NEAT setup! No wasted motion. Been around some big mills but never worked at one. Used to think running a debarker would be a good job but never had a chance. The one here was a manual Frick and it was all billfolds and shoe soles. Grab a hook or a board. 6 people to run it and it was hammered. Circle mill. After school till dark-30. Built muscles. Good times. 4-71. Thanks and Blessingds
Would like to see another video of the rest of your mill operations. I worked in softwood sawmills here in British Columbia for 30 years and find hardwood mills fascinating.
Good to hear that your grandmother is a PG girl. What does hickory smell like when it's sawn and what sawing difficulties does it present? I worked in PG years ago for Carrier Lumber.
A heavy scent, earthy almost but with a sweet finish especially when it passes through our chipper. Due to the density of Hickory sawing it in general presents an issue to the saw filer. The defects most commonly being presented are knots and of course the density of those knots dulls our saws even more. There are several other defects that can present themselves in Hickory but for the most part knots are the only ones that present a major issue to our equipment and again that’s due to the density of the stuff. Beautiful lumber though.
Sounds like hickory dulls the saws quickly. What would happen if the logs go into a pond to soak for awhile? I think the barking and sawing would be easier.
It would help some. At my previous place of employment (very large and well known lumber company) they had a sprinkler system setup all throughout their massive logyard to keep all logs mostly the same moisture content.
The fellers need to trim the flare off their logs. The buyers should reject logs that are not trimmed. As you can see, it causes a problem for the mill
We will cut 3 or 4 poplar logs every 50 or so hickory or ash logs to clean the gum off the saw you really notice a difference. Or before your saw is filed should give it a try
