S2 E4 Luke Janes and the Firewood Factory: walkabout

On a windy winter’s day we leave our conversation in the office to take an interpretative walking tour.

Rough sketch of the processor’s parts

Honda motor supplies power for the hydraulics and electrical power in the bundling shed

Telescoping plunger to push wood onto conveyor which takes it into the bundling shed

Luke with Tony Sutton wrapping junks into bundles

Shed stove made from propane tanks

Logs being sawed into junks and split by plunger and wedge

Tumbler to hopper into shredder to blower to wood waste bin

Junks conveyed from tumbler to bins

Luke bagging shredded wood waste and sawdust for bedding

Sawdust control mechanism: string from foot pedal to a hydraulic lever to start the conveyor

“Mike’s Manor” aka the office

Birch and spruce junks and kindling bundled for retail

Crane in progress

1000 liter hydraulic fluid totes stored on crane’s chassis