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Portable Sawmill Workshops

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Time: October 1, 2012 at 8:30am to October 19, 2012 at 4:30am
Location: NY and New England
Website or Map: http://www.nefainfo.org/Porta…
Event Type: workshop, (multiple, one-day, sessions)
Organized By: Charles Levesque Phone: 603-588-3272 levesque@inrsllc.com
Latest Activity: Sep 5, 2012

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Sawmill workshop flyer

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Dan Cassens, Purdue University Professor and author of the recently released book
“Manufacturing and Marketing Eastern Hardwood Lumber Produced by Thin Kerf
Band Mills” teaches a series of workshops for the portable sawmill owner or wanna-be
owner. Join us at one of these workshops to learn how to be a better sawyer and marketer of
lumber sawed from a small mill. Live sawing will occur on site. A copy of Dan’s book is
included in the registration fee.
To register for a workshop
(by Sept. 28) , go to
www.nefainfo.org
Registration $20
Or call or e-mail:
To register go to www.nefainfo.org—registration fee $20—Registration deadline September 28, 2012
Workshop Locations:
New York
October 1 Northern Dutchess Rod
& Gun Club, Rhinebeck, NY
Oct. 2 Green Renewable, Inc.,
Berlin, NY
Vermont
Oct. 3 Hardwick, VT Voca. Ctr
Oct. 4 Bennington, VT, Voca. Ctr,
Mount Anthony
New Hampshire
Oct. 5 Winchester, NH, Goodnow
Trucking
Oct. 6 Durham, NH, Thompson
School sawmill
Massachusetts
Oct. 15 Turner Falls, MA, Franklin
County Regional Tech. School
Oct. 16 Sandisfield, MA, Nash
Winn Milling
Connecticut
Oct. 17 Storrs, CT, UConn campus
Oct. 18 Litchfield, CT, White Memorial
Conservation Center
Rhode Island
Oct. 19 Glocester, RI, George
Washington Management Area

Workshop Agenda (8:30 AM to 4:30 PM):
-Introduction: Why Thin Kerf Band Mills
-Wood Quality and Characteristics
-Log Scaling (in the tree and on the ground)
-Sawing Patterns and Grade Sawing
-Hardwood/Softwood Lumber Grading and
Pricing – and how to sell for the retail market
-Sawing Demo – Bring a brown bag lunch
-Wood Moisture and Drying
-Stain and Insects
-Trends in Marketing Wood Products
-Final Questions and Answers & Wrap-up

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