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Started by dboyt, July 29, 2013, 02:58:54 PM

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dboyt

I visited a friend's (and FF member) sawmill a while back, and noticed this stack of lumber air drying.  Couldn't resist the photo.  Any theories on how it is still standing?  My only guess is that, having been cut on a "cantilever" type sawmill, the wood has some inherent ability to defy gravity.

 
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Den Socling


Bill Gaiche

Looks like its going to waste to me. bg

WDH

That is crazy.  That wood must have a lot of spiral grain in it  ;D.
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Accidentally hooked it with a loader/ forklift at a guess?
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GeneWengert-WoodDoc

This is actually a good picture of an automatic unstacked.  However, this model does break lots of sticks.  Also, it is hard to predict when it will actually unstack the load...
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Den Socling

An unstacker that unstacks when you don't know that it's going to unstack! That's pretty funny, Gene.  :D

5quarter

I see Doc Gene has been hard at work down in Missouri.  ;D  If I had to guess, I would say that its stickered using a combination of cyanoacetate and boron solution and positioned in such a manner as to take advantage of the angular momentum of the earth relative to the atmosphere in order to provide increased airflow through the pile. either that or the mold is holding it all together.   ;) :D :D
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GeneWengert-WoodDoc

The coriolis effect only would make this pile rotate one revolution per day, so we need to have some more pictures taken about every six hours !   assuming that the camera is also not rotating once per day.
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mesquite buckeye

You could hook up a camera to a clock driven at the siderial rate on a polar mounted telescope to get the actual position of the pile relative to the ecliptic. ;D 8) 8)
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LeeB

I think you boys need to quit smoking. :D
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mesquite buckeye

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WoodenHead

Gravity.   ;D    If you wanted to, you could carefully build two piles that arch towards each other using a harmonic series.  Or you can use some fancier math...  ;)

mesquite buckeye

I think we need to call in Goldsworthy. I'm sure he could make a series of these in a cornfield or something. ;D
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