This category includes posts about the sawmill process and the lumber produced.
How We Sticker and Stack Rough Cut Lumber – Sawmill Original post: February 14, 2021 Last Updated: December 31, 2025 Today we want to talk about stickering rough cut lumber. So, what are stickers? In sawmilling they are narrow strips of wood used between lumber when stacking. So why do we use them? Stickers are used […]
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Log Arch Prototype – Sawmill Original post: July 26, 2021 Last Updated: December 31, 2025 This is the first trial of the log arch. Chuck and his brother, Mike, came up with this log arch design and manufactured the prototype. It is still being tested, but so far, so good. We believe the log arch will
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Cherry Log Fail – Sawmill Original post: January 7, 2022 Last Updated: December 26, 2025 Cherry Log Fail Did you ever feel like a job was never going to be completed? This log fought me all the way today. I loaded the log with the Bobcat S250 skid steer. This is a great piece of
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How We Handle Small Sawlog Loads – Sawmill Work Original post: January 21, 2021 Last Updated: December 10, 2025 We are a small sawmill located in the Appalachia Mountains of south-central Pennsylvania near Lake Raystown. Typically, we hire logging trucks to pick up our logs, but what do we do about the small sawlog loads?
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Growth Of The Sawmill Division We Appreciate Everyone Supporting Us. Originally published: August 11, 2020 Last Updated: January 1, 2026 Hey! You’re here! So glad you came and welcome to our blog. We are here to talk everything and anything about wood, wood products, trees, forestry, logging, sawmills, wood species, wood related tools, woodworking, and anything else
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