> 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>