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LumberMax HD38 — Feature Highlights

The LumberMax HD38 combines extreme capacity with Norwood’s most advanced innovations to deliver serious performance, cut after cut.

Omega® deep-throat sawhead
1.

Omega® deep-throat sawhead

Omega® deep-throat sawhead delivers unparalleled capacity to mill oversized beams up to 14" (36 cm) deep and can mill slabs up to 35" (89 cm) wide.

Power Sawhead up/down
2.

Power Sawhead up/down

Equipped standard with power sawhead up-down functionality. Activated by a 2-way toggle switch, you control the vertical speed by means of a potentiometer dial integrated into the operator-station-mounted control panel.

4-Axis blade guides with roller guides
3.

4-Axis blade guides with roller guides

4-Axis guides deliver optimal aligned support to the blade against deflection forces on longitudinal axis plus 3 linear axes. Patented block and trunnion design delivers precise fine-adjust control over both blade guides.

Ultimate flexibility to go fully hydraulic
4.

Ultimate flexibility to go fully hydraulic

Add the muscle of hydraulics to your HD38 with hydraulic log loading, rolling, clamping and toe boards. Step up even more with remote saw carriage power feed and computerized setworks.

Rugged over-center cam-dogs
5.

Rugged over-center cam-dogs

Powerful cam dogs bite hard and lock fast in both logs and cants.

High-strength ultra-functional Duradeck® log deck
6.

High-strength ultra-functional Duradeck® log deck

Engineered for maximum strength and torsional stability, the Duradeck® twin-laminated roll-formed high-strength steel rails with steel plate cross-bunks handle even extreme loads and accommodates all hydraulic and manual attachments.

Debris-shedding cross-bunks
7.

Debris-shedding cross-bunks

Avoid uneven cuts from debris-build-up under your cant thanks to the sawdust-shedding narrow-profile plate-steel cross-bunks. Equipped standard with stainless-steel caps to prevent staining of your valuable hardwoods.

Laterally movable log clamping stations
8.

Laterally movable log clamping stations

Quickly change log clamping positions along your log deck to mill ultra-short or ultra-long logs. Designed for rapid-repositioning, log clamping stations can be moved to available extra receivers installed along the bed.

Automatic Blade Lube System
9.

Automatic Blade Lube System

Water automatically flows to the blade when you activate the operator control and stops when you release it. Large custom-molded water tank with wide-mouth port and tethered cap is easy to refill.

Auto-locking sawhead
10.

Auto-locking sawhead

Patented infinitely-adjustable auto-locking sawhead (versus choice-choking, dimension-limiting pre-set cogged systems) gives you full depth-of-cut control while sparing you two time-consuming operations per cut.

E-Z Blade tension system
11.

E-Z Blade tension system

Patented laminated sawhead with EZ blade tension system for fast, frustration-free blade changes and maximum torsional sawhead strength.

Maximum customizability
12.

Maximum customizability

Super-productive in its manual configuration, step it up even more by adding yield-boosting attachments including mobility towing, track extensions, manual or hydraulic log loading, rolling, clamping and toe boards.

Load video: World’s only Omega® deep-throat sawhead | Feature

World’s only Omega® deep-throat sawhead

Produce oversized beams up to 14" (36 cm) in depth thanks to Norwood’s patented Omega Sawhead engineered to deliver industry-leading deep-throat capacity. The HD38’s huge throat with integrated patented auto-locking adjustable guide system turns out impressively wide slabs up to 35” (89cm), oversized beams, and unparalleled output.

Load video: 4-Axis adjustable blade guide technology | Feature

4-Axis adjustable blade guide technology

The LumberMax HD38 has 4-axis micro-adjust guides that can be fine-tuned for optimally aligned blade support on the longitudinal axis as well as all 3 linear axes. Its Power Sawhead is equipped with standard power sawhead up-down functionality activated by a 2-way toggle switch, and for optimal control you can control the vertical speed with a dial integrated into the operator-station-mounted control panel.

