NOT Shopbot...Just Wood

[scottp55]

I remember being 12 yrs old and Gramp DEMANDED that Dad take us to see the last river drive in '72 :)
Mainly remember Gramp said kids could make 25 WHOLE cents a DAY "spudding" the bark off the logs:)
I didn't see what the big deal was then, but it was the end of an age, and very glad he did.
Didn't know anybody in Maine was reclaiming this now until NPR had an interview. "Blue Oak" sound interesting:)
Couple of decent pics for those interested in logging history.
Just thought I'd post.
scott
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGTC17lKoTs


http://www.npr.org/2015/05/16/407179446/water-logged-firm-reclaims-timber-lost-to-maines-frigid-rivers

[Ajcoholic]

When my father came to Canada from Yugoslavia in the early 60's, he first worked as a woodcutter (with another immigrant using a two man buck saw) and later as a river driver.

Crazy!

[mikeacg]

They started reclaiming wood from the Cape Fear River a number of years ago when I was still living in Wilmington, NC. I was asked to cut some of it on my bandsaw mill. I turned the work down when I learned what it would do to my blades... (pretty abrasive stuff!) Beautiful color though! I believe you can get it through Anchor Hardwoods in Wilmington.

Mike