Sawing apparatus

Edger apparatus comprising:

• a base structure including means defining a horizontal bed plane for supporting a workpiece,
• a saw arbor having a central axis,
• at least one saw carried by the saw arbor for rotation about said central axis,
• a carriage means supporting the saw arbor so that said central axis extends horizontally above the bed plane,
• power means for raising and lowering the carriage means relative to the base structure, and
• sensor means for providing a thickness indication representative of the vertical extent of a workpiece before it is fed into the saw, said power means being operatively connected to said sensor means so as to be responsive thereto in a first condition, in which it raises the carriage means, or in a second condition, in which it lowers the carriage means.

Sawing apparatus comprising:

• a base structure including means defining a rectilinear path of movement for a workpiece,
• a saw structure having a saw arbor and at least one saw mounted on the saw arbor,
• a guide means for guiding movement of the saw structure relative to the base structure along a second path having a component perpendicular to said rectilinear path of movement,
• a spacing of said saw structure, including said arbor, from the rectilinear path of movement being adjustable by displacing said saw structure along the guide means, and
• including means on said saw structure and adjacent said rectilinear path for accurately positioning said saw along said arbor, said positioning means being moveable with said saw structure so as to be located adjacent said workpiece,
• wherein said second path is angularly disposed with respect to said perpendicular component.