Timber Industry Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 3. a power saw with a continuous, toothed metal blade stretched between two or more wheels
- 5. timber or logs especially when dressed for use
- 7. a portable, handheld power tool that uses a rotating chain with sharp teeth to cut and process wood
- 8. a portable power tool with a rotating, toothed metal blade used for making straight cuts in wood
- 10. critical section of uncut wood that controls the direction
- 11. logging machine that carries logs from the forest to a roadside landing
- 12. facility or machine where raw logs are processed into lumber
- 15. a specialized forestry machine that delimbs and cuts felled trees into specified log lengths
- 16. vehicle used to pull cut trees from their felling location to a central collection point, a landing
- 18. a machine used to shave a rough-sawn board to a precise, uniform thickness
- 20. heavy-duty vehicles essential for transporting logs and processed timber from forests to sawmills
Down
- 1. elf-propelled machine used in modern logging to fell, delimb, and buck trees into desired lengths
- 2. powerful logging machine that uses a system of cables, drums, and a tower to pull logs
- 4. a person or a piece of heavy equipment responsible for moving logs or processed lumber
- 6. softwoods like pine, fir, and spruce for construction, and hardwoods like oak, walnut, and maple for furniture and specialty items
- 9. sawmill machine with multiple circular saws used to trim the rough, uneven edges from boards to make them straight and parallel
- 13. a tool or device used for splitting logs, prevents a chainsaw from getting pinched
- 14. selecting trees, cutting them down, and transporting them to a mill, where they are processed into lumber
- 17. a large, temperature-controlled oven used to quickly and efficiently dry wood to a specific moisture content
- 19. a cut made into the top or bottom edge of a wood member.