Oregon Mill WALKTHROUGH

How lumber is made from start to finish at the DR Johnson Mill in Oregon.

[anacoman]

Quite a change from the sawmills I worked at during summers in the late 1950's to finance my college education! In this video, I kept looking for guys working on the green chain, the usual starting job back then, but--at least at the mill in this video--it's all automated. My first job was at a redwood mill, newly built and state-of-the-art at the time, near the Mendocino coast in northern California. No debarking machines in that era, just a couple of guys attacking each log with long, heavy steel bars (I can't remember, but the bars must have been either pointed or shaped and sharpened into blades at one end) before the log entered the mill. Inside the mill, there was a guy strapped to his seat on the carriage who took signs from the sawyer as to when and how much to rotate each log to get whatever they wanted out of it. Every subsequent operation, from edging to trimming to grading, required a qualified individual to make snap judgments (no laser lines back then!) on every single piece of lumber as it passed by them. Finally we grunts on the green chain had wrestle those wet, heavy boards (a fresh 2x12, 20' long, was a challenge!) off the conveyer (ie., the green chain). Fortunately, each link in the conveyer chain nearest each worker had a built-in roller which greatly facilitated our handling the lumber. We stacked the lumber, with stickers every 8 or 10 layers, onto heavy wooden blocks that were placed on the ground about 3 feet below the platform that we workers stood on. The blocks were designed for a tall, straddle-carrier to pick up and take away the pile once it reached a certain height. We sorted the lumber into different piles depending on grade and dimension, and each green chain worker was responsible for several piles.

[dennisjohnson]

Very nice operation. Worked at Timber Products in Medford while in college and later at Fruit Growers in Hilt Ca. DJ

[chrisclements]

Cool vid. Nice logs, great looking beams.

[SawmillJourneys]

Amazing! I love seeing the transformation from logs to lumber. The technique used to cut the logs is top-tier. I learned something new today about sawmilling. Excited for more sawmill-related content. Please keep sharing these awesome videos!

[meyou]

After watching videos like this, and these boards still have finish milling to be completed, it amazes me that a 2 x 4 x 8 can sell for only 2 or 3 dollars. And this doesn't even show the man hours, fuel costs, etc. required to drop the trees and get this far. Incredible

[jairborin]

e muito interessante a forma que vocês trabalham ai nos EUA...aqui no Brasil, usamos muita mão de obra..parabéns

[ArthurDentZaphodBeeb]

Some really nice timber/lumber at that mill. High dollar material.

[TheGamesman]

Nice block stacks on the stacker, way different than the one that I operate, much shorter layer forks on your one

[dylancoffman]

How do you pull off that 90 degree transfer deck?

[railroad]

That grapple hardly even grunted with the load of logs!

[doitynoid]

I build trusses for a living. Its dope to see how our lumber gets to us. Wo t lie tho, my bosses would reject them 2x4s lol. All good though. Its just wood

[mikepost]

The Sawyer??? Green what chain?? Red woods are illegal.

[marcelbori]

Hello, nice to watch, great work! Good luck from CZECH, wishes z : DEnda

[marichavez]

What do they do with the small pieces of wood?

[harryherman]

Very well organized. They can do with some LED lightning that will have a positive impact.

[teddysponsler]

How can I buy straight from the factory ?

[alaricrex]

DRJohnson hmmm .... yeah, I used to work for that tight son of a bitch. That Praire City stud mill with the CoGen plant, was one sweet setup. Then, his planer burned down. We tried to drag hose over there from the sawmill, but by that time, the whole end of the building where the planer was at was on fire. I grabbed a forklift and moved units stacked in back of the building away so they wouldn't burn. By the time I was done I had to leave several as they were already on fire so much so I could get near them with the forklift. The fire dept arrived finally and firemen ran for the building carrying fat hoses. They ran in the front of the place where the sorting chain, and packaging area was, intending to head the fire off from the enclosed planer. However at about halfway in, the fine powder that had accumulated in the building ignited exploded, and so they ran back out. It was pretty spectacular from there on out what with the oxyacetaline cans exploding and a horrendous fire which leveled the place.
There was never a single water hose installed at the planer shed
anyways, thanks for the presentation, it was excellent.

[CarlinDontCare]

“Walkthrough” they said but they don’t actually walk you through the process!

[rickshepard]

you would think the guy taking you around would say something other than walking in front of the camera man and not saying a dam thing

[hitendrakumar]

कृपया अपनी जानकारी में संबंधित देश एवं एवं संबंधित स्थान का नाम भी ऐड करें