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  2. Portable sawmill - Wikipedia

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    Portable sawmills are sawmills small enough to be moved easily and set up in the field. They have existed for over 100 years but grew in popularity in the United States starting in the 1970s, when the 1973 oil crisis and the back-to-the-land movement had led to renewed interest in small woodlots and in self-sufficiency .

  3. Log house moulder - Wikipedia

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    Detail how the cutter moulds the beam. A log house moulder is a machine used to shape logs for building a log home.Shaping creates the correct profile for stacking and joining logs.

  4. History of the lumber industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The portable chain saw and other technological developments helped drive more efficient logging, but the proliferation of other building materials in the twentieth century saw the end of the rapidly rising demand of the previous century. In 1950, the United States produced 38 billion board feet of lumber, and that number remained fairly ...

  5. List of watermills in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Scribner's Mills in Harrison, Maine is working on reconstructing an up-and-down sawmill. Maryland. Wye Mill c.1682 The oldest continuously operating grist mill in the United States. Supplied flour to George Washington's Continental Army. One of the first grist mills to be automated by Oliver Evans. The Oliver Evans process equipment is still in ...

  6. Sawmill - Wikipedia

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    A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logs are cut into lumber. Modern sawmills use a motorized saw to cut logs lengthwise to make long pieces, and crosswise to length depending on standard or custom sizes (dimensional lumber). The "portable" sawmill is simple to operate. The log lies flat on a steel bed, and the ...

  7. Stover Manufacturing and Engine Company - Wikipedia

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    Engines, windmills, drag saws, portable sawmills, water tanks, and feed grinders. The Stover Manufacturing and Engine Company was created by D.C. Stover in 1881. [ 1 ] An established inventor, he progressed through a profitable windmill business to, in 1895, the manufacture of kerosene and gasoline powered stationary engines for use on the ...

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