40 . JOURNAL Ol' FORKSTKV 



Lumber, r. To log or to manufacture logs into lumber, or both. (Gen.) 

 Lumber buggy. A two-wheeled truck for transporting lumber around a sawmill 



plant and yards. (Gen.) 



Syn.: buggy, dolly (Gen.), lumber truck (P. C. F.). 

 Lumber gauge. A tool used to measure the thickness of a board, or to determine 



the accuracy of the manufacture of the tongue and groove which have been 



cut on a piece of surfaced lumber. (Gen.) 

 Lumberjack, n. One who works in a logging camp. (Gen.) 



Syn.: timber beast, woodhiek (App., N. W.), logger (P. C. F.), shanty man 



(E.G.). 

 Lumber jack. A stand or tripod, usually armed at the peak with a spike, which 



is used as a fulcrum in jacking lumber up to the top of a lumber pile. (Gen.) 

 Lumber kiln. See Dry kiln. 

 Lumber pilcr. See Stacker. 

 Lumber stacker. See Stacker. 

 Lumber transfer. A set of lever arms, either power or hand operated, which 



are used to transfer timbers and boards from a set of live rolls to some other 



conveying device. The new direction of travel is usually at right angles to 



the original. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: trip. (P. C.F.) 

 Lumber truck. See Lumber buggy. 



Machine feeder. One who feeds lumber into a machine in a planing mill. (Gen.) 



Syn.: planer feeder. 

 Machine taller. One who stands at the rear of a surfacing machine and sorts or 



grades the lumber as it comes from the machine. (S. F.) 

 Main line. See Skyline. 

 Mandrel, n. See Saw arbor. 



Mark, ii. A letter or sign indicating ownership, which is stamped on the ends 

 of logs. (Gen.) See Bark mark. 

 Syn.: brand, end mark. 

 Mark caller. In sorting logs, one who stands at the- lower end of the sorting 

 jack and calls the different marks, so that the logs may be guided into the 

 proper channels or pockets. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: log sorter. (N. W.) 

 Marker, n. (Log.) 1. One who puts the mark on the ends of logs. (Gen.) 

 2. One who marks boles into log lengths for buckers. (Cal.) 

 (Lum.) 1. At a portable sawmill plant, one who takes lumber from behind 

 the saw, scales, marks, and tallies it. (N. F.) 

 Syn.: scaler, surveyor. 



2. One who grades lumber and places the grade symbol on each piece. 

 (P. C.F.) 

 Market, u. A log 19 inches in diameter at the small end and 13 feet long. (New 

 York.) Sec Quebec standard. 

 Syn.: standard. 

 Marking hammer. A hammer bearing a raised device which is stamped on 

 logs to indicate ownership. (Gen.) 



Syn.: marking iron (Gen.), log stamp, stampinl^ hammer (E.G.). 

 Marking iron. See Marking liamuier. 

 Match, V. Sec Mate. 



Matcher, n. A surfacing machine used in a planing mill for finishing lumber of 

 average width and thickness. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: joiner. (P. C. F.) 



