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Lumber Mill Tour
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" We're on the Merrimack River banks real close to the New Hampshire border at Ralph AST -- lumber corporation where they've been. Turning these big logs and timbers since about 1970. We gonna get together with -- Monica was the operations manager -- They can hide Bob -- Finnessey. If that now what's the species of lumber we're dealing with here that -- white -- and most of it is from this New England area address. -- you don't get it from town lots where you get it. -- And arms and have excellent so each and every Lagos to be checked with a metal scanner before that you put it through the process after he's planning some rap over there. You know what's the first step in in -- this lumber. First step is -- we -- the locker room thing happened back. So it goes -- He sparky operate for a all right took him once they've had all the spark peeled off of them. Did you just go through -- bunch of blades to cut up into the."
" It into beams novel update -- rolled onto the carriage. McCarrick that's sort of make decisions on these are operating basis as it went and cut so he's basically using a computer what what's his objective. The objective is to maximize the biggest piece of pieces that to. All right so that out of -- he's going to figure out how best to cut one timber. MIT's six by six -- 1910 by right. Basically it's are not and the first -- whole flap. Has rounded edges catcher. What's nationally. Pieces that are cut off. I think it headed towards it and yes that's right."
" The next piece in this public jacket these same thing happened. What that much different from the first one. And then that's where you get the next moment. We're what term -- what."
" Welcome back. I've locked -- Kennedy. And then you put them through -- No we don't we bring them outside and -- stacked and -- in the difficult change. And from there there. What little pieces of what's called stickers right in between them an idea that is so if circulates around -- of the the -- were actually spacers and allow air circulated while keeping them. They have product straight now the product is boards how long do you keep keep it on the lot generally about a year. Here and -- it's -- six by six earnings by being. Now depends on -- use of some folks want to right away from people like. -- the color to -- it wanted to make an appearance and some people like to point to resources. This is in the rough state. What we'll -- still -- the edges of rounds of fences walls. What's nice and smooth but one of the one of the drawbacks for some folks who. If you don't put it there were killed process is that you will get a lot of checking. That's correct. We'll get some checking. Then again how big it is that -- the larger this was elected to --"
" Okay but before we leave let's say hello at a whole right -- who is the the son of the founder Michael -- Richard good to see your that you got and you've been running the operation you assume that each right. A furious yes I would say -- back in nineteen part. What 39 parties. The air congratulated I've been here have a sense congratulations snap line question what's the annual output of them illness not braves are -- all four and a half million it had everything going right. That's pretty impressive. OK well thank you very much OK good luck to you at stake here now okay."