How Brightman Lumber got its start The sawmill is one half of the two-armed business that is Brigtman Lumber, 181 South Main St. The other arm is the land-clearing business, run by Ed Brigtman Sr.

I chose to build a swing-blade sawmill. The saw is inserted into a wooden frame. The log carriage contains a head block and knee block to keep the log in alignment as the saw blade passes by.

With its unique saw carriage guidance system, the Mayer PS9 is suited for single sheet or book cutting of particleboard, MDF, solid wood, laminated or veneered panels, Corian and other materials ...

The carriage was a long, narrow platform carrying a straight log about 14 inches in diameter. It ran lengthwise in the building, and the saw blade was near the middle of the structure.

In Pittsburgh, lumber was being bought at 30% over the legal price. Boston builders have to pay from $200 to $500 per 1,000 feet for oak flooring; ceiling price is $150. But the peckerwoods have ...

This article was originally published with the title “An Improved Sawmill Carriage” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 71 No. 26 (December 1894), p. 404 doi:10.1038 ...

0 0 This article was originally published with the title “A Scraper for Sawmill Carriages” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 67 No. 2 (July 1892), p. 18 doi:10.1038 ...