I wonder how the wood you're using was processed?

[peter halle]

Almost all of us who uses wood for any sort of project relies on someone else to at least reduce it from log form before it touches our tools.  May we get it in a fully dimensioned size or rough cut, it still has been reduced in a sawmill of some sort.  Thought that you might enjoy a link from Tools of the Trade showing some different sawmill examples that span the gamut of technology.  I found that the audio levels varied greatly, but then that might just be my ears.

Grab a cup of coffee and enjoy:  http://www.toolsofthetrade.net/lumber/three-old-school-sawmills_o.aspx

Peter

And here is another part of that:  http://www.toolsofthetrade.net/lumber/a-trip-to-the-lumber-mill_o.aspx

If you click the slideshow to the left you will see other images and there are also some embedded videos.

 

[Tyler Ernsberger]

Great videos!!!!  Thanks for sharing

 

[polarsea1]

Local sawmill located about 10 miles south of me:

Hull and Oakes

Complete tour