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How to Start Sawing Logs to Lumber

• Make Money Sawing Logs to Lumber - There are many things that you will want to consider when you look at purchasing a sawmill to produce lumber. We will begin discussing one of the most common question that people ask concerning portable band sawmills. "How Much Money Can I Make Sawing Logs?"
  
  
• Benefits of Having a Portable Sawmill - “Have sawmill, will travel” could easily be Harry Pages’ blueprint for success. Learn how using a hydraulic portable sawmill will produce a massive amount of lumber in one day.
  
  
• Here's How Customer Derek Decker Got Started - I narrowed my choices down to two. It was between a well known competitors portable sawmill or your Accu-Trac MP32 sawmill. If I bought the other sawmill it meant that I would be spending more money than I wanted to spend. From the literature I received the competitors ‘starter’ manual mill looked cheap and not nearly as sturdy as your MP32 portable sawmill.
  
  
• Billy Butler Smitten by the Sawing Bug - I cringed every time that old circular saw blade cut through the log slicing off another 1x12x8 board, and as I watched ¼ x12x8 inch of that log end up on the sawdust pile.
  
  

Owning a Successful Sawmill Business

• Find Your Niche Market in Sawmilling - Weekend sawyer Paul Leverenz finds niche in lumber sales. Niche marketing is another key to staying in the black, Mr. Leverenz said, and fits with his sustainable forestry practices. "It’s finding opportunities to use those things that normally would go in the firewood pile."
  
  
• Sawmill Used for Additional Income - We all know that the old adage “time is money” is never more true than for the independent businessman. Be sure to read Larry Lindsey's MP-32 portable sawmill success story. He is a true entrepenuer!
  
  
• Flexible Hours and Excellent Compensation - Sawyer Rich Littauer says: "I schedule my work around the weather, as well as my choice of clients and projects. If my client has a dream, I seek to fulfill it on their schedule. I earn 30 to 35 cents a board foot plus set up charges."
  
  
• Craig Howard's Successful Sawmill Business - Craig Howerd was looking for a way to supplement his income. He was working at a local chemical plant as a chemical operator. There were a lot of portable sawmills around his area. Craig first thought there was too much competition for him to be profitable. But after more consideration he decided that there was an opportunity...
  
  

Increase Portable Sawmill Profits & Production

• Understanding Sawmill Guides & Adjustments - As we work and talk with sawyers around the country we find many things that need to be discussed and explained to help their sawmill run fast and accurate. One thing that ranks near the top of this list is to understand sawmill guides and make these proper adjustments.
  
  
• How Fast Should a Sawmill Turn? Does That Change For Frozen Logs? - These two questions are very good questions and are asked very often. Everyone who saws should consider how fast their saw is turning, no matter who manufactured the mill. Here we reveal from experience some facts that have been tried and proven.
  
  
• Choose The Right Size Bandsaw Wheels - The question is often asked. "What kind of bandsaw wheels should I use? Should I use V-belt sheave bandsaw wheels or is solid steel better?" There are many types of bandsaw wheels used today. Also there are many opinions of what is best. I will give you my opinion using physical logic which I have experienced and witnessed.
  
  

How to Get Started Sawing Logs to Lumber

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