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Our Story
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Our Story
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Just over 25 years ago (around 1978), Jimmy Piper - owner of Piper's Saw Shop, Inc., ventured out into the sawmill service industry. As an ex-coalminer and ex-welder, he risked everything his family had hoping that he could make it as a sawsmith. In his own backyard he set up the equipment to begin hammering saws, a process of tensioning circular saw blades in such a way that compensates for stresses placed on the saw during use. But this was only the beginning of something which was to become much greater. With only a few customers, he began renting a room in the old icehouse in Central City, Kentucky. Then slowly, the fledgling company began adding other services and products for sawmills. One of the earliest, and perhaps the most successful additions was the carbide saw bit. Carbide had been used in the coal mining industry for years, but Piper's was one of the first to apply this material to the sawmill industry. The life span of these new bits was several times that of its predecessors and greatly increased running time between sharpening, thereby reducing down time for their customers. Early on Jimmy and his wife Brenda put in a lot of road time picking up saws and delivering supplies. This eventually lead to a steady increase in demand and business for their young company. Eventually this allowed for the hiring of a full time salesperson. In time, other products such as gang saws, edger saws, narrow and wide band saws and much more were added. That further increased their customer base until today, there are literally hundreds of loyal customers. Piper's Saw Shop services customers from coast to coast is the US market as well as many customers in foreign markets. Eight trucks provide pick-up and delivery services in Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana and Illinois. Customers in all other areas of the country and abroad receive their products and services via freight providers. Today Piper's Saw Shop, Inc. is still a family owned business located in Muhlenberg County, Ky. Using the techniques perfected by blacksmiths years ago (i.e. a hammer and an anvil), Jimmy has built Piper's Saw Shop into a thriving business from the humble beginnings of that small shed in his back yard. Piper's has grown over the years to about forty employees and eight trucks that service routes covering four states. Even though Piper's customer base is geographically spread all across the country, they are still very concerned about the local economy and the welfare of their local community. This is evidenced by Piper's contributions to various charities and cooperation with other local businesses and civic organizations.
Piper's is the largest distributor in the United States for Simonds®
Industries sawmill supplies. Piper's has also become an innovator
in equipment design and manufacturing by producing the Piper®
Rail Carbide Bit, grinders for knives and chippers and does a healthy
business in repair work and upkeep on saws for hundreds of sawmills. In February of 2002 Piper's moved into its new $350,000 facility
on Phillip Stone Way (Hwy. 189 By-Pass North) in Central City. Now
with approximately 11,500 square feet under roof, Piper's has the
the capacity to better meet the production needs of their customer
base with plenty of room to grow. With customers from California to
New York and a work force second to none, Piper's has become an industry
leader. But ... what about the future? We are happy to announce that Piper's Saw Shop is now on the World
Wide Web at http://www.piperssawshop.com
. We did not make the decision to place our shop on the Internet without
due consideration. We feel that we have the foundation in place to
fully support our existing customer base and plenty of room to grow.
Listed below are ten primary strengths that we feel make Piper's Saw
Shop worthy of your consideration as a business partner. |
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