Bailey's supplies production sawmill equipment from both makers. Pick the one that fits your logs, or let a specialist compare both.
Bailey’s is a Wood-Mizer dealer for industrial systems.
Bailey’s is a Wravor dealer and Wravor’s listed U.S. sales partner.
Each maker has its own pages on this site. Start with the family you need; every machine there has its published specifications and a quote request.
Wood-Mizer’s systems range covers production headrigs, the machine centers that turn flitches and cants into boards, and the handling that keeps logs and lumber moving, designed to run together as a line. Its portable sawmills are not part of our range.
WM2500, WM4500 and WM5500: electric band headrigs for logs up to 41 in, as published by Wood-Mizer.
See the WM headrigs
Eight example lines by log size, volume band and wood type, from small-log pallet lines to large-log wideband lines.
See sawmill systems
EG and EA board edgers, HR horizontal resaws, MR multirips and gang saws, and TVS twin vertical saws.
See edgers and resaws
Log decks and ramps, incline and roll-case conveyors, transfer and sorting tables, green chain and the Log Tally Scanner.
See log handlingWravor builds horizontal band headrigs for logs from 41 in to about 79 in, circular multi-rip edgers and complete sawing lines, each to the customer’s requirements.
Six horizontal band headrigs, WRC 1050 AC to WRC 2000 AC, from a mill where sawing is a sideline to very large hard and exotic logs.
See the WRC headrigs
PROFI, Multi CUT, CS, WRC 1550 and WMH: log deck, headrig, conveyors, multi-rip and sorting planned as one flow.
See the sawing lines
Five single- and double-arbor circular multi-rips that cut boards to width, standalone or in a line.
See the edgers
A rotor-head debarker that keeps grit and stones off the blade and also mills the log ends.
See the debarkerThat is the top of the WM headrigs and the start of the WRC range. A specialist compares both on your species, log sizes, output and site power, then quotes the one that fits.
The headrig is the mill's primary saw: it opens each log and decides how much the rest of the line can do. Wood-Mizer's WM headrigs take logs up to about 41 in; Wravor's WRC range runs from 41 in to almost 79 in. Where they overlap, a specialist can compare them on your logs.
Specifications as published by Wood-Mizer; confirm your configuration with a specialist.
Specifications as published by Wravor. Each Wravor machine is built to order, so confirm your configuration with a specialist. Log diameters are from Wravor's catalog; inches and hp are conversions from millimetres and kilowatts.
† Wood-Mizer publishes the maximum width of cut; Wravor publishes the maximum width between the blade guides. They are different measures.
‡ Wravor's published cutting capacity per 8 hours. Wravor doesn't state its basis (log or sawn volume, species, method), so it is a guide, not a guaranteed output. Wood-Mizer publishes no capacity figure for these headrigs.
Five things decide the right equipment. Bring these to a specialist and the first conversation turns into a configuration you can price.
Send us your numbersYour biggest regular log sets the headrig. Wood-Mizer’s WM headrigs are published for logs up to about 41 in; Wravor’s WRC range runs from 41 in (WRC 1050 AC) to 2,000 mm, about 79 in (WRC 2000 AC). Length decides the bed and the log deck.
Tell us: Typical and largest diameter, and the lengths you buck to.
Dense hardwoods and exotics need more motor and a wider, stiffer blade than softwood of the same size. Wravor builds its WRC 1550 AC and 2000 AC for large hard and exotic logs.
Tell us: What you saw most, and anything unusually hard, frozen or dirty.
Pallet stock, grade lumber, timbers and boards each call for different machine centers after the headrig. As volume climbs, the limit usually moves from the saw to loading, edging and moving lumber away.
Tell us: What you sell, and the output you want per day or shift.
Production headrigs are electric, and the main motors on the headrigs here range from about 25 hp to 148 hp (18.5–110 kW), before hydraulics, conveyors and machine centers. Voltage and service size are set per configuration, so check your supply before choosing.
Tell us: Single-phase or three-phase, and the service size if you know it.
A line needs room for the log yard, infeed, the saw, outfeed, machine centers, sawdust and stacking. Equipment is laid out for your building or pad, not the other way round.
Tell us: Building size, or the pad you plan, and how logs arrive.
Anything else, call a specialist at 1-888-465-8227.
The headrig opens the logs, but output depends on the equipment around it: a log deck to feed it, a debarker to keep grit off the blade, an edger or multirip to turn flitches into boards, a resaw for cants, and conveyors, a green chain or sorting to move lumber away. Most mills add these one at a time, starting with whatever holds the headrig up.
Wood-Mizer log decks and conveyorsA portable sawmill goes to the log and is usually run by one or two people. An industrial (stationary) sawmill stays in a building or on a pad, runs on electric motors, and is fed by log handling so the saw keeps cutting. It is built for daily volume rather than mobility.
Portable sawmillsProduction headrigs are electric. Wood-Mizer lists its WM2500 and WM4500 at 30 HP and its WM5500 at 50 HP; Wravor’s WRC main motors run from 18.5 kW to 110 kW depending on the model. Hydraulics, conveyors and machine centers add to that. Motors this size normally need three-phase service, and the voltage and service size depend on the configuration, so tell us what you have on site before choosing.
Both make horizontal band headrigs. Wood-Mizer’s WM headrigs are published for logs up to about 41 in, with resaws, edgers, multirips and handling from the same range, and example systems that show how they run together. Wravor builds each WRC headrig to order, from 41 in up to about 79 in logs, with its own edgers, debarker and sawing lines. Each maker has its own page on this site. Where the ranges overlap, a specialist compares them on your logs, products and building.
It depends on the configuration: the headrig, its options, the machine centers and the log handling around it. Wravor builds every machine to order, and Wood-Mizer configures its systems per mill, so we quote each setup for your logs and site rather than publishing a price list.
Send the form or call 1-888-465-8227 with your logs, species, target output, current setup and site power. A specialist goes through the options with you and works out a configuration that fits. You then get a written quotation that lists the machines, options and what is included, so you can compare it before you commit.
Yes. Wood-Mizer says its material handling is modular and can be retrofitted to existing lines, and its resaws and edgers run standalone or in a line. Wravor’s Type 750 edgers also run standalone or inside a line. Tell us what you run now and where the bottleneck is.
Wood-Mizer edgers and resawsAsk a specialist, ideally when you plan the machine. Blades, sharpening and spare parts depend on the model and the blade width you choose: Wood-Mizer’s listed band sharpeners and setters take blades up to 3 in wide, so wider blades, such as on the wideband WM5500 and HR6000, need their servicing planned. Already running a headrig or line? Tell us what you have and we go through blade supply and parts with you.
Ask a specialistBailey’s offers equipment financing. See the financing page for current options, and ask a specialist whether the configuration you are quoted qualifies.
FinancingTell us about your logs, the output you want and the site. The more we know, the closer the first quotation is to the mill you need.
