Now this is a bandsaw mill!

[Jeff Sudmeier]

Checkout the link for the Hull-Oaks Sawmill. 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]

WOW!!! 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]

Kent,

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

Jeff

[Tyler Howell]

Thanks Jeff, Taken this tour before. Amazed at the methods of work.

Checkout the link for the Hull-Oaks Sawmill. 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]

Wow Kent as a sailor and wanna-be WW this site blows me away. Going to be hanging out here for a while.

WOW!!! 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]

Sweet mill and boat restoration! Thanks for making my weekend!

[Ian Barley]

Fantastic sites - thanks!

[Frank Pellow]

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]

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 .

Mark

[James Giordano]

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]

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]

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]

http://www.forestryforum.com/board/i...p?topic=3496.0