Te Karere . feetlong, has twin saws of six feet diameter each, which saws the logsinto flitches, or widths, from 4 inchesto 12 inches. From this stage theflitches are moved onto the breastbench where two operators cut theminto boards. One further step, the cut-ting off of rough edges and flaws, isperformed by a man called the goose-man and the finished boards are ar-ranged into 3,500 to 4,000 foot recorded by the yardman. All of the power for the saws isfurnished by a six-cylinder,two stroke, 130 horsepower dieselmotor. This motor also provides theenergy needed to pump up to 20
Te Karere . feetlong, has twin saws of six feet diameter each, which saws the logsinto flitches, or widths, from 4 inchesto 12 inches. From this stage theflitches are moved onto the breastbench where two operators cut theminto boards. One further step, the cut-ting off of rough edges and flaws, isperformed by a man called the goose-man and the finished boards are ar-ranged into 3,500 to 4,000 foot recorded by the yardman. All of the power for the saws isfurnished by a six-cylinder,two stroke, 130 horsepower dieselmotor. This motor also provides theenergy needed to pump up to 2000gallons of water per hour to be usedin cooling the saws, disposing of thesawdust from the mill, and serving thedomestic needs of the houses. At present the varieties of wood be-ing milled include towai, teraire, tawa,miro, rimu, totara, kahikatio, puketea,and pinus as well as the finer hard-woods of rata and puriri. BrotherJoyce at the present, is negotiating tosecure some rights to a block of Felling the trees in the bush. 164 TE KARERE
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