuracy in order to allow for uniform coating.

• Engineering Hardcoat Anodizing(2) of all surfaces, which is 80 RC and Thicker than normal hardcoat,  for increased wear resistance

• Precision Honing (3) of the critical surfaces, which are Engineering Hardcoated, to the finished size to provide accuracy and flatness

(a) Magnified Image of a Machined only surface

(b) Honing of a Machined only surface to make it flat and accurate

 (1)The Honing Process is unique to Modern Engineering. Other manufacturers only machine aluminum guides to size. This is equivalent to machining a steel guide to size (a) and not grinding it.  As target sizes are continuously reduced in today's sawmills to achieve greater recovery, the machining only of aluminum sawguides will not provide the required flatness and accuracy needed. Honing (b) achieves this flatness and accuracy.

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(2) Engineering Hardcoat anodizing is a unque type of anodizing and differs greatly to normal hardcoat anodizing. It only comes in grey to very dark gray color. It is extremely hard (80Rc) and it is a thicker then normal hardcoat anodizing.  This provides for much greater wear and abrasion resistance then normal hardcoat.

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(c) Anodizing does not build uniformly (more on edges) and needs to be Honed

(d) Honing give the Sawguide flatness and more accuracy 

(3) The Honing Process is unique to Modern Engineering. Hardcoat anodizing (c)  is applied to surfaces in the same manner as chrome and does not build up uniformly. If the aluminum guide is not honed down after anodizing then the critical surfaces are not flat and therefore do not meet the same standards  which are required by steel sawguides. As target sizes are continuously reduced in today's sawmills to achieve greater recovery, the inaccuracies of not honing after hardcoat anodizing are significant enough to present size problems in gang edgers. Honing gives the sawguide flatness and more accuracy (d).

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