Abstract: A saw guide assembly includes a stack of saw guides with bodies having a second portion with lubricant holes and coolant holes extending between the first and second surfaces on opposite sides thereof. The lubricant and coolant holes are aligned so that fluid supplied to any of the lubricant or coolant holes of a saw guide at one end of the stack passes into the corresponding holes of at least some of the remaining saw guides in the stack. The first portion has a first saw blade engagement surface with a lubricant distribution region and a coolant distribution region. Coolant and lubricant transfer paths extend from selected coolant and lubricant holes for that saw guide to the coolant and lubricant distribution regions. The coolant and lubricant transfer paths are different for at least some of the saw guides for separate delivery to the distribution regions.

Abstract: A combination canting and profiling apparatus includes a cutter assembly, including a profiler and a canter, supported by a support frame for movement in unison with the support frame. The profiler and the canter each have first and second cutter heads respectively rotatable about first and second axes and positioned at work piece profiling and canting stations along a workpiece feed path next to one another without any workpiece drivers therebetween. The profiler and the canter can be mounted to the support frame for movement relative to one another along a lateral positioning path oriented generally perpendicular to the workpiece feed path. Structure can also be included to facilitate curve sawing. In some examples motors driving the cutters can be arranged for load sharing.

Abstract: A saw blade mounting assembly includes a saw spindle assembly, including a saw hub rotatable in a chosen direction about a drive axis and having a first, driving engagement member, and a saw blade collar assembly, to which a saw blade is mountable, having a second, driven engagement member. The first and second engagement members are complementary tapered engagement members so that rotating the saw spindle assembly in the chosen direction causes the saw blade collar assembly any saw blade to rotate. One of the first and second tapered engagement members include tapered receiver slots having tapered portions with entrance openings into the tapered portions. The other of the tapered engagement members include tapered locking tabs sized for engagement within the tapered portions of the tapered receiver slots. The locking tabs may move axially and then rotationally through the tapered receiver slots.