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GENERAL INFORMATION

  • Library of Books and Tapes

  • Board of Directors Addresses/E-mail

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    CONTACT INFORMATION

    Directors Information

    President ’08
    Bruce Moore
    Wagner Lumber
    6354 Strope Rd.
    Waverly, NY 14892
    Home: (607) 565-4010
    Work: (607) 687-5362
    E-Mail: bmoore@sawyersandfilers.org
    Vice President '08
    Ken Kasprzyk
    10299 Schuknecht Rd
    Fillmore, NY 14735
    Work: (585) 567-2275
    Home: (716) 372-0645
    Fax: (716) 372- 2113
    E-mail: crosshairs@sawyersandfilers.org
    Secretary/Treasurer/Librarian
    Tim Rauber
    Dansville Logging & Lumber Corp.
    10903 Rt. 36 South
    Dansville, NY 14437
    Home: (585) 728-9438
    Work: (585) 335-5879
    Fax: (585) 335-8089
    E-Mail: dvillelog@sawyersandfilers.org
    Dlandd@rpa.net
    Newspaper Editor
    Romy Piccolella
    586 Knipe Rd.
    Liberty, PA 16936
    Home: (570) 324-2339
    E-Mail: swagetooth@chilitech.net
    Director '08
    Bill Whyland
    U-Cut Enterprises
    PO Drawer 420
    Jamesville, NY 13078
    Work: (315) 492-9316
    Fax: (315) 492-1586
    Home: (315) 492-1285
    E-Mail: bwhyland@sawyersandfilers.org or:
    bill.whyland@u-cut.com
    Director '08
    Reggie Lamb
    U-Cut Enterprises
    5310 Caughdenoy Rd
    Clay, NY 13041
    Home: (315) 699-7359
    Work: (315) 492-9316
    Fax: (315) 492-1586
    E-mail: reg.lamb@u-cut.com
    Director '08
    Jonathan Spiegel
    Emporium Hardwoods
    Box 656 W. Branch Fishing Creek
    Roulette, PA 16746
    Home: (814) 544-9081
    Work: (814) 486-3764
    Fax: (814) 486-3392
    Director ’09
    Frank Piccolella
    586 Knipe Rd.
    Liberty, PA 16936
    Home: (570) 324-2339
    E-Mail: swagetooth@chilitech.net
    Director ’09
    Tim Kinney
    Deer Park Lumber
    1301 SR 6 E
    Tunkhannock, PA 18657
    Home: (570) 836-1133
    Work: (570) 836-5787
    E-Mail: tim27@ptd.net
    Director '09
    Ben Stuart
    Gutchess Lumber
    150 McLean Rd
    Cortland, NY 13045
    Home: (607) 753-1081

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    LEOSFA LIBRARY
    The LEOSFA library has books that cover almost every topic of the trade.
    We have videos, too. Here is how to obtain a book or video loan:

        1. You must be a member of good standing.
        2. Please send your membership card along with the list of books requested.
        3. Loans can be kept for six weeks.
        4. When returning loans, please enclose the amount of postage that was needed to send the books to you.
        5. Please take care of books and videos while they are in your possession.

    Questions can be directed to our librarian Ed Chapman at 814-382-4769.
    Designations are:       (P) Pamphlet       (B) Book       (A) Article

    Here is a list (as of 9/03) of available publications:

