T&S
Hardwoods
Sylva,
NC
Friday
morning started with a visit to T & S Hardwoods in Sylva, North
Carolina.
Logs
are kept watered down until they're brought into the mill.
Every
log received at T & S is individually scaled in the yard.
Teachers mill around in the ...mill yard.
Cut-off
saws bucking the logs to length, Doug Rowe stands next to the saws used in the head-rig.
Computers
are used to monitor mill operations. Lasers
are used to optimize each board, which is then sorted into different sizes
and grades.
In the
sorting yard, graders check all the lumber before its stacked and prepared
for the customer.