Load video: Hydraulics mode: Unlocked! | Feature

Hydraulics mode: Unlocked!

The LumberMax HD38 comes ready for easy installation of our amazing Norwood hydraulics package, and with this option you can saw big logs with ease from day one. Available comprehensive hydraulic attachments include log loader, chain drive log turner, log clamping and roller toe boards. Norwood’s HD38 empowers you with outstanding choices – including high-power hydraulics and leading-edge computer setworks and you get to choose when and how you add them.

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LumberMax HD38

Current Product
Max log diameter

38" (97 cm)

Max log diameter

36" (92 cm)

Max log diameter

30" (76 cm)

Max log diameter

27" (69 cm)

Max width of cut

35" (89 cm)

Max width of cut

31" (79 cm)

Max width of cut

25" (64 cm)

Max width of cut

23" (59 cm)

Max board width (from cant)

32" (81 cm)

Max board width (from cant)

30" (76 cm)

Max board width (from cant)

24" (61 cm)

Max board width (from cant)

23" (59 cm)

Max depth of cut

14" (36 cm)

Max depth of cut

9 3/8" (24.1 cm)

Max depth of cut

8" (20.3 cm)

Max depth of cut

8" (20.3 cm)

Max log length (without extensions)

13' (4 m)

Max log length (standard before optional extensions)

13' (4 m)

Max log length (standard before optional extensions)

12' 9" (3.8 m)

Max log length (standard before optional extensions)

12' 9" (3.8 m)

Track extensions
  • 4' (1.2m)
  • 2' (0.6m) removable
Track extensions
  • 4' (1.2 m)
  • 2' (0.6 m) removable
Track extensions
  • 4' (1.2 m)
Track extensions
  • 4' (1.2 m)
Blade length

167" (4240 mm)

Blade length

167" (4240 mm)

Blade length

144" (3660 mm)

Blade length

144" (3660 mm)

Bandwheels

19" x 5/8" (47.5 x 1.5 cm)

Bandwheels

20 ¼" x 7/8" (50.6 x 2.2 cm)

Bandwheels

19" x 5/8" (47.5 x 1.5 cm)

Bandwheels

19" x 5/8" (47.5 x 1.5 cm)

Hydraulics capable

Yes

Hydraulics capable

Yes

Hydraulics capable

No

Hydraulics capable

No

Log deck length (standard before optional extensions)

16' (4.8 m)

Log deck length (standard before optional extensions)

16' (4.8 m)

Log deck length (standard before optional extensions)

16' (4.8 m)

Log deck length (standard before optional extensions)

16' (4.8 m)

Width (at widest point on sawhead)

6' 11" (2.1 m)

Width (at widest point on sawhead)

6' 7" (2 m)

Width (at widest point on sawhead)

6' 6" (2 m)

Width (at widest point on sawhead)

6' 6" (2 m)

Power options
  • 27 hp (800 cc) Honda V-Twin EFI electric start gas engine
  • 23 hp (627 cc) Briggs V-Twin Vanguard OHV electric-start engine
Power options
  • 10 hp electric motor (7.5kW, 230V, 1Ph, 60Hz)
  • 15 hp electric motor (11kW, 230/460V, 3Ph, 60Hz)
  • 18 hp (570 cc) Briggs V-Twin Vanguard OHV electric-start engine
  • 23 hp (627 cc) Briggs V-Twin Vanguard OHV electric-start engine
Power options
  • 13½ hp (420 cc) Briggs & Stratton electric-start gas engine
  • 14 hp (429 cc) Kohler OHV recoil-start engine
  • 13 hp (390 cc) Honda GXSeries OHV recoil-start engine
  • 18 hp (570 cc) Briggs V-Twin Vanguard OHV electric-start engine
Power options
  • 13½ hp (420 cc) Briggs & Stratton recoil-start gas engine
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