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Kerris Browne, CEO Peterson Portable Sawmills

“Do you have a few minutes?” Every Employer’s Nightmare!

October 29, 2015 OK so today the long and short of it is that the multi-talented Jamie Otter in our sales and marketing office will be leaving us. Nobody got...

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Custom Milling with Baraboo Woodworks

Luckily, Madison has served as an ideal location for setting up their shop. “We’re fortunate to live in a place with good hardwoods,” says Josh, a woodworker who also co-manages...

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Kerris and Chris Browne of Peterson Sawmills

Peterson Sawmills’ US prices at four year low (article written in 2015)

Peterson CEO Kerris Browne explains… “When the USA, Canada and Australia went through the recession, our economy in New Zealand held strong. It was great for our importers, who went...

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The Great Peterson Sawmill Demo Day 2015

Peterson Portable Sawmills are the original designer of the portable swingblade sawmill and have been manufacturing and distributing worldwide for over 25 years. Although the company have a well-known reputation...

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The Junior Peterson – Rich with features every sawmiller can appreciate

In the early days at the research and development stage of design, the Peterson team discovered that mounting their sawmill engines higher than other manufacturers meant that sawdust wouldn’t need...

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Peterson ASM Makes Easy Work of Oversized Logs

The frame design of the Peterson ASM enables it to cut logs 5’ (1.5m) in diameter. Wightman Lumber owner, Dan Wightman arranged for Nathan to bring the portable mill to...

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Ted Isaacs in the US

The First Junior Peterson Lands Stateside

No Instruction Necessary? When the mill arrived in April 2013, Isaacs quickly uncrated it and started looking for an operations manual. “I couldn’t find one, so I called Peterson,” he...

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Farm Forestry: Peterson Sawmills Review

“…Robust, reliable, and endlessly flexible, the Peterson Portable Sawmill range provides millers like Heinz Vullings with the perfect tool for the job, wherever it might take him.” If you want...

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Swingmill Blade Maintenance and Running Costs

Part 5 of a 5-part series on what you need to know about swingmill blades A swingmill has a single circular blade that pivots; it moves forward in a horizontal...

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Swingmill Blades – Blade Adjustments

Part 4 of a 5 part series covering all you need to know about swingmill blades – by Kerris Browne How to make blade adjustments is one of the most...

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Visit to Wilkins Tree Farm – Runnells, Iowa

Meanwhile, Russ was also noticing the truck loads of unwanted urban logs going to the landfill, “It was heart breaking to see good timber going to waste like that, and...

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Swingmill Blades – Plate (Body), Gullets & Blade Tensioning

Part 3 of a 5 part series covering all you need to know about swingmill blades – by Kerris Browne This is an area that is not very well known,...

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