Sawmill

Sawmill Prototype

Overview

A sawmill converts felled logs from trees into green wood lumbar. As a piece of the GVCS, it unlocks a range of well-established wood construction techniques.

To convert the green wood into finished dried lumber the cut boards are either air-dried or fired in a kiln.

Product Ecology

Uses

• Power Cube - Power
• Steam Engine - Power (fueled by sawdust Pellets)
• Induction Furnace - Steel, blade
• Welder - Frame
• CNC Torch Table - Frame Components
• Multimachine - blade, bearings
• Hydraulic Motor - powers cutting blade
• 3D Scanner - Log cutting profiles

Creates

• Sawdust pellets via Pelletizer + Hammermill
• Lumber for Workshop, Greenhouse, Hab Lab, RepLab roof and framing.

Components

• Blade
• Hydraulic Motor

• Structure
• Bed
• Gantry
• Bearings
• Control Box

• Kiln

Status

The Sawmill is currently in the prototype phase, with the first prototype currently under construction as a part of the GVCS Rollout Plan.

See Also

• Sawmill - Design Rationale
• Sawmill Analysis
• Research
• Sawmill Archive

Links

• Wikipedia: Sawmill
• Wikipedia: Portable Sawmill

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