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Forrestry in Sweden 1915


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I wondered exactly that!! Still it was hard work back then. Here's to us and our chainsaws:thumbup:

 

I´m not enterily sure but I think it has to do with the floating...

Traditionally houses were built with logs lying flat on top of eachother, joined in the ends. The timber was debarked and used in full lengts or planked and used for flooring. When the log was used for floor they used the whole width of the log and just made the sides flat so that every plank was tapered, they turned every second one "upside down" so every broad send met a narrow end and thus made the planks "straight" They didnt waste any material cutting the logs into straight "sleepers" before milling.

 

I think the "scoring" made debarking easier or had to do with the actual transport in water, but I havent found the answer yet.

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