Julio Navarro
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I recently took on a part time job at a lumber mill where I get my wood. I am learning to run a Weinig moulder.
The machine has six 25hp motors. it can take a 6/4 10" wide oak board and spit out a 9 inch crown at the other end at about 56 feet per minute.
I ran about 1300 linear feet of cypress T&G flooring in about 40 minutes and that's only because the dust extractor had to be cleaned out mid way through the process.
Feeding that machine and keeping up with it is probably the hardest work I have done in my life. Moving 16' 10" wide rough cypress boards onto the feed table is insanely hard work.
The machine has six 25hp motors. it can take a 6/4 10" wide oak board and spit out a 9 inch crown at the other end at about 56 feet per minute.
I ran about 1300 linear feet of cypress T&G flooring in about 40 minutes and that's only because the dust extractor had to be cleaned out mid way through the process.
Feeding that machine and keeping up with it is probably the hardest work I have done in my life. Moving 16' 10" wide rough cypress boards onto the feed table is insanely hard work.