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GENERAL INFORMATION

Library of Books and Tapes

Board of Directors Addresses/E-mail

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

A Logging Safety Video Program

Chain Saw Safety

Loggers Activist Video, American Pulpwood Association, Inc.

Technology Update Series 1

Technology Update Series 8

Using a Fire Extinguisher the Right Way

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