A Little bit About Putsch Group
Founded in 1871 by Herman Putsch, Putsch Group began as a high quality cutlery company and over the years expanded from there into building systems for the sugar processing industry, glass industry, and even the woodworking industry. In 1975, they opened the North American Putsch manufacturing, service, and technical center in Ashville, North Carolina. Within their woodworking division, Putsch engineers and builds CNC machines, edge banders, and panel saws.
What is a vertical panel saw?
A panel saw is any type of saw with a panel or table that can rip or cut materials into any desired size. A vertical panel saw is just that, but with one obvious difference; its panel sits vertically rather than a horizontally.
In the woodworking industry, we use panel saws, both horizontal and vertical, to cut panels, solid wood, plywood, MDF, laminates, and melamine – usually for cabinetry or retail fixture parts. Putsch panel saws can be adapted to cut a variety of materials from laminates and fine woods, solid surface, plastics, and metals.
Parts of a Vertical Panel Saw
- Linear Guides – These keep the saw assembly aligned on its vertical axis
- Slats – deck made of wood, aluminum or composite material. It helps to support the material and keep it flat
- Mid-Grid Support Shelf – this manually flips down and up and serves as the support for smaller size materials.
- Support Feet and Lift Rollers – these are what supports and keeps the material in place while it is being cut
- Saw Frame – the frame supports and gives structure to the entire machine.
- Dust Catcher – collects the dust that comes from the saw
- Top and Bottom Beam – flat straight rails on which the saw assembly carriage slides on
- Saw Assembly – the saw assembly contains the working parts of the machine and contains contact points that ensures the operator’s safety
Our Vertical Panel Saw
Our Putsch vertical panel saw has three distinct benefits that make it a perfect fit for our shop. It is precise, safe to operate, and takes up little space.
Because the material does not need to be supported or pushed over the cutting edge by the operator, it is very easy to handle and operate. This also makes the saw very accurate and eliminates the possibility of pushing the material out of square.
The saw assembly is operated from specified contact points that are situated away from the cutting surface, ensuring the operator’s safety. Compared to a comparable sliding table saw that takes up about 200 square feet, our vertical panel saw takes up less than half the space at 75 square feet. We love our vertical panel saw and use it as a go to for cutting small and large quantities of sheet stock in our cabinet and fixture building process.
Tune into the D.P. Juza Woods & Fixtures blog each week for an inside look at the machines that power our Shell Lake woodworking shop. For a closer look at the quality of our work, we invite you to view our recently completed pieces in our project gallery.