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    EVOLUTION OF THE SAWMILL

    Dec 29, 2017 4 minutes
    By Sam Moore

    I've never worked in a sawmill, but the technology fascinates me. Most tractor shows have an operating sawmill, and I enjoy watching as the spinning blade reduces a log into usable lumber in no time. The most elaborate mill I’ve seen is the Briden-Roen steam sawmill at the Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion in Rollag, Minnesota. A huge, high-production mill, it's powered by a Case 110 hp skid steam engine and several smaller units, including one used to hoist logs into the mill.

    Sawmills are still very much in use – that’s where all those boards for sale in Lowe’s

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