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  2. 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 ...

  3. Log pond - Wikipedia

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    A "full deck" of logs awaiting the mill. A log pond is a small natural lake or reservoir used for storage of wooden logs in readiness for milling at a sawmill.Although some mill ponds served this purpose for water-powered sawmills, steam-powered sawmills used log ponds for transportation of logs near the mill; and did not require the elevation drop of watermill reservoirs.

  4. Log scaler - Wikipedia

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    A log scaling method that has been popular since the adaptation of trucks to haul logs has been the 'ramp scale'. In this approach, the log truck is driven beside a scale ramp which is simply an elevated platform, and from there the log scaler climbs around on the truck and on the load and measures and grades the logs.

  5. Quarter sawing - Wikipedia

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    A method for logs 16–19 in (41–48 cm) A method for logs over 19 in (48 cm) Quarter sawing or quartersawing is a woodworking process that produces quarter-sawn or quarter-cut boards in the rip cutting of logs into lumber. The resulting lumber can also be called radially-sawn or simply quartered.

  6. Chainsaw mill - Wikipedia

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    A chainsaw mill in use Milling Birch on a Logsol F2 plus chainsaw mill. A chainsaw mill [1] or PortaMill [2] or Logosol sawmill [3] is a type of sawmill incorporating a chainsaw, that is used by one or two operators to mill logs into lumber for use in furniture, construction and other uses.

  7. Sawlog - Wikipedia

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    The term sawlog is a log of suitable size for sawing into lumber, processed at a sawmill. [1] This is in contrast to those other parts of the stem that are designated pulpwood . Sawlogs will be greater in diameter, straighter and have a lower knot frequency.

  8. Circular saw - Wikipedia

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    The modern-day circular saw was invented around the end of the 18th century as a rip-saw to convert logs into lumber in sawmills and various claims have been made as to who invented it. Before the design was invented, logs were sawn by hand using a pit saw or using powered saws in a sawmill using an up-and-down saw with a reciprocating motion ...

  9. Logging - Wikipedia

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    A Eucalyptus being felled using springboards, c. 1884–1917, Australia McGiffert Log Loader in East Texas, US, c. 1907 Lumber under snow in Montgomery, Colorado, 1880s. Logging is the process of cutting, processing, and moving trees to a location for transport.

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