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Milling Lumber and Pest Observation

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1st day Working at the sawmill

What happens here

The narrator points out an insect larva (likely a borax beetle larva) found in the log, indicating potential pest damage. Matt mentions that kiln-drying helps eliminate such pests. They proceed to mill a few pieces of lumber, then load them onto the trailer.

Goal: Produce initial lumber and address pest concerns

Tools and materials

  • Bobcat Skid Steer Bobcat — Loading lumber onto the trailer
  • Logs — Raw material for milling
  • Trailer Load Trail — Transporting milled lumber
  • Wood-Mizer LT40 Sawmill Wood-Mizer — Milling logs into lumber

What they say

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yep and then do the same on these i i guess i think so i mean that's that's so look it if we cut both sides we're going to be losing a lot of the width of that log aren't we well this one's kind of a curvy one so yeah um she is on some of these it almost makes sense to uh pick and choose how we're gonna do it because we look down at if we cut if we start a straight line on one end it's gonna be it would be cutting this log right in half right so how how are we gonna make a straight that's not gonna they're not gonna be perfectly straight bonus yeah that's why we that's why we kill em dry our wood here that is why that is that's why you have two kilns now and the bonus bugs that we'll find on this oh man [Music] so okay this is much slicker than i thought matt yeah i do good work i just gotta position this the other way around we might have to juggle the logs around to get this out of the way of the saw head but but i think a zip right there yeah i didn't take off much huh that's perfect just need a little bit mm-hmm edge yep just so they are all lined up okay so we got the top edge cut oh god that's not even fair it rotates it for him oh

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