Sawmill - Wikipedia
WEBA 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 ...
Portable sawmill - Wikipedia
WEBPortable 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 .
Sawmill - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WEBA sawmill is a place where lumber is cut into boards . Sawmill process. Sawmills today work like sawmills from hundreds of years ago. A log enters at one end, and pieces of wood of a specific shape and size come out of the other end. Trees are chosen to be harvested. The tree is chopped so that it falls over; this is known as felling.
History of the lumber industry in the United States - Wikipedia
WEBPresently there is a healthy lumber economy in the United States, directly employing about 500,000 people in three industries: Logging, Sawmill, and Panel. Annual production in the U.S. is more than 30 billion board feet making the U.S. the …
Sawmill | Definition, Description, & Facts | Britannica
WEBsawmill, machine or plant with power-driven machines for sawing logs into rough-squared sections or into planks and boards. A sawmill may be equipped with planing, molding, tenoning, and other machines for finishing processes.
Hierapolis sawmill - Wikipedia
WEBThe Hierapolis sawmill was a Roman water-powered stone sawmill at Hierapolis, Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). Dating to the second half of the 3rd century AD, the sawmill is considered the earliest known machine to combine a crank with a connecting rod to form a crank slider mechanism.
Sawmill | The Canadian Encyclopedia
WEBFeb 7, 2006 · Sawmill. The sawmill was a common feature of 19th-century eastern Canadian landscapes. Early sawmills were simple structures: water-powered and cheaply built, usually with a single reciprocating blade and a hand-operated ratchet carriage to feed logs into the blade.
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WEBA 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).
Sierra National Forest - History & Culture - US Forest Service
WEBA Sawmill History of the Sierra National Forest 1852-1940 In 1938, Forest Supervisor M. A. Benedict requested Bert Hurt of the Sierra National Forest staff to compile a history of the sawmills that had operated on the Sierra Forest prior to and since its creation as a Forest Reserve in 1893.
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