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  • From: VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [Homestead] sawmill...
  • Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 13:53:11 -0700 (PDT)

One of the reasons I am interested in a sawmill is, I
have about 100 acres of woods .... most of which are
not large enough to interest timber harvesters and
lots will need to be removed if I'm ever to grow good
timber.
Van Dell



--- Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:

>
>
> > There is another factor. With a personal sawmill
> one can cut large
> > stuff, like four by sixes, six by eights and
> larger, that in a lumber
> > yard would be expensive.
>
>
> Faced with needing some such large timbers in my
> building, I began to
> laminate available wood. If I needed 6x8's, I got
> three 2x8's and bolted them
> together. Since the grain can be vaired somewhat,
> the resulting laminated beam is
> stronger than a solid one.
>
> Glue would make them even stronger and although that
> much aliphatic resin
> glue would be pricey, it'd be a lot cheaper than a
> sawmill. </HTML>
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