  • Accelerating Oak Drying by Presurfacing (P) W.T. Simpson
  • Armstrong Carbide Filer’s handbook (B) Jeff Hewitt
  • Armstrong Saw Filer’s Handbook (B) P.S. Quelch
  • Auto Lathe by Eric Stephenson
  • Balanced Saw Performance (P) Stan Lunstrum
  • Bearing Failures and Their Causes (P) SKF Industries
  • Briquettes from Wood Residue (P) L.S. Reineke
  • Cash Flow Computer Program to Analyze Investments (P) George B. Harpole
  • Circular Sawmills and Their Efficient Operation (B) Stan Lunstrum
  • Collection of Log Rules (B)
  • Compare-Analyzing Investments in Industrial Wood and Bark Energy Systems (P) P. Ince
  • Computer Control Systems for Log Processing and Lumber Manufacturing (B) E. Williston
  • Comparing Lumber Yields from BF/Cubically Scaled Logs (P) Hallock, Steele, Selin
  • Computer Optimization of Cutting Yield from Multiple Rip Boards (P) Stern & McDonald
  • Cubic Volume Tables for Short Logs (P) Hallock, Steele, Selin
  • Cutting Yields from Standard Hardwood Grades When Gang Ripping (P) H. Hallock
  • DEP (P) William Rice
  • Does Gang Ripping Hold a Potential for Higher Yields (A) Hallock & Giese
  • Dry Kiln (A) William Rice
  • Dry Kiln Operator’s Manual (B) E. Rasmussen
  • Economic Impacts of the Sawmill Improvement Program (A) Risbrudt & Kaiser
  • Effect of Log Taper on Lumber Recovery (P) H. Hallock
  • EGAR-Process Makes Wide Dimension Lumber from Small Logs (A) Harpole
  • Factors Determining Lumber Recovery in Sawmilling (P) P. Steele
  • Farquahr Portable Sawmills (P) Farquahr Co.
  • Feed-Speed Relationships for Cutting Tools (P) L. Reineke
  • Felling and Bucking Hardwoods (B) F.J. Petro
  • Grading Hardwood Lumber by Computer (P) Hallock & Galiger
  • Guide to Troubleshooting Circular Sawmills (P) Bourdo, Rogge & Brown
  • How to Estimate Recoverable Heat Energy in Wood or Bark (A) P. Ince
  • Improving Sawing Accuracy Does Help (A) Stern & Hallock
  • Increasing Softwood Dimension Yield from Small Logs (P) Hallock, Lewis
  • Investment Limits for Small Scale SDR & EGAR Sawmills (P) Harpole
  • Is There a "Best" Sawing Method? (P) Hallock, Stern, Lewis
  • Kiln Operator’s Manual for Eastern Canada (B) Cech & Pfaff
  • Loggers Activist Manual (B) American Pulpwood Association, Inc.
  • Lumber Manufacturing-The Design and Operation of Sawmills & Planer Mills (B) E. Williston
  • Lumber Values from Computerized Simulation of Hardwood Log Sawing (P) Richards, Adkins
  • Managing for Profit: Successful Sawmill Management (B) D. Tooch
  • Managing Mill Maintenance – The Emerging Realities (B) R. Baldwin
  • Management Guidelines for Sawmill Operators (B) D. Tooch
  • Manual of Scaling Instructions (B) Ministry of Natural Resources
  • Math Analysis of the Effect of Kerf Width on Lumber Yield (P) H. Hallock
  • Minor’s Book on Saw Hammering (P) J. Minor
  • OPTYLD – A Computer Program to Maximize Cutting Yields (P) Giese & McDonald
  • Overrun Estimates on the Scribner, Decimal C, & International Log Rules (B) J. Henley
  • Payback as an Investment Criterion for Sawmill Improvements (A) G. Harpole
  • Portable & Stationary Circular Sawmills (P) The Enterprise Co.
  • Procedure for Quartersawing Logs (A) Stan Lunstrum
  • Production Manual (P) G. Harpole
  • Programs for Computer Simulation of Hardwood Log Sawing (P) Adkins, Richards
  • Quality Control In Lumber Manufacturing (B) Terence Brow
  • Recordkeeping System for Small Sawmills (P) G. Niskala
  • Rough Thickness Requirements for Red Oak Furniture Cuttings (A) Freese, Stewart, Boone
  • Saga of the Saw Filer (P) S. Holbrook
  • Sawblade Tensioning – What is it All About (A) W. McKenzie
  • Sawdust Floor Sweeping Compounds (A) USDA
  • Sawing Frozen Timber with Circular Headrigs (A) USDA
  • Sawing Rates, Sadust Chambering, and Spillage (A) L.H. Reineke
  • Sawing Technology (B) Forest Products Research Society
  • Sawmill and Woodworking Machinery (B) American Sawmill Machinery
  • Sawmill Equipment (P) Ireland Mill & Supply
  • Sawmill Feeds and Speeds (B) P.S. Quelch
  • Sawmill Machinery and Supplies (P) Corley Mfg. Co.
  • Sawmiller’s Guide to Troubleshooting (B) C. Creamer
  • Sawmills – Different Makes of Mills(P) W.W. Hartge
  • Saws (B) 1978 Ed Williston
  • Saws – Design, Selection, Operation, Maintenance (B) E. Williston
  • Scanning Ultrasonics Cut Stock Manufacturing System (P) Harpole, McDonald
  • Should Whole Tree Chips for Fuel be Dried Before Storage (A) E. Springer
  • Simplified Procedure for Developing Grade Lumber (P) F. Malcolm
  • Simulated Sawing of Squares (A) Anderson, Reynolds
  • Simulation of Hardwood Log Sawing (A) Richards, Adkins, Hallock, Bulgrin
  • Small Log Sawmills – Profitable Product Selection, Process Design and Operation (B)
  • Small Sawmill Handbook (B) Joseph Denig
  • Small Sawmill Operator’s Manual (B) C. Telford
  • Solar Kiln (A) Paul Bois
  • Some Aspects of Sawing Accuracy in Circular Mills (P) Hallock, Jaeger
  • Taper Tension Saw – A New Reduced Kerf Saw (A) Hallock
  • Uses for Forest Residues (A) L. Reineke
  • Uses for Sawdust, Shavings and Waste Chips (P) J. Harkin
  • What Have We Learned From the Sawmill Improvement Program (A) Stan Lunstrum
  • Wide Bandsaws (B) A. Simmonds
  • Wood Products Manufacturing at Small Sawmills (P) F. Malcolm

  • VIDEOS
  • A Logging Safety Video Program
  • Chain Saw Safety
  • Loggers Activist Video, American Pulpwood Association, Inc.
  • Saw Doctor #1
  • Saw Doctor #2
  • Stump to Mill
  • Technology Update Series 1
  • Technology Update Series 8
  • Using a Fire Extinguisher the Right Way


     


     
     

    
    
    
    
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