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  • Rough sawn lumber in Nova Scotia
    Milling Lumber

    Lumber on board

    June 24, 2021 /

    All aboard! 🙂 This is what 1,453 board feet of spruce and hemlock lumber looks like. A whole bunch of 8ft boards, a pallet of 12ft and some 16ft for good measure.

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    June 23, 2021
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    January 8, 2022
    DL Timber Tech 180º swing blade mill.

    Initial test cut of a D&L Timber Tech 180º Swing Blade Saw Mill

    June 2, 2020
  • 20210622 - Sawmilling rough lumber in Antigonish County and Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.
    Milling Lumber

    Rough spruce lumber

    June 23, 2021 /

    The term rough lumber generally refers to fully dimension lumber. Let’s use 2×4’s as an example. While this size lumber at the big box stores are measured at 1.5×3.5 inches, it’s generally called a “2×4”. Why? Well, there are historical reasons, but for now the simple answer is because when the board comes off the mill, it is 2 x 4 inches in size, after which it is planed on 4 sides and dried, thus reducing its dimensions. The lumber produced from this log is double rough, and I’ll explain why.

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    WoodchuckCanuck can saw your logs into lumber for a reasonable rate, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia.

    Saw milling logs to lumber

    December 1, 2021
    Rough sawn lumber in Nova Scotia

    Lumber on board

    June 24, 2021
    DL Timber Tech 180º swing blade mill.

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  • Vintage Logging

    Vintage logging – Advertisements

    May 1, 2021 /

    Each Saturday morning I review 10 vintage logging, forestry and saw milling photos. This week’s review of vintage logging are about advertisements from the different companies that played a role in forestry and manufacturing of lumber.

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    1915-1920 Lougheed logging camp.

    Vintage Logging – Stump cuts

    April 25, 2020
    1919 Sawmill and Factory of Lumber Products Limited.

    Vintage logging – Lumber companies

    September 25, 2021
    close up 1890 Lumber ships loading at Hastings Sawmill.

    Vintage Logging -Ships

    March 21, 2020
  • 2020-Nov 07 Sawmill slabs out for delivery.
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    Slaburday

    November 7, 2020 /

    With our skidsteer still down for track repairs, we have to keep moving with deliveries.

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    Bicycle made from firewood.

    Firewood from around the world.

    December 4, 2019
    Candle wax fire starter pucks

    Fire Starter Pucks

    February 25, 2021
    Tractor with trailer laden with wood tips on its side in the woods. Firefighters assist.

    Firday’s Firewood from around the world.

    February 21, 2020
  • Egyptian carpenter making lumber.
    Vintage Logging

    Vintage logging – carpenters

    August 22, 2020 /

    Each Saturday morning I review 10 vintage logging, forestry and saw milling photos. This week’s review of vintage logging is about the carpenters who built, well, everything throughout history.

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    1939 Canadian International Paper log-drivers trying to break a jam with their peaveys.

    Vintage logging – log jams and log rafts

    November 14, 2020
    Crew at loading site with donkey engine and log rigged for loading, Schafer Brothers Logging Company, probably in Grays Harbor County.

    Vintage logging – Booms, Spars and A-frames

    July 25, 2020
    Carbon River Shingle Company mill workers and children.

    Vintage logging – Shingles

    March 14, 2020
  • DL Timber Tech 180º swing blade mill.
    Milling Lumber

    Initial test cut of a D&L Timber Tech 180º Swing Blade Saw Mill

    June 2, 2020 /

    Our D&L Timber Tech 180º swing blade saw mill arrived in late March. I think it was March. Anyway, its been a while. Just finding some time to get it set up and now at the stage of fine tuning the kerf cut in vertical and horizontal planes.

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  • 1900 Up and down saw blades.
    Vintage Logging

    Vintage Logging – Lumber Machinery

    January 25, 2020 /

    Each Saturday morning I review 10 vintage logging and forestry photos. This week’s review of vintage logging is about lumber machinery.

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    1939 Canadian International Paper log-drivers trying to break a jam with their peaveys.

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    November 14, 2020
    Charles W. Blakesley with team hauling logs.

    Vintage Logging – Slip tongue carts

    April 11, 2020

    Vintage logging – axe men

    June 27, 2020
  • WTC, Women's Timber Corp., creative commons, lumber jill, machinery, stacked lumber, women
    Vintage Logging

    Vintage Logging – Lumber Jills

    January 18, 2020 /

    Each Saturday morning I review 10 vintage logging and forestry photos. This week’s review of vintage logging is about lumber jills.

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    Egyptian carpenter making lumber.

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    August 22, 2020
    1909 Woman Standing on Diamond Rail Car with Large Log.

    Vintage logging – Women

    June 6, 2020
    1900 Lumber wagon pulled by horses.

    Vintage Logging – Stacks of lumber

    April 18, 2020
  • Firewood,  Milling Lumber,  Sawmill

    Spring saw milling

    April 3, 2019 /

    We had a fairly mild winter so far as snow depth is concerned. Nowhere near the brutal amount that northern New Brunswick got. The lack of snow though has meant that with the cold air, the frost has gone deep into the ground. Which is ok if you are walking and driving machines over the ground but eventually the frost has to leave and it ill make for a soppy, wet mess to deal with. This year’s to do list will involve a lot of water course management.

    sunrise, Monday, March
    Monday morning blues.

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    Firewood truck delivery service, big time!

    Firewood from around the world.

    January 29, 2020
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    January 8, 2022
    Wooden bikes made from scrap firewood, used for delivery of goods.

    Firewood from around the world.

    January 3, 2020
  • Milling Lumber

    2×4 lumber made from balsam fir

    May 13, 2016 /

    woodworking,milling lumber
    Planed and ready to go.

    Having previously slabbed the trees to make the rough stock lumber, today I squared the boards on the jointer and tablesaw, making the final passes through the planer.

     

    I need eleven pieces of 2×4 for an upcoming project.

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    November 7, 2020
    DL Timber Tech 180º swing blade mill.

    Initial test cut of a D&L Timber Tech 180º Swing Blade Saw Mill

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