How To Market a New Sawmill Business While it is true that as soon as you set the edge of a sawmill blade against the end of a log people begin to notice, but your sawmill business will never live up to its potential for profit unless you take steps to do some marketing. Read More »
What Are Sawmill Blades Made Of? Learn what sawmill blades are made of including carbon steel and high-alloy steel and why bandsaw blade material is important to consider when selecting sawmill blades for sale. Read More »
How To Increase Sawmill Blade Life Eliminate downtime and keep sawing with these 10 helpful tips to increase your sawmill blade life expectancy. Read More »
How To Get Your Lumber Grade Stamped Learn how you can use your own lumber in permitted structures and take the next step to using or selling lumber that will meet your local requirements. Read More »
How To Choose a Portable Sawmill Learn from an experienced sawyer on what to consider when choosing a portable sawmill. Read More »
How To Choose a Sawmill Blade Profile Learn how to identify different parts of a sawmill blade and how to choose a blade profile that is best suited for your sawing application. Read More »
How To Quarter Saw Lumber There are several reasons to consider quarter sawing your lumber because the grain patterns in some hardwoods are in great demand. For example, quarter sawn oak is more valuable than plain sawn oak. Quarter sawn wood is also more dimensionally sound meaning it will not cup or dish while drying and will shrink less than plain sawn lumber. Read More »
How To Charge for Sawing Services Learn the three most common methods to charge for your sawmilling services including by the hour, by the board foot, and sharing finished lumber. Read More »
How To Hire Local Sawmills Looking for sawmills in your area? If you have storm damaged or dying trees on your property, a local sawmill owner can help turn your logs to lumber. Read More »
How To Saw Logs into Lumber There are many different sawing methods and techniques to turn logs into lumber including live sawing, cant sawing, plain sawing, grade sawing, and quarter sawing. To get you started, here is an introductory course in sawing your logs to lumber. Read More »
What is a Board Foot? Board foot is a common term used by sawyers and wood suppliers, but what does it mean and how is it measured? Read More »
Milling Your Own Lumber Video Series Learn how to mill your own lumber during an in-depth 7-part video series that covers finding logs, sawing logs, edging lumber, sawmill blades, basic sawmill maintenance, drying lumber, as well as grading and pricing lumber! Read More »
Sawmilling and Forestry Glossary Start learning sawmilling and forestry terms with a comprehensive list of popular terminology. Read More »
How To Saw in Cold Weather As colder temperatures arrive and logs begin to freeze, here are helpful sawing tips, reminders, and answers to common questions to compete with the cold weather sawing challenges faced by sawyers this time of year. Read More »
Building a Wood Kiln Video Series Learn how to build a wood kiln chamber and start drying lumber in this detailed 10-part video series from Nathan Elliott and Out of the Woods Forestry. Read More »