Lumber does not come from the an 18-wheeler trailer. Rather, hardwood lumber is sawn from trees with leaves, not needles, and the trees are usually 75 years old or older. Most of these hardwood trees ...

In this video, we explore the question of how long you can wait before sawing logs into lumber. We examine logs that have been aged for a few years to see the results of letting a log sit. Are there ...

‘To say nothing and saw wood,’ seems to me one of the most sagacious phrases passed down by our hard working forebears. Like most sayings which have emanated from manual labor, this is blunt, homely, ...

Joe Wilp climbs a narrow ladder, seats himself in a little crow’s-nest chair, and pulls levers. A greedy metal claw plucks a rough-barked log at least 3 feet in diameter from the truck bed, swings it ...

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In this video, we explore the question of how long you can wait before sawing logs into lumber and whether there's a point of no return for aging logs. We investigate the potential advantages of ...