Sawmill Reference from our Old Uncle

[IWannaRetire]

Not sure if this is the correct sub forum, so moderators please move it if not.

I was thoroughly enjoying reading Larry C's Sawmill Design thread here tonight and saw labdad's link to a government publication on sawmills. Thank you both for the posts.

I own a Wood-Mizer, which is a modern portable bandsaw mill, and in that pursuit I have made extensive use of government publications both old and current.  Loads of applicable publications for drying, cutting sequence for highest yields, log and lumber weight charts, etc, etc.

I have also accessed older government manuals for my vintage Singer industrial sewing machine (courtesy US Navy) and panel beating courses (auto body sheet metal repair) for my car restoration activities.

From my experience, I  suggest that if you find a useful publication courtesy our Old Uncle, download it, as I have encountered changing links on some old publications.

The purpose of this post is to present another, longer, old publication (1952) about sawmill operations:

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-A-PURL-gpo17291/pdf/GOVPUB-A-PURL-gpo17291.pdf


I think sawmill modelers might find a lot of interesting diagrams and photos in this publication.  Here's the contents page in case you are interested.  Sorry about the poor quality screen capture.

One of my "someday" modeling projects is a sawmill, and the "Sample plans of mill layouts" starting on page 73 (pdf page 77) details suggested machine layout for different sized operations as well as suggested shelter building designs.  Many drawings contain dimensions.

At any rate, for me, the publication is a fascinating read.



There are multiple hosting sites for older government publications, further searching on your own will prove to both fruitful and aggravating, due to AI's Always Irritating Annoying Interference.
 

[Philip]

Thanks for sharing this link! Great information and visuals!

[Larry C]

Mark glad you found my sawmill thread enjoyable. Thanks for the link and I downloaded the publication so I'll be reading through that as time permits.