Mallofs Lumbermaking

[CaseyForrest]

Resurrection....

I had forgotten about this till the other day.

Just dropped Larry another email about getting this book back to me.

If I dont hear from him, maybe I can get some help from a member here to get ahold of him directly.

 

[CaseyForrest]

Hey guys...been awhile.

I still havent heard from Larry, and in fact had forgotten all about this till just now.

 

[ray benson]

Looks like Larry is in Indianapolis.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/member.php?u=13460

 

[woodshop]

I wondered whatever happened to him, so he is alive as of October.

 

[stonykill]

I wonder if you join that site if it would enable you to pm him. Maybe he has changed his email address? A pm through the site he is active in will get thru.

 

[CaseyForrest]

I did join the site and shot him a PM.

Oldsaw has given me his address in the past. Someone just did some leg work and found it for me. If I dont get a response from him on the forum Ray put up, than Ill call him.

 

[Brmorgan]

I also have a copy of this book, but I'm not really enthused about sending it all across the continent since it's one of the few things I managed to get from my grandfather's woodshop after he died (It's not the people on here, it's the postal service I don't trust to take care of the book). But I was thinking about starting a project to scan and convert it into PDF, since it's technically out of print and NOS copies can cost a small fortune. It would be a bit of an undertaking and would take one person a long time, but if there were a handful of people with books and each person did a few chapters it wouldn't be that bad. Having said that, someone should start a petition of sorts to try to get the book in print again. The demand should be MUCH higher than when it was originally printed 30 years ago.

 

[Backwood]

Caseyforrest, outstanding of you to do this. Its a shame one person has to mess it up. Hope he gets your book back to you OR BUYS YOU ANOTHER COPY.
I have read it and it is a great book.

 

[820wards]

I also have a copy of this book, but I'm not really enthused about sending it all across the continent since it's one of the few things I managed to get from my grandfather's woodshop after he died (It's not the people on here, it's the postal service I don't trust to take care of the book). But I was thinking about starting a project to scan and convert it into PDF, since it's technically out of print and NOS copies can cost a small fortune. It would be a bit of an undertaking and would take one person a long time, but if there were a handful of people with books and each person did a few chapters it wouldn't be that bad. Having said that, someone should start a petition of sorts to try to get the book in print again. The demand should be MUCH higher than when it was originally printed 30 years ago.

** If you have a local KINKO's in your area, you can have them scan the book on one of their Xerox copier systems that can create a PDF document at the same time. I don't/haven't work for KINKO's or Xerox. Just a suggestion to get an easy PDF file if you don't have a good scanner or the time to scan and clean the pages.

jerry-

 

[Brmorgan]

** If you have a local KINKO's in your area, you can have them scan the book on one of their Xerox copier systems that can create a PDF document at the same time. I don't/haven't work for KINKO's or Xerox. Just a suggestion to get an easy PDF file if you don't have a good scanner or the time to scan and clean the pages.

jerry-

No Kinko's in Canada as far as I'm aware, but then again I don't spend a lot of time in the big cities near the border so they might. We do have a Staples here that can scan and copy photos etc., but I don't know about the PDF part (even though I used to work there...) OR how they feel about the whole copyright thing. I figure if it's out of print it should be fair game, but copyright laws make no sense whatsoever. I don't have a problem doing it myself and I do have a decent scanner, the only problem is that it's a hardcover and it's hard to get entire pages to scan correctly without light bleed or distortions. And I'm not about to cut the pages out to scan them.:censored: I think it would be a worthwhile project though.

 

[Brmorgan]

Started scanning, started another thread here:

http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?p=1239298

 

[oldsaw]

I did join the site and shot him a PM.

Oldsaw has given me his address in the past. Someone just did some leg work and found it for me. If I dont get a response from him on the forum Ray put up, than Ill call him.

This still amazes me, he seemed like such a nice guy. Didn't appear to be the kind of guy who wouldn't return a book or other borrowed item.

Mark

 

[Texas Traveler]

This still amazes me, he seemed like such a nice guy. Didn't appear to be the kind of guy who wouldn't return a book or other borrowed item.

Mark

I just sent off for a copy of the book using my wifes coupons from amazon.com. :greenchainsaw: Or my wife did, it is my Xmas present
When you do a search use the correct book title. Chainsaw Lumbermaking

 

[CaseyForrest]

Well, Just called Larry. He wasnt home, but I did get to talk to his wife.

She assured me she would have him call me.:biggrinbounce2:

 

[stonykill]

found him on another site

well I found him again. He is on a site I am on all the time. Here is the link to his thread

http://www.mytractorforum.com/showthread.php?t=73890

I'd be REAL happy to pm him if you still haven't heard from him. I also feel compelled to warn the moderator (who is a personal friend of mine) about his character.

 

[demographic]

I know this is a resurrection of a dead thread but I've just spotted a PDF file of this book HERE

I've downloaded the file also just in case it disappears into the ether.

 

[mtngun]

sshhhh !