. Canadian forest industries 1903. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. April, 1903 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN THE DOUBLE CIRCULAR SAW MILL. i'Liscomb Mills, February 28, 1903. Editor Canada Lumberman : Dear Sir:-In your February issue I note in your column on " Views and Interviews " an article discus- sing: the double circular saw mills and raising- a few points that I am glad have been brought up in print and I trust that you can spare space in your valuable publi- cation for a reply from me and an explanation as to why the Killam
. Canadian forest industries 1903. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. April, 1903 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN THE DOUBLE CIRCULAR SAW MILL. i'Liscomb Mills, February 28, 1903. Editor Canada Lumberman : Dear Sir:-In your February issue I note in your column on " Views and Interviews " an article discus- sing: the double circular saw mills and raising- a few points that I am glad have been brought up in print and I trust that you can spare space in your valuable publi- cation for a reply from me and an explanation as to why the Killam double circular mill does not possess the weak points discussed in the article under mention. Let me quote from your article : " I think Mr. Killiam's circular mill would be likely to increase the quantity of waste and produce more thick and thin lumber than in the ordinary single cutting saws. I know that some trouble in this direction has been experienced by the double cutting band, and while it may be possible to turn out the lumber equally as good as by the single saw, this I believe can oniy be done by giving extra care and attention to the saws and having men to oper- ate them who are expert sawyers of the first ; I think the above quotation covers all the important points raised in the article, and in answering I shall start as the Yankee does and ask a question myself. Why will the doublecircular mills make more thick and thin lumber and more waste than the single cir- cular mills? There are no reasons why they would, and many reasons why they will not do the things spoken of, and actual tests in the manufacture of lumber using the double circular have shown that they do not possess the faults we are discussing. I am .veil aware that double cutting band saws do make a lot of trouble and any saw cutting both ways of the grain of the log (one cut from butt to top and the next cut from top to butt) will make thick and thin lum- ber for this reason : sawing
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