Brmorgan
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Hey guys - I'm not sure how many of you clicked on the "Farm Woodlot" PDF thread I started yesterday, but after I posted that I ended up finding a TON more old documents as described above on the Internet Archive that are all fully copyright-free, at least according to the site, and they ought to know. Anyway I'm going to be spending a LOT of free time combing through the stuff in the next coming while and putting together a good, organized collection that I think would be really relevant for us here. It's all really old, mostly around the turn of the 20th Century give or take a few years. But milling and lumbering really haven't changed all that much as far as theory goes, just the technology and equipment to get it done.
It's going to take quite a while to get it all sorted out really well. I finally figured out a way to save the ones that are only viewable in the browser, so I can make PDFs out of those too. Shouldn't be a problem if they're copyright-free. I killed six hours yesterday (my dog was NOT impressed... LOL) sitting and reading through some of those old books; it was absolutely fascinating to see how much and yet how little has changed since the glory days here in the PNW. We still face the same challenges but have new ways to overcome them. I found copies of the Canadian Forestry Journal from about 1905 all the way up into the First World War, now THERE was some interesting reading!
Once I get a good collection put together I'll put it out over BitTorrent, or I could send a DVD to whoever wanted one. DVDs are cheap but postage might add up, but who knows, I'll figure something out. There are some absolutely massive PDF files there - some are over 300MB, and most are hundreds of pages - so it won't be practical for some of you guys to download it.
It's going to take quite a while to get it all sorted out really well. I finally figured out a way to save the ones that are only viewable in the browser, so I can make PDFs out of those too. Shouldn't be a problem if they're copyright-free. I killed six hours yesterday (my dog was NOT impressed... LOL) sitting and reading through some of those old books; it was absolutely fascinating to see how much and yet how little has changed since the glory days here in the PNW. We still face the same challenges but have new ways to overcome them. I found copies of the Canadian Forestry Journal from about 1905 all the way up into the First World War, now THERE was some interesting reading!
Once I get a good collection put together I'll put it out over BitTorrent, or I could send a DVD to whoever wanted one. DVDs are cheap but postage might add up, but who knows, I'll figure something out. There are some absolutely massive PDF files there - some are over 300MB, and most are hundreds of pages - so it won't be practical for some of you guys to download it.
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