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Burning wet firewood
Here’s a good example why you should not burn wet (green) firewood. This wood I had set aside out in the field, air drying for about 8-9 months. Maple wood mostly. Most people think that a year or less is all that’s needed to “season” firewood.
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On This Day in Sawyer History Feb 18th
Richard H. Crouch, Pulaski, VA, United States, assignor to the Automatic Machinery Corporation, Pulaski, Va, a corporation of Virginia, claims an invention as it relates to an improvement in straight line cut off saws. File claimed February 18, 1937.
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On This Day in Sawyer History Feb 17th
Fred W. Reitz, of Evansville, Indiana, United States, claim to have invented certain new and useful improvements in lumber jacks. Filing date Fenruary 17, 1900. Serial No. 5,593.
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On This Day in Sawyer History Feb 15th
William N. Whipple, of Genoa, assignor to E.M. Birdsall & Co., of Penn Yan, New York, United States, files a patent claiming to have invented certain new and useful improvements to portable saw mills. Filed February 15, 1881.
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Vintage Logging – Saw filing
Each Saturday morning I review 10 vintage logging, forestry and saw milling photos. This week’s review of vintage logging is about saw filing. Saw filers were the highest paid workers at the mills, so it shows the importance of the skill set.
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Friday’s Firewood from Around the World
Photos of firewood businesses and interesting things done with firewood from around the world.
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On This Day in Sawyer History Feb 12th
Hermann G. Dittbenner, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, assignor to Diamond Iron Works, a corporation of Minnesota claims to have invented certain new and useful improvements to twin circular saw mills. Patent filing February 12, 1904, Serial No. 193,244.
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Map making an island
As vast as the Internet’s information may be, sometimes you just cannot find that one thing you need for your next project.
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On This Day in Sawyer History Feb 11th
Theodore H. Best, Diamond Springs, California, Untied States, filed an application February 11, 1938, Serial No. 189,999. His claim relates to sawmills, and particularly to the setwork of log carriages.
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On This Day in Sawyer History Feb 08th
On this day William H. Trout, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, assignor to Allis-Chalmers Company, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, [United States], a corporation of New Jersey, invented certain new and useful improvements to band saw mills. Patent filed February 8, 1907. Serial No. 356,445. Patented Dec 13, 1910 #978,412.
