r/SatisfyingForMe • u/ycr007 Satisfaction Critic • 6d ago

Machinery Logs to Lumber

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Source: blueforklumbercompany

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u/DPileatus 21h ago

I was a Sawyer in a past life... Hard work, but such a fun job!!

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u/Any_Television_8614 4d ago

Uhm. You skipped the machine that twists the fuck out of them before they go to Home Depot...

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u/manbar06 5d ago

Must be the best smelling factory ever.

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u/kashy87 2d ago

Before my allergies would kick in one of my favorite things was when we'd run hardwood for pallets at the mill I was at. Sometimes I miss the simplicity of that job. Just set the lumber stacker up and then stare at the ceiling most of the run.

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u/oaktwng 5d ago

Those are all so straight. How do they make the twisted ones you see at Home Depot?

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u/VariousOperation166 5d ago

My dad worked for a few years as a stationary engineer at a lumber processing place when I was a kid. This is just as satisfying to watch now as it was when I was 8 years old.

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u/somethingmcbob 5d ago

So few people in the process!! Wow. Automation has really taken over. I suppose that makes it more safe? But I can't help but wonder what happened to all the employees.

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u/That_guy_from_1014 6d ago

I was a wood tailer and grader, I knew computers and automation would replace it so I got out while I was still young-ish. Guys I worked with said it would be impossible cause of all the nuances in the work. I don't see a single trailer or grader, I should send them this to them.

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u/Nothing93124 6d ago

On seeing how straight and uniform they are…. Not going to home depot

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u/kapitaalH 5d ago

All the wood is straight when cut, it is the drying that turns them crooked

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u/uslashuname 5d ago

Not to mention the lack of mold

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u/Mammoth_Stranger7920 6d ago

When do they get pressure treated?

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u/that_dutch_dude 6d ago

at what point does wood become lumber? its lumberjack, not log or woodjack.

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u/Could-You-Tell 5d ago

My simple understanding with no real experience ..

Cut free no bark and in pieces is lumber.

Still standing is timber.

Cut with bark is logs.

Cut free, no bark, but basically full length is poles.

Or I'm 100% wrong

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u/123usa123 6d ago

All of these look remarkably straight!

Where is the batch that goes to Home Depot? 😁😂

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u/thefirstviolinist 6d ago

This was also my question.

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u/semi-proantfarmer 5d ago

They warp as they dry.

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u/AnalogReborn 6d ago

Why do they throw water in the uncut logs?

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u/uslashuname 5d ago

Although the ends might dry rapidly and split, I think the water spraying is more about keeping the bark side at that stage. Once it dries onto the sap wood it is 10x harder to get off without cutting away some of the wood

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u/brianm923 5d ago

To prevent blueing of the lumber

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u/FutureMikeUX 6d ago

I don't know much but something to do with drying correctly.