What is the definition of a boardfoot?
Steve Cannon carves a new niche market.
And the old becomes new again.
Need a little pick me up? Have a laugh on us.
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March, 2006
Hi
The mornings are starting to get a little bit chilly and we are
enjoying the last of the warm sunny days of summer here in New Zealand. Hopefully the weather where you are, is allowing you time outside though, and even better, getting into some milling.
We've been working hard planning tours that will reach into most corners of the world, and we look
forward to announcing those in the coming months. Peterson's are growing! One month at a time though, and in this month's Cutting Comments we take a
look at the correct definition of a board foot, profile US owner Steve Cannon, and see the re-birth of an old smokehouse built way back in 1901.
As always, feel free to send through your
questions, suggestions and comments to us. We love hearing from you.
Happy milling,
from the team at Peterson's.
ARTICLE: WHAT IS A BOARDFOOT?
Extract from Sawmill & Woodlots February issue
What is the definition of a board foot of hardwood lumber? The answer is NOT 1 inch by 12 inches by 12 inches in practice, as lumber
has too many width and thickness variations. In practice, we take the width (W) of a piece of lumber in inches and fractions, and multiply this value
times the length (L) in feet with all inches dropped (not rounded) . . . . Read on.
MILLER PROFILE: Steve Q. Cannon
Steve purchased a 10" Winch Production Frame in 2002 to build a timber frame house on his 138-acre tree farm in California, USA.
Steve soon found himself too busy in his forestry consulting business to work on the house. But he did however find time to do some custom sawing
with a friend that had logs too big for his bandmill to handle. So Steve has now carved out a little niche market for himself in his area, taking in
the logs that the bandmills reject.
Read more of Steve's profile online, and those of other millers.
PHOTO OF THE MONTH
"And the old becomes new again"
In 1901 a young 20-year old man built a smokehouse on his property in West Virginia, USA, to live in while he rebuilt the farmhouse
that had recently burnt down. 104 years later Jeff Sincell decided that that smokehouse needed a renovation, and so he and his mates worked the
Peterson over three days to mill the lumber they would need, and make sure this smokehouse would see it through another century.
Read the full story and see the before and after photos online.
JOKE OF THE MONTH
Golfing with an older man
A young man who was also an avid golfer found himself with a few hours to spare one afternoon. He figured if he hurried and played
very fast, he could get in nine holes before he had to head home. Just as he was about to tee off an old gentleman shuffled onto the tee and asked if
he could accompany the young man as he was golfing alone. Not being able to say no, he allowed the old gent to join him.
To his surprise the old man played fairly quickly. He didn't hit the ball far, but plodded along consistently and didn't waste much
time. Finally, they reached the 9th fairway and the young man found himself with a tough shot. There was a large pine tree right in front of his ball
- and directly between his ball and the green.
After several minutes of debating how to hit the shot the old man finally said, "You know, when I was your age I'd hit the ball right
over that tree."
With that challenge placed before him, the youngster swung hard and hit the ball up, right smack into the top of the tree trunk. It
thudded back to the ground not a foot from where it had originally lay.
The old man offered one more comment, "Of course, when I was your age that pine tree was only three feet tall."
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