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Sebastopol, CA (2022)

Sturgeon's Saw Mill
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  • steam boiler. The whistle definitely brings one to attention.
  • lots and lots of sawdust.
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  • blades, 48" in diameter, are continuously sprayed with water to keep them from overheating. spinning at up to 2000 Rpm, they are not finger-friendly. nor hand- or limb-friendly.
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  • the so-called grabber serves two functions, two help push the log along  and to keep it from jamming against the blade.
  • job of "stoker" is to assist the log as the saw blade bites.
  • "90 more cups than 39 oz." what, no espresso?
  • logger joke. ha ha.
  • is this upside down? no. its function is to smother the fire.
  • "one piece or a carload."
  • its mate.
  • this boot was made for ... Logging?
  • miniature truck from the 1940s. it measures about a foot long.
  • logging tongs, although they look a lot like ice-block tongs. double duty, perhaps?
  • serious bolt cutter.
  • this is the planer, which smoothes both sides of the lumber. standard length is 18 feet.
  • after feeding the lumber into the planer, the worker goes to the other end and helps guide it through. he then hand-stacks it for for a motorized forklift to add to huge stacks.
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