American Shingle Co, Warrenton OR

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  • @shingleweaver
    @shingleweaver  12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    These were 16 inch shingles. Back then we were getting between $75 and $100 per square at the mill. We usually got around 10 sq #1's per MBF (6 Sq #1's / cord) but towards the end it was less due to shorter logs (less taper of logs) and less deducts for defects.

  • @shadesCAN
    @shadesCAN 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I also worked in a new Shingle Mill where they were teaching new guys to saw. It was known as a shake and finger mill. Because the guys being trained had no idea what was going on. Me I gave the best years of my life to this dead and dying industry. I worked my way up and can do any job in a shingle mill. and that's why i have my digits still. These guys came for a job and they stuck em on a saw, with no xp , thats why so many lost fingers.

  • @mrskeets52
    @mrskeets52 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    OSHA would shut that down in a heart beat today

  • @barfnog
    @barfnog 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very interesting video ! They banned knee bolters up here before I ever entered a mill , so it`s nice to see them in action.

  • @shadesCAN
    @shadesCAN 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You should mention that it is people learning to saw and its the people who saw for years that become complacent that are the ones who lose limbs and fingers. I had a friend who was working hung over step on his board to adjust a block that was too big. he was fighting with it, and then he did the #1 no no he put a arm between the block and saw, and in a freak accident his peddle tripped and drug him in to the saw. he almost died, and lost a arm. He had 30 years xp

  • @G.A.gigger
    @G.A.gigger 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    still hand spltting shake blocks and finding product in burn pilesleft behind in the woods .. i sit with a froe and mallet and just enjoy it .... its a challenge to get the most you can out of a shake block.

  • @discountbrains
    @discountbrains 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Whoa there Bucko, watch those fingers and hands!

  • @magprob
    @magprob 14 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow, you guys are amazing. That's a lot of dangerous shit going down all around you at once. Good job!

  • @G.A.gigger
    @G.A.gigger 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    how much can you get for per square for your perfectas??? i see they are 18s ... I do hand splits both tapers and barns and sometimes sell blocks to mills ... ts for the video ... max cutout on a cord?????

  • @shingleweaver
    @shingleweaver  14 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    @ardvarkkkkk Usually just fingers. I worked there for 20 yrs and still can count to 10 without taking off my shoes! My dad did it for almost 50 years and still has al his fingers.l

  • @G.A.gigger
    @G.A.gigger 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    4.5 lb ardvika is the choice of shake blockers and if the round doesnt split 8" fiberglass wedge

    • @sigmckone
      @sigmckone 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Love the pop pop sound of spitting blocks.

  • @Thehoelogdog
    @Thehoelogdog 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I live in the same area. This type of shoddy mill is why shake rats aren't respected at all. Fingers and arms gone all the time. The most dangerous machine there is. A Bolter.

  • @G.A.gigger
    @G.A.gigger 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    hey ts for the reply ... if i sit all day and hand split i can do between 8 and 10 bundles of No.1 edge grain hand split tapers with a little barn by product ... i sell for $170 a square for my best ...

  • @kylesparling6954
    @kylesparling6954 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Decent video. On the deck you should get a hydraulic axe if you have more than 1 shingle machine running so its easier on your body. The log deck guy should make the blocks to the right size so the block piler doesnt have to do it all. Also, your wasting wood by trimming off the outer shell. They just end up to be spalts anyways. To get more out of your wood, get a bandsaw running to saw up the bigger spalts.

  • @kylesparling6954
    @kylesparling6954 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Where i work we get $190 a square for #1 grade shingles and have only 1 machine going at the moment as were just getting started. Theres a lot of screwin around at the moment so we aint getting a lot of squares per day. Today we only got 6.25 1's of 5x

    • @shingleweaver
      @shingleweaver  10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I hope you make a go of it. I miss the mill.

    • @kylesparling6954
      @kylesparling6954 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      perfections are the highest theyve ever been. my boss is getting $268 a square for #1s.

  • @jaewok5G
    @jaewok5G 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "I need more spinning steel around me when I work ; to keep me alert" - said no-one ever

  • @aseverinson
    @aseverinson 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why not spring for a splitter axe?

  • @chrisalister2297
    @chrisalister2297 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's some white private there. Glad safety has stepped up since then.

  • @kennethtibbitts6641
    @kennethtibbitts6641 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    do u still have all fingers

  • @lewiemcneely9143
    @lewiemcneely9143 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    SHEAR Artistry!

  • @shadesCAN
    @shadesCAN 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    why all the waste sawing blocks before the saw? I ask about waste because you should know that, If you have a shitty sawyer on a machine running 36 clips/min and they cut 1 inch splints, then every 10 min he is throwing a bundle(.25sq) down the hole. And why are the packing bins not in front of you?

    • @jeremiah4248
      @jeremiah4248 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It cleans up the block. Removing bark and rocks. It's saves the delicate shingle saws. And since he's only triming the sap wood there is less work for the Sawyer as he could read the grain more easily. The same amount is trimmed off with or without a knee bolter

  • @pattysherwood7091
    @pattysherwood7091 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm staining shingles right now. Watching how they are made is making me sick.

  • @joanneerb1634
    @joanneerb1634 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just gotta love all the osha approved safety guards!

    • @shingleweaver
      @shingleweaver  9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The guards were in accordance with OSHA.

    • @netekarina
      @netekarina 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Chuck Curnutt

  • @richardthomas1566
    @richardthomas1566 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    As dangerous as this mill is still not as dangerous as putting those hinges on your roof. Instant fire

  • @maezzee
    @maezzee 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Inexperienced sawyer....

  • @zonkozonko
    @zonkozonko 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The saw catches your glove and its a finger or a hand off, How ever here in Great Britain the mill would be shut down for unsafe working practices we are more advanced than USA. If we were really struggling we would ask our friends the Germans to invent for uas an automated machine?

  • @zonkozonko
    @zonkozonko 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Anyway the wind blows the roofs of your buildings every year? Money spinner but you moan about it!