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EcoMadera South America Sustainable Harvesting

Sustainable Harvesting Made Viable with Peterson Sawmill in Ecuador

No clear-felling, no ugly scars to the landscape, no erosion, no dirty rivers, no messy roads or noisