Sawmilling Articles - About the sawmilling industry & Peterson Sawmills

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Peterson Portable Sawmills are featured in many publications around the world and we have collated them here for you to browse through. Also in this section of our website, we have business and milling articles and general articles to help give you insight into the milling industry.

All Terrain Sawmill

Blindness doesn't stop Freeburg man
The Caledonia Argus (US), 2006

Winch Production Frame

When the going gets tough the Peterson gets going
Forest Logger & Sawmiller (AUS), April-May 2006

Got Big? (PDF)
Tree Farmer (US), March/April 2006

Automated Swingblade Mill

Bandsaw or swingblade?
Forest Logger & Sawmiller (AUS), October 2005

General

Nathan Waterfield - Timbersports Competiter & Peterson Sawmills
May, 2008

Log Playgrounds NEW!
Sawmill and Woodlot Mar 07

Timber Pallets NEW!
Sawmill and Woodlot Dec/Jan 07 (PDF)

Timber Treasure of the Deep
PDF version (5mb) or Text only version
New Zealand Logger, August 07

Milling Trees from a Small Holding
New Zealand Tree Grower, August 2006

How Wood Dries
Sawmill & Woodlot, Dec/Jan 07 (PDF)

Milling and Grading New Zealand Grown Blackwood
New Zealand Tree Grower, August 2006

Milling a Breeze for Young Farmer Hopefuls
August, 2007

Peterson Mills in the Military
July, 2007

Trading Timber Volume for Value
Farming Magazine 2006

Restoring Old Sheep Wagons and Carriages
Country Side & Small Stock Journal, March/April 2007

Tar making in Finland
March, 2007

Air Drying - Make stack covers for better drying
Sawmill & Woodlot, Aug/Sept 2006

Sawing with a swingmill
Sawmill & Woodlot, July 2006

Peterson Portable Sawmills
Science in Africa, June 2006

Trees you can live with - Trees you can't
About.com, March 2006

Shows

Lessons on Turning Logs into Lumber from the Great Portable Sawmill Shoot-OutNEW!
Sawmill and Woodlot, April 2007 (PDF)

Skillmill pulls the crowds
Forest Logger & Sawmiller (AUS), August-September 2006

Business

10 Common Marketing Mistakes
Business Information Zone (NZ), October 2006

10 Marketing Hints
Business Information Zone (NZ), October 2006

Planning: The Road to Success
Sawmill & Woodlot (USA), October 2006

Whether Starting a Business is Right for You
Business Information Zone (NZ), October 2006

Subtract Cost in Timber Before Figuring Taxable Gain
Farming (USA), January 2006