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Hanchett Manufacturing was founded in 1889 by John Hanchett after he invented a hand swage for band saws. This tool led to the manufacture of some of the finest sawfiling machines and tools ever produced to enable thousands of sawfilers to maintain mills throughout the world. Today, Hanchett is an employee owned company that is producing several state-of-the-art machines to enable modern sawfilers to meet the more demanding challenges of current sawmill problems and opportunities. With the reduced supply of timber available, today's mills must produce lumber under much more difficult conditions. Sawfilers must be able to maintain much tighter tolerances when providing the bandsaw to the mill. With the advent of stellite and other modern metals, filers now have available CNC sharpeners, dual side grinders, and other highly technical machines. We feel that we are able to provide to the filer not only the conventional machines, but with our new CNC sharpener and dual side grinder, the heaviest duty and most reliable grinders and sharpeners available. All parts machined and assembled in the Hanchett plant are under the watchful eye of a Quality Control inspector. Our production facilities include the machines necessary to provide high production repeatability for economy of costs. Our commitment doesn't end with the completion of the equipment. We have a staff of service technicians available, who will assist you in proper installation and training of personnel on the new machine.