Lumber Mill
Feb 20, 2013 18:28:45 #
Just a few shots of the mill. The first time that I saw it start up I thought to myself, you've got to have "true grit" and a good life insurance policy to stand in front of that blade and run logs through it all day!
Where the sawyer stands
Another prospective.
Planer on left. Edger on right.
The sawyer and his son turning a log on the carriage.
Feb 20, 2013 18:48:18 #
That's cool, would love to see that, Nice shots!!!! :thumbup:
Feb 20, 2013 18:58:07 #
Feb 20, 2013 19:17:14 #
HOT Texas wrote:
That's cool, would love to see that, Nice shots!!!! :thumbup:
Thank you HOT Texas. The mill is quite old and it is interesting to see how it was done in the old days. Not so much fun when your on the other end taking boards off and stacking them, though. :D
Feb 20, 2013 19:22:02 #
They need one of these at Home Depot for the DIY. I remember as a kid, my father ran a lumber yard. Sometimes folks would request boards trimmed down. They had a huge saw that to me, seemed to just suck the wood through it. The saw blade had a ring to it like a fine tuned bell if you thumped it. Thanks for posting these...brought back some good ole memories.
Feb 20, 2013 19:22:03 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
That is snow on the planer/edger floor! Just a tad too "True Grit" for me.
Thanx for the reply Nikonian72. Heck, that's only a little snow. A week ago the whole inside of the mill was covered in white. :D
Feb 20, 2013 19:28:54 #
James56 wrote:
They need one of these at Home Depot for the DIY. I remember as a kid, my father ran a lumber yard. Sometimes folks would request boards trimmed down. They had a huge saw that to me, seemed to just suck the wood through it. The saw blade had a ring to it like a fine tuned bell if you thumped it. Thanks for posting these...brought back some good ole memories.
Glad you enjoyed them James56. They do quite a bit of custom sawing here also. A few months ago they sawed up a bunch of huge hemlock logs and made 14' 12x12s. Had to lift them off the carriage with a chain fall. :D
Feb 20, 2013 19:42:53 #
Feb 20, 2013 19:50:13 #
ebrunner wrote:
Nice shots. Things certainly were different back then.
Thanx ebrunner. Appreciate the reply. Not a whole lot of automation back then. Things got done using "Norwegian Steam" if you know what I mean. :D
Feb 20, 2013 21:26:26 #
Very cool Butch!! Nice shots. I would love to have that set up here. Janny would never see me.:):) It is a lost art around here.:(
Erv
Erv
Feb 20, 2013 21:32:55 #
Feb 21, 2013 06:50:53 #
Great shots! As a woodworker I really appreciate these, they tell a great story! Nothing like working a piece of wood from log all the way through the finished project.
Feb 21, 2013 06:52:01 #
Feb 21, 2013 10:39:17 #
waterbug49307
Loc: All over, currently Big Rapids Michigan
Beautiful set of photographs! Thank for sharing.
Feb 21, 2013 15:50:00 #
Erv wrote:
Very cool Butch!! Nice shots. I would love to have that set up here. Janny would never see me.:):) It is a lost art around here.:(
Erv
Erv
Thanx Erv. It's a pretty old mill but has been well maintained and can process quite a bit of lumber in a day. They used to have a pallet shop here also but when manufacturing went south around here so did the pallet shop. But, it is nice to have access to so much lumber, a planer, a re-saw, a table saw, a cut-off saw, a jointer, and a lot of other tools when I get a hankering to do some woodwork. :D
Butch
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