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Sierra Pacific Industries and the Tuolumne County Economic Development Authority released a joint announcement July 7 saying that “production has begun on SPI’s retooled Sonora sawmill – employing 100 workers. A second shift is expected to be begin later this summer – adding approximately another 30 jobs.”

In addition, “SPI’s Chinese Camp fencing mill is expanding its operations and has created 26 new jobs bringing total employment there to 115.”

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Essentially the two guide types serve two distinct purposes: the Stabilizer® allows you to make elaborate scroll saw type cuts with your bandsaw; and our Carter roller bearing conversion kits provide the complete three side support that allows you to cut perfectly straight resaw/rip cuts and traditional radius curves better than any other guide system on the market.

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Essentially the two guide types serve two distinct purposes: the Stabilizer® allows you to make elaborate scroll saw type cuts with your bandsaw; and our Carter roller bearing conversion kits provide the complete three side support that allows you to cut perfectly straight resaw/rip cuts and traditional radius curves better than any other guide system on the market.

The unique patented Stabilizer® from Carter is very different from any traditional guide in that it is not designed to hold the blade with immovable support on three sides. Instead, its grooved bearing wheel firmly prevents the blade from moving backwards or shifting left or right while still permitting the front of the blade to twist slightly side to side. This allows the user to make tight radius complex curves that no traditional guide system can achieve. With traditional guides Carter Conversion kits you can still cut curves but are limited by the width of your blade as to the radius of the curve. With the Stabilizer®, the blade can twist and turn so you are no longer limited by the blade width as to the radius of your curves. Essentially the two guide types serve two distinct purposes: the Stabilizer® allows you to make elaborate scroll saw type cuts with your bandsaw; and our Carter roller bearing conversion kits provide the complete three side support that allows you to cut perfectly straight resaw/rip cuts and traditional radius curves better than any other guide system on the market.

Cope said the Tuolumne County Economic Development Authority promotes Tuolumne County, including the city of Sonora, “as a dynamic business location and provides business with essential information needed when locating or expanding business in the Sierra-Mother Lode Area of California.”

Cope said “even bigger news is that these 215 full-time mill jobs will increase peripheral jobs in areas such as logging, trucking, and supplier firms. By using an industry standard multiplier, these new jobs will have a total economic effect of 1,000 to 1,200 new jobs.”

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SPI area manager Ryan Land said SPI continues to “invest in the future of our community, our forests and mills. Our multi-species forests include pine, fir, and cedar and are sorted and processed by either our Chinese Camp fencing mill or at our new state-of-the-art facility in Sonora.”

Luster said SPI “is a third-generation family-owned forest products company based in Anderson, Calif. The firm owns and manages nearly 1.9 million acres of timberland in California and Washington, and is the second largest lumber producer in the United States.”

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According to Larry Cope, Director of Economic Development at Tuolumne Economic Development Authority, “the creation of 126 full-time family-wage jobs will bring the total of SPI employees at Standard and Chinese Camp to around 215.”

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With traditional guides Carter Conversion kits you can still cut curves but are limited by the width of your blade as to the radius of the curve. With the Stabilizer®, the blade can twist and turn so you are no longer limited by the blade width as to the radius of your curves.

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SPI is “committed to managing its lands in a responsible and sustainable manner to protect the environment,” Luster said, “while providing quality wood products and renewable power for consumers.”

He said the Authority’s “mission is to facilitate a local economy that is innovative, resilient and diverse, by assisting in business formation, developing a skilled workforce, supporting local businesses, and attracting innovative companies to Tuolumne County.”

The unique patented Stabilizer® from Carter is very different from any traditional guide in that it is not designed to hold the blade with immovable support on three sides. Instead, its grooved bearing wheel firmly prevents the blade from moving backwards or shifting left or right while still permitting the front of the blade to twist slightly side to side. This allows the user to make tight radius complex curves that no traditional guide system can achieve.

SPI spokesman Mark Luster said: “Retooling this mill will help California meet its own demand for wood products, rather than importing lumber from faraway places with lower environmental standards. The time has come when more of the lumber needed in this state can be produced in California’s mills.”

HAR 1 - For use on all Harvey bandsaw models.  The unique patented Stabilizer® from Carter is very different from any traditional guide in that it is not designed to hold the blade with immovable support on three sides. Instead, its grooved bearing wheel firmly prevents the blade from moving backwards or shifting left or right while still permitting the front of the blade to twist slightly side to side. This allows the user to make tight radius complex curves that no traditional guide system can achieve. With traditional guides Carter Conversion kits you can still cut curves but are limited by the width of your blade as to the radius of the curve. With the Stabilizer®, the blade can twist and turn so you are no longer limited by the blade width as to the radius of your curves. Essentially the two guide types serve two distinct purposes: the Stabilizer® allows you to make elaborate scroll saw type cuts with your bandsaw; and our Carter roller bearing conversion kits provide the complete three side support that allows you to cut perfectly straight resaw/rip cuts and traditional radius curves better than any other guide system on the market.

Amador County – Sierra Pacific Industries announced last week that it has begun production at its Sonora sawmill with 100 new employees hired, and it also expanded its mill at Chinese Camp, creating 26 new jobs.

Land said the “unique ability to utilize a variety of wood species and log sizes has allowed SPI to retool and expand here in Tuolumne County.”

With traditional guides Carter Conversion kits you can still cut curves but are limited by the width of your blade as to the radius of the curve. With the Stabilizer®, the blade can twist and turn so you are no longer limited by the blade width as to the radius of your curves. Essentially the two guide types serve two distinct purposes: the Stabilizer® allows you to make elaborate scroll saw type cuts with your bandsaw; and our Carter roller bearing conversion kits provide the complete three side support that allows you to cut perfectly straight resaw/rip cuts and traditional radius curves better than any other guide system on the market.

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