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Petersons Back the Four Day Work Week

At Peterson Portable Sawmills Head Office and Manufacturing Facilities in Rotorua, New Zealand, we have been operating with flexible hours and working days, offering all staff Glide Time since 2003, with most employees setting their own hours and days of work. Now we are taking the next step and shutting the doors to our factory a day early.

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Allergy Trees – Trees you can live with and Trees you can’t

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A Peterson perspective on 2005

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Bandsaw or swingblade? A Wisconsin sawmillers experience with the ASM

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“I did it my way”: Sawmiller Living His Dream with Timber

Robert Mansell is a man living his dream. The Rotorua, NZ-based sawmiller has created an enviable lifestyle of doing exactly what he wants – and that is working with wood....

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Thinking Outside The Box – A Circular Approach to Sawmilling

By Patrick White Because of their relatively low cost, effectiveness and ease of transport, portable sawmills have become incredibly popular with loggers, large landowners, farmers, woodworkers, timber framers and others....

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Peterson Vs Lucas – Arwyn Morgan Compares

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Taking the mill to the logs – Benefits of a Portable Mill

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MicroKerf Sawmill Blade

Fast And Efficient, Peterson’s MicroKerf Blade

For Peterson’s agent Simon Ceglinski the new MicroKerf blade is “absolutely brilliant”. Simon has been working with wood all his life on his parents’ property in New South Wales, Australia,...

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The Winch Production Frame – “A Beautiful Cut”

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Kyrgyzstan – The home of Burr Walnut

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Wood Works Well For Stan

Stan Ceglinski is so passionate about timber that you’d think he has sap running through his veins. He owns Mullumbimby Woodworks in northern New South Wales, Australia. His experience with...

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Accuracy and Recovery Top Priorities for NSW Sawmiller

With clients wanting boards cut within 2mm of the required size, this New South Wales contractor needed equipment that was accurate and price competitive. Steve Anderson of Bellbird Falls Timber...

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