Dan Abel wrote:
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> In article >,
> notbob > wrote:
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> > On 2006-12-27, Dan Abel > wrote:
> > >
> > > It's a Native American tradition. They didn't have metal grills:
> >
> > But, they had sawmills to make planks?
>
> Good question. I have no answer.

Cedar splits easily. The west coast Indians made large homes with
weed planks. They used stone or hard wood wedges to split wooden
planks from logs. Early pioneers were able to square lumber to
build their cabins and out buildings. They used a tool called an
adz, an ax-like tool with an offset blade.