Planing mill

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A planing mill is a facility that takes cut and seasoned wooden boards from a sawmill and turns them into finished dimensional lumber. [1] Machines used in the mill include the planer and matcher, the molding machines, and varieties of saws. [1] In the planing mill, planer operators use machines that smooth and cut the wood for many different uses. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Planing mill". Britannica Online . Retrieved 2011-01-07.
  2. "Lumber Mill Worker Job Description". Career Information Center (9th ed.). Visual Education Corporation. January 1, 2007.