On 3/3/2018 11:23 AM, Leon wrote:
On 3/3/2018 8:57 AM, Brewster wrote:
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I'm still amazed at how a tree can be peeled so perfectly like that.
It just don't seem right 8^)

-BR

Yeah, a very sharp knife on a lathe like machine.Â* Little waste!

VERRRRY, VERRRRRRRRRRY sharp, indeed!

I had opportunity many years ago to incorporate a control system on a
veneer mill up in BC. This was plywood mill using Doug fir "twigs" for
stock; the "small" (16" and under) leavings the sawmill folk left
behind as beneath their dignity/trouble to mess with.

These were 10-ft blanks; standing next to it was a truly remarkable
feeling; it just had an evil-sounding hiss to the knife slicing through
the material...similar attraction as standing up river at Niagara Falls
with the power of the river or the first in line at the railroad crossing.

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