Editor’s Note: Thomas O’Bryant is on a mission to tell the world all about TimberKing Sawmills. He’s owned several TimberKings. Right now he owns three. He has LOTS to say and not just in this blog post. He’s made dozens of hands-on, instructional videos on the finer points of using and maintaining TimberKing mills – […]
MAN ON A MISSION with a TimberKing Sawmill Read More »
“My wife, Amy, and I have a farm in Nebraska, 105 acres. Through the USDA’s Conservation Reserve Program, we put some in grassland and maintain it for wildlife and to control erosion. We also have a high concentration of trees; a lot of walnut, elm, ash, and more. In keeping with our conservation plan, I’ve started
PROPERTY CONSERVATION PLAN with a TimberKing Sawmill Read More »
“I retired at 55 and I didn’t want to just sit around so I got a TimberKing sawmill. That was six years ago and I’ve pumped a lot of logs through the mill in that time.I once worked in the woods in the Olympic Peninsula. I always liked it — felling and logging. I ran
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“I’m a retired businessman but I’m busier now than ever. I’ve had a lot of mechanical experience. I ran a plant that manufactures big agricultural equipment. I’ve done a lot of woodworking and metalworking. I’ve done welding, sales and marketing, and I’ve run a restaurant. I’ve flown planes and even sung opera!Ed Ferguson is retired
YOU CAN’T BUY 2″ THICK WOOD SLABS AT HOME DEPOT…so I saw my own! Read More »
TimberKing owner, Tom Brueggen has many irons in the fire. “I’m always looking for business opportunities and running them through my head to see if they’re a play I want to make.” He’s made a lot of plays and runs several small, successful enterprises. Success key? All Tom’s endeavors support one anotherTom does excavation work and land
Tom’s sawmill success plan: diversification, low volume, high margins Read More »
GOT LOGS? John saws some BIG ones on his TimberKing 1600!Facebook forum for sawyers, timber folks, woodworkersI started the TimberKing Owners Group on Facebook as an information exchange for sawyers, timber folks, and woodworkers. People thinking about getting a sawmill tell me this group helps them, too. It’s a labor of love but, honestly, I
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Allen Piepenburg built his own timber frame home with his TimberKing sawmill“I’ve been in the construction trades most of my life. Up until I retired 10 years ago, I was an architectural manager for a large home building company. Now I am nearly finished building my retirement project, my own timber frame home. Allen’s been in
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“I live in a small, remote town on the most northwestern tip of the continental USA. It’s in Washington state, right on the Pacific coast. I worked in the woods in the cedar industry for many years. We’d cut old cedar logs into blocks and bolts for cedar shingle siding and roofing. In the summer,
1,300 acres of timber and a TimberKing sawmill Read More »
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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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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