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| Sawing lumber for the farm |
As stewards of our land
and resources, we cultivate and care for what’s been given to us. One way that
many people are becoming even more self-sufficient is in the way that they
obtain lumber for projects around the farm and in their back yards, using a small
personal sawmill.
You can mill
your own wood a lot easier than you might think. Small portable sawmills are making
it possible for anyone to be able to cut their own boards for garden sheds and
other backyard building projects. These one-man mills take up little space, and
fit nicely into a garage or set up in the backyard.
Jim Oseychuk of Ontario,
Canada, not only used his Wood-Mizer sawmill to saw all the lumber for his
house and deck, but also for his garden shed.
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| Jim Oseychuck's backyard garden shed, which he built all from self-sawn lumber |
“We were standing in our old raspberry patch,” he recalls,
“when my wife suggested that we rip it all out and construct a garden
shed. I had been saving some fir logs
that had enormous curves, mostly caused from growing on steep rocky slopes. For
conventional purposes, they were quite worthless. But from a creative sense, they were very
unique. This was my chance to use
them!”
What was originally meant to be a
simple backyard shed became a masterpiece of creativity and craftsmanship. His wife, an “original North Carolina girl
with a love of gardening,” got her much anticipated and award-winning garden
shed.
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| Danny Hamsley (Hawkinsville Georgia) uses his portable sawmill to harvest trees that fall down in storms, saws them into lumber, and then builds custom furniture, or sells the lumber to local woodworking hobbyists. |
The enjoyment of actually sawing lumber yourself is only one
of the benefits that come from using a portable sawmill. You have the choice of
where your wood comes from, and do not have to limit yourself to just what is
on the store shelf. You can get your wood in ways that allow you to be a good
steward of natural resources. Trees that often end up as firewood can be turned
into valuable lumber instead. The milling process produces sawdust that can be
combined with your compost pile as well.
Most portable sawmill owners feel that their
investment pays for itself after only a couple of projects. And it’s a gift
that keeps on giving, giving you years of enjoyment and the ability to produce
your own wood for you and your neighbors.
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| Danny with a fresh stack of lumber, ready for drying. |
Learn more about sawing your own lumber at www.woodmizer.com. Wood-Mizer carries a full line of portable sawmills, from entry level mills to mills with advanced hydraulic log handling functions. Order your free portable sawmill catalog here.
See Wood-Mizer saw mills in action in the video below.
