Ich habe Holz geholt bei einem Saegewerk in Indien
Verfasst: Sa 24. Sep 2005, 22:30
Hello Holzwürme... jetzt ein Beitrag aus dem fernen München... aber auf English!
Recently, I was on business in India... more precisely in Hyderabad.
Hyderabad is a 'small town in India'... it has only 7 million residents.
I went to a sawmill to fetch some local wood; the only thing on offer was Indian teak.
The manageress(!) of the woodyard listened to my request carefully and then the 'drama' of selection and cutting began.
Now let me tell you, all this took place after 19:00 in the evening - it was dark, and while the wood was being cut (over 1 hour), the electricity faied twice, which meant that someone had to run to the back of the woodyard to turn on the generator.
First the crane was fetched and the log selected - 'Sir, would this be allright?'...
The end of the log was measured, and piece selected according to my length requirements. The electric(?) chainsaw was used to remove the end piece.
I was asked to examine the selected piece from both ends.
Next the selected piece was placed on the band saw....
... and the then cut through.
A cord with chalk was used to mark the line to be cut... and the piece prepared to yield boards...
Each board was sawn off by hand like this.
None of the workers were missing fingers.
They were real professionals; they were rather amused at the 'sahib' who was taking the photographs.
They were also rather proud of the expert way they were able to cut the hard teak with such ease and accuracy.
The small boards (80cm * 30sm * 1.5cm) I needed did not cause them any concern.
The spots in the pictures is flying sawdust.
Next the boards were sized.
Please note the number of people who were working for this little job...
In total I counted 19 men and the lady manager around the saw ahile the boards were being cut!
Here are the boards on the end of the saw bed.
They are still covered with dust.
Here is a sample of the beautiful teak boards that I got.
I will not tell you how much I paid - but I was happy. I did offer to pay the sawyers a tip, but the lady manager
told me clearly that this was not required - she had to pay her staff!
I took just over 40KG wood home eith me (8 boards). While I was at the yard, there was a german timber dealer watching his
shipment being loaded. He had ordered over 300 tons of teak. My little order seemed to be insignificant.
I have stacked the teak in my workshop to dry, and it has remained remarkeably stable.
I look forward to working it next year.
Thank you for your patience while looking at my little 'adventure'.
Thanks also to Chris for his help with the poictures.
Gerard
