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Jeff Sudmeier
03-11-2005, 10:07 AM
Checkout the link for the Hull-Oaks Sawmill (http://www.garymkatz.com/ontheroad/hulloaks.htm). It is the only steam powered commercial sawmill left in the US. It uses a huge bandsaw blade for cutting. The photographical story is really an interesting read. Check it out :)

Kent Parker
03-11-2005, 10:54 AM
WOW!!!:eek: Thanks for the site Jeff. They mentioned cutting wood for a spar for the CA Thayer being rebuilt here on the SF Bay. You can check on the progress here http://www.bay-ship.com/thayer_index.html

They have a great tilting band saw on site.

KP

Jeff Sudmeier
03-11-2005, 12:28 PM
Kent,

Thanks for the link, it looks like a great project!

Jeff

Tyler Howell
03-11-2005, 12:34 PM
Thanks Jeff, Taken this tour before. Amazed at the methods of work.
Checkout the link for the Hull-Oaks Sawmill (http://www.garymkatz.com/ontheroad/hulloaks.htm). It is the only steam powered commercial sawmill left in the US. It uses a huge bandsaw blade for cutting. The photographical story is really an interesting read. Check it out :)

Tyler Howell
03-11-2005, 12:37 PM
Wow Kent as a sailor and wanna-be WW this site blows me away. Going to be hanging out here for a while.




WOW!!!:eek: Thanks for the site Jeff. They mentioned cutting wood for a spar for the CA Thayer being rebuilt here on the SF Bay. You can check on the progress here http://www.bay-ship.com/thayer_index.html

They have a great tilting band saw on site.

KP

Chris Padilla
03-11-2005, 2:40 PM
Sweet mill and boat restoration! Thanks for making my weekend! :)

Ian Barley
03-11-2005, 3:22 PM
Fantastic sites - thanks!

Frank Pellow
03-11-2005, 3:51 PM
Jeff, thanks for posting this link.

The sawmill is very very much like a mill south of Chapleau Ontario in which my grandfather was a partner. I last visited that mill when I was 14 (48.5 years ago) and these pictures take me right back to that visit. I had all but forgotten that happy day -now I am re-living it. Thanks so much for bringing back such wonderful memories. :)

Mark Riegsecker
03-11-2005, 4:47 PM
Thanks Jeff for these pictures. I was trying to describe this process to my wife a few days ago. I'll show her this.:)

Now I know why my lumber registers such a high moister content:eek: .

Mark

James Giordano
03-11-2005, 5:17 PM
I work as a sawfiler and a sawyer. It is always interesting to see what is done at other mills. And that is one big saw!!!

Carl Eyman
03-11-2005, 5:56 PM
Do they really have to sharpen the blade every 2 hours? If so how many hours a day of operation can they achieve? Even if they have another blade ready to go on the down time must be horrific.

Jeff Sudmeier
03-11-2005, 7:26 PM
I would imagine that if you had to change the blade 4 times a day that you would get VERY VERY good at it. I'd bet that the down time is only 10 minutes or less.

Aaron Kline
03-12-2005, 8:07 AM
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
http://www.forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=3496.0