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Does anyone know anything about Doledene saws?- did they make anything other than resaws, did they make very many, is there anyone still around who was involved or any paperwork.

 

I believe they were made fairly locally to me, between Dorking and Guildford possibly?

 

Openspaceman will doubtless know? :001_cool:

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Does anyone know anything about Doledene saws?- did they make anything other than resaws, did they make very many, is there anyone still around who was involved or any paperwork.

 

I believe they were made fairly locally to me, between Dorking and Guildford possibly?

 

Openspaceman will doubtless know? :001_cool:

 

They were made on the site of the old Ranmore Arms around 1974 at the time there was a sawmill on the FC ground at Ranmore, now a scout camp and I think there was some association between them.

 

Eric Buss had one at the Honeysuckle Bottom sawmill.

 

I cannot remember much about them other than they were blue.

 

I think it may have been one of Alan Welton's ventures, also the name Alan Poulter rings a bell in my head, I think he designed them.

 

Richard Slatem founder of fuelwood may remember them.

 

I think they may have done a double slabber bandsaw too.

 

Seeing the Stenner 42 VXH?? on the other thread brought back memories, I hankered after one for producing chocks for the Kent mines when I couldn't get rid of hardwood tops, am3 pallet of chocks and coverboards was worth 55 quid and roundwood was 50p/Hft.

 

 

In the 80s I was selling to 15 mills in Surrey, how many left now?

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Thanks Andrew. The oracle has spoken :D There are people tucked away milling to a surprising extent, but I doubt the volume annually would scratch the old county production. I suppose that we've 'exported' all the fencing and pallet production to mills nearer to big softwood areas, as well as losing all the turnery, mining timber, dunnage for good.

 

Have you seen the various setups for mining timber that were engineered together here?

 

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