log house moulder

{{Short description|Machine to prepare logs for construction use}}

A log house moulder is a machine used to shape logs for building a log home. Shaping creates the correct profile for stacking and joining logs. This process may involve removing the bark, milling into a cylinder, and/or planing into flat surfaces. Log house moulders may be machines capable of processing large volumes of unlimited length logs, or more portable units which leverage a chainsaw as a motor.

Capabilities

Industrial log through-pass moulders centralize several steps of wood preparation, weighting up to 11,000 kilograms and able to process up to 1,000 meters of logs per 8 hours.{{cite |title=Rotary Log Mill |url=http://www.woodlandia.ca/machines/rlm-log-pass-trough-machines |date=December 12, 2024 |access-date=2024-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021164209/http://www.woodlandia.ca/machines/rlm-log-pass-trough-machines |archive-date=October 21, 2009}} Barked or debarked green or dry logs are fed into such a machine one after other. Logs are milled into shape which, depending on style, results in cylindrical or square beams. These different profiles are customizable depending on construction method: Swedish cope, Tongue&groove, D-log, bevel-edged, etc. This configuration is accomplished through affixing different saw teeth to produce flat, curved, or notched cuts.{{cite |title=Log House Molder for Sawmills |url=http://www.logosol.com/webb/sawmills/2005a-saw_alternatives_loghouse_moulder.php |date=December 12, 2024 |access-date=2024-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060510144002/http://www.logosol.com/webb/sawmills/2005a-saw_alternatives_loghouse_moulder.php |archive-date=May 10, 2006}}{{cite |title=LOGOSOL User Manual |url=https://www.logosol.com/mwdownloads/download/link/id/292 |date=December 12, 2024 |access-date=2024-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241212043348/https://www.logosol.com/mwdownloads/download/link/id/292 |archive-date=December 12, 2024}}{{rp|7}} While permanent log house moulders are powered by electricity, portable sawmills use a chainsaw driven milling cutter.{{rp|1}}

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