In addition to manufacturing new equipment, Merritt offers machinery upgrades and custom rebuilding. We have extensive rebuilding experience with Merritt, Coe, Capital and other brands, updating older machinery with state-of-the-art features to produce better quality veneer more efficiently and reliably. We have replaced mechanical gearboxes with digital servo motion controls on lathes, slicers, and staylogs. Our servo drives utilize heavy-duty maintenance-free brushless A.C. servo motors and ball bearing feedscrews with anti-backlash air cylinders. This results in higher carriage speeds and faster roundups on veneer lathes. The knife carriage is automatically returned at core (or backing board on veneer slicers), contributing to improved production. A memory/return feature on veneer slicers allows the knife carriage to be returned to the correct position after honing the knife. Complementing the carriage drive are servo motors for pressure gap movement, knife pitch angle adjustment, two thickness, round-up, etc. Features include a user-friendly keypad for thickness input and setup of other important parameters, extensive troubleshooting and status displays, and modem with flash memory card for easy PLC program updates. We have converted dozens of older machines, enabling our customers to obtain modern technology without the significant capital expenditure required for new machinery. Coe Lathe - Before Merritt Rebuild Coe Lathe - After Merritt Rebuild Coe Lathe - After Merritt Rebuild