Top Ten Reasons for Owning a Portable Bandsaw Mill
If you’re considering the purchase of a mill to cut your own lumber or to start a sawmilling business, we’ve come up with a...
Autumn Milling
Autumn has to be the best time to run a portable bandsaw mill here in the Missouri Ozarks. After a summer of enduring 100-degree...
Is it still retirement when you live in the bush?
On 44 acres of a wooded lot in the township of Dalhousie, in Eastern Ontario, George Fisher has made a comfortable retirement for himself....
Safely Moving Logs to your Portable Sawmill or Firewood Processor
If you’ve been around a full-scale logging crew, you’ve probably watched the industrial skidders pull out a 1,000 board feet of logs in a...
5 Things to Consider When Purchasing a Portable Sawmill
When you’re purchasing any major tool or piece of power equipment, the question is always the same: Will the money I spend on this...
Slabs & Sawdust – One Person’s Sawmill “Waste” is Another’s Opportunity
One of the most common issues for sawyers is what to do with all the waste. While band sawmills produce less than half the...
Tools of the Sawmilling Trade
When you go out on a cutting job with your portable sawmill, what do you take with you? If you’re working close to home...
Portable Sawmills and the Environment
As the manager of a family tree farm in southwest Missouri, I find it ironic that the tools I use to improve the health...
Philosophy of a Tree-Hugging Environmental Sawyer
Every now and then, I get criticized for operating a portable sawmill service as just another crazy lumberjack whacking down trees, clearing forests, and...
Portable Sawmill Safety
Sawmills have a well-deserved reputation as being one of the most hazardous places a person can work. My first experience was with an old...
