TITE KNOT PINE MILL
Deschutes County - Sisters > Redmond
September 16, 1942: "The Tite Knot pine mill will be dismantled at Sisters, starting next week, and moved to Redmond, owner Bert Peterson announced.
The mill, producing 100,000 board feet daily, expects to be in operation here by mid-December. Forty-five families will move with the mill." (Herald and News)
The mill, producing 100,000 board feet daily, expects to be in operation here by mid-December. Forty-five families will move with the mill." (Herald and News)
March 18, 1964: "When fire engulfed and destroyed Redmond's big Tite Knot Pine Mill last summer, few Central Oregonians could see anything but trouble ahead. Tite Knot provided Redmond's largest payroll. Loss of the mill affected some 200 men, directly or indirectly. But partners Phillip Dahl and Harold Barclay wouldn't admit defeat---even though their Dahl Pine Lumber Co. plant on the Warm Springs Reservation had gone up in flames just 45 days previously; even though a half-a-million dollar modernization program had just been completed at the Redmond complex.
Rebuilding was begun at once. Plans for the most modern pine mill in the industry, created by Oregon City mill engineer Carl Mason, called for an assembly of the latest electronically controlled equipment.
And it's all installed now, being tested preparatory to full production within the next two weeks.
There are plenty of innovations. For one, this new plant will require no steam. All equipment is powered either electrically or pneumatically. A Fuller pistonless 'air pump,' unique in the lumber industry, furnishes huge volumes of air at 150 pounds pressure. A 300-h.p. direct-current motor powers the feed works, providing log carriage acceleration nearly equal to that of the speed of gravity (32 ft./sec./sec.).
The nine-ft. double-cut band saw will have a capacity of 80,000 to 100,000 bd. ft. per shift. It can handle logs up to 24 ft. long, and nearly 5 ft. through.
The sawmill itself is practically ready for production. The chipper and barker plant, which will convert 'clean' sawmill waste into pulp plant eaw material, is scheduled for completion within six weeks or so.
And there's more to come. Plans were recently announced for our complete new green veneer plant, to be constructed adjacent to the sawmill. We hope to have it in operation within a year. With this integrated combination of sawmill, green veneer and chip production, Tite Knot intents to remain a solid factor in the Central Oregon lumber industry." (The Bulletin)
Rebuilding was begun at once. Plans for the most modern pine mill in the industry, created by Oregon City mill engineer Carl Mason, called for an assembly of the latest electronically controlled equipment.
And it's all installed now, being tested preparatory to full production within the next two weeks.
There are plenty of innovations. For one, this new plant will require no steam. All equipment is powered either electrically or pneumatically. A Fuller pistonless 'air pump,' unique in the lumber industry, furnishes huge volumes of air at 150 pounds pressure. A 300-h.p. direct-current motor powers the feed works, providing log carriage acceleration nearly equal to that of the speed of gravity (32 ft./sec./sec.).
The nine-ft. double-cut band saw will have a capacity of 80,000 to 100,000 bd. ft. per shift. It can handle logs up to 24 ft. long, and nearly 5 ft. through.
The sawmill itself is practically ready for production. The chipper and barker plant, which will convert 'clean' sawmill waste into pulp plant eaw material, is scheduled for completion within six weeks or so.
And there's more to come. Plans were recently announced for our complete new green veneer plant, to be constructed adjacent to the sawmill. We hope to have it in operation within a year. With this integrated combination of sawmill, green veneer and chip production, Tite Knot intents to remain a solid factor in the Central Oregon lumber industry." (The Bulletin)