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How a sawmill works: from log yard to dispatch
Sawmill basics · Beginner
Follow a log through a sawmill: measuring and grading, yard storage, headrigs and saw types, edging and sorting, yield, and the basic economics of margin and break-even, using regional European and North American examples.
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- 1. A sawmill is a chain: one log, three streams 8 min
- 2. Buying logs: measuring volume and grading quality 10 min
- 3. The log yard: what storage does to wood 9 min
- 4. Breaking the log down: headrigs and saw types 11 min
- 5. After the headrig: edging, trimming, sorting and uptime 10 min
- 6. Understanding yield and recovery 11 min
- 7. Mill economics: margin, break-even and what to improve 13 min
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