What is Sawmill?
[[File:Sawmill 19th century.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Late 19th century sawmill, Cascade Mountains, USA]] [[File:Traditional sawmill - Jerome, Arizona.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Early 20th century sawmill, maintained at [[Jerome, Arizona]].]] A '''sawmill''' is a place where [[lumber]] is cut into [[wikt:board|board]]s. ==Sawmill process==<!-- [[Cant]] links to this section --> Sawmills today work like sawmills from hundreds of years ago. A log enters at one end, and pieces of wood of a specific shape and size come out of the other end. * Trees are chosen to be harvested. * The tree is chopped so that it falls over; this is known as ''felling''. * The tree is cut at both ends so that it is exactly as long as it needs to be; this is called ''[[log bucking|bucking]]''. * Branches are cut off the trunk. This is known as ''limbing''. * Logs are taken by [[logging truck]], by train, or by a [[log driving|log drive]] to the sawmill. * Logs are measured by a [[Log scaler]], either on the way to the mill or when they arrive at the mill. * ''Debarking'' removes [[bark]] from the logs. * Logs are sorted by species, size, and end use (lumber, [[plywood]], chips). This is called ''decking''. * A [[Sawyer (occupation)|sawyer]] uses a [[head saw]], head rig, or primary saw to break the log into cants (smaller logs to be worked on some more) and flitches (unfinished planks). * Depending upon the species and quality of the log, the cants will either be further broken down by a [[resaw]] or a gang edger into multiple flitches and/or boards * [[Lumber edger|''Edging'']] will take the flitch and trim off all irregular edges leaving four-sided [[lumber]]. * ''Trimming'' squares the ends at typical lumber lengths. * [[Wood drying|''Drying'']] removes naturally occurring moisture from the lumber. This can be done with [[Kiln#Wood-drying kiln|kiln]]s or air-dried. * ''Planing'' smooths the surface of the lumber leaving a uniform width and thickness. * ''Shipping'' transports the finished lumber to market.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lumber