The timber industry has been around for millennia, and so it is no surprise is that there are a great many antique and ancient timbering tools that have been forgotten and swept into the dust bin of...

As any experienced fire builder knows, a good fire depends on good tinder and good kindling. Thus, the ability to split kindling from the proper species and to the proper size is crucial to building...

Whether you are a sawmill owner managing your land for sawlogs or you are interested in selling your timber and wondering how valuable a tree may be, it may be useful to know how to measure the board...

Congratulations! You have purchased a sawmill and joined the elite guild of small-scale portable sawmill owners. But there is just one problem: You don’t have any logs. No worries—In this...

Maple is one of the most iconic trees in the North American forests. In certain situations, it is also one of the most valuable. That's because maple is a tree that produces a gorgeous wood with a...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHptCAgcl-4&t=88s Sometimes, whether wishing to cut down a tree or take measurements for forestry work, it is necessary to measure the height of a tree. There...