[SEL] Shingle Mill

[Glenn A Karch]

Luke,

Our club has a shingle mill.  We use mainly cedar, but we also use catalpa
and have cut a few cypress.  Our shingle miller, who is our local barber,
has a sign up in his shop for years asking for cedar and some shows up once
in a while.  We were lucky that a strong wind came through an area east of
us.  Of all places, it hit hard at Cedar Farms.  Having good connections
with the owner we got the remains of several large cedar trees that were
blown down.

We use 18" long pieces to cut.  You can start with any odd shape and square
three sides with the mill and then start making shingles.  Half is shingles
and half is sawdust.  We made a bundling device and a saw to trim rough
edges.  We use some of the shigles in our club buildings and sell some here
and there.

Glenn

Glenn Karch
Haubstadt, IN, USA
Hercules Historian
----- Original Message -----
From: "George & Norma Armstrong" <gnarmstrong at netnitco.net>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Shingle Mill


> Hi Luke,
>   We use cedar in our club shingle mill and it is usually sawn for us into
> the correct size blocks by another clubs sawmill.   Best wishes for the
new
> year.    George
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luke Tonneberger <flywheelin at hotmail.com>
> To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> Date: Friday, December 31, 2004 7:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [SEL] Shingle Mill
>
>
> >Hi George,
> >
> >Nope, it's not too early. I've had a few guys already asking if I could
cut
> >them some. The main problem for me will be finding wood to use for the
> >shingles.  Would want to make sure it is nail and metal free.  I know
that
> >cedar is popular, but finding it could be a problem. Not sure what other
> >types of wood can be used for shingles.
> >
> >Luke Tonneberger
> >Rockford, Michigan
> >USA
> >=======================
> >>From: "George & Norma Armstrong" <gnarmstrong at netnitco.net>
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<sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> >>To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> >>Subject: Re: [SEL] Shingle Mill
> >>Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 10:00:15 -0600
> >>
> >>Luke,
> >>   Is it to early to place an order for shingles??       George
> >
> >
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