Hi Chris,
Thanks kindly for your perspective. But I think I've not expressed
the concern clearly.
Most of the oil is in the sawdust, and on the ground, the nearbyd
soil and foliage. As the USFS says Each year, thousands of gallons
of oil go into the forest and never come back out. Dino bones are
Hey Fritz:
Thanks kindly for your input.
Couple of points,
On the economic side of the question, I can argue that. I can
put my mill on the site with my Subaru station wagon. (with no trailer)
Usually I can walk the mill to the saw logs by myself, and then carry
out the lumber by hand to move
Chip wrote:
Hi Chris,
Hi. :)
Most of the oil is in the sawdust, and on the ground, the nearbyd
soil and foliage. As the USFS says Each year, thousands of gallons
of oil go into the forest and never come back out. Dino bones are
clearly a *bad thing* in this context.
Interesting. In my
In short,
I have a small chainsaw powered sawmill.
Now, I'll not try to defend the chainsaw as environmentally sensitive,
nor sustainable. I'll leave that be for now.
But the bit that I'm stuck on right now, is that running this sawmill
generates a lot of sawdust. Some folks will argue that
Chip Mefford wrote:
In short,
I have a small chainsaw powered sawmill.
Now, I'll not try to defend the chainsaw as environmentally sensitive,
nor sustainable. I'll leave that be for now.
But the bit that I'm stuck on right now, is that running this sawmill
generates a lot of sawdust. Some
chip, i can't offer an expert opinion, but i'm happy to offer my
perspective. even with the heat and pressure that will occur when
making a cut, i really have serious doubts that such conditions are
extreme or prolonged enough to alter the oil either (a) much (if at
all) beyond what has already
