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How to Start a Successful Weekend Sawmill Business

Vince Antonicelli got laid off so he started a successful weekend sawing business that’s simple, clean, and makes good money. Customers cut their own trees and stack the logs. Vince shows up with his TimberKing, saws lumber, and drives home with a check!“I got introduced to sawmilling when I was a kid. We took logs […]

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Creativity Can’t Be Ignored

Besides running a farm, raising cattle, cutting firewood, and sawing boards, Mike Hansen is an artisan woodworker and a very creative guy. Here’s an outstanding chest he made recently. See more pictures below…there’s something quite interesting inside.“I’m an organic farmer and artisan woodworker. I don’t do production woodworking. In 1990, I started a woodworking business

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Jon Betry's a real D-I-Y homesteader with a self-sufficiency lifestyle. He's on his third TimberKing sawmill. "Just couldn't wear out the other two."

SERIOUS HOMESTEADING — 180 acres and a TimberKing Sawmill

Jon Betry’s a serious DIY homesteader with a self-sufficiency lifestyle. He’s on his third TimberKing sawmill. “Just couldn’t wear out the other two.”“My TimberKing sawmill helps me reach my goal of self-reliance on my 180-acre homestead. My garden provides me a lot of our food; my solar array provides all of my power; my woods

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“NOW I CAN DO WHAT I WANT – no more working for others”

AMERICANS are often described as “fiercely independent people.” And TimberKing owners tend to be strongly hands-on, D-I-Y folks. Here’s a story of a TimberKing owner way up in the Northwest who’s done working for others — now he’s DOING WHAT HE WANTS with a TimberKing sawmill.“After decades of working and doing what others want me

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TURNING ANCIENT TREES INTO HIGH-END FURNITURE with a TimberKing sawmill

Meet Sterling Paradiso, TimberKing owner, sawyer, do-it-yourselfer, and entrepreneur from Washington state. “Where to start my story? I grew up in and around forests. I live in the middle of nowhere, two hours from civilization, on the coast of Washington state. Years ago, I built a cabin to live in using an Alaskan sawmill. Looking back,

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HELPING VETS OVERCOME PTSD – building a rustic retreat with a TimberKing sawmill

Bill Mize and his wife, DaLue, are on a mission to help veterans overcome the effects of trauma they’ve experienced during and after their service as members of the armed services.20 veterans commit suicide each day.The Department of Veterans Affairs reports that each day, 20 veterans and active service members commit suicide. Bill Mize and

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NO MORTGAGE for this DIY homeowner …with financial savvy and a TimberKing sawmill

“Good morning, TimberKing. Thanks for asking me about my TimberKing project. Yep, we are in the mountains of western Montana just south of Darby. The area is the southernmost portion of the well-known Bitterroot (yes there are two “r’s” in “Bitterroot”) Valley in Montana. Our property came with an old, rundown A-frame summer cabin. I’m dismantling

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Tree Farmer of the Year shares his tree management success plan

Mike Trial has recently been named Missouri’s Tree Farmer of the Year. He manages 2,000 eastern black walnut trees on his 147-acre tree farm. Mike tells us it’s a small operation and that’s the way he wants it. The goal is to pay the taxes. “There’s no market for small quantities of black walnut sawlogs,”

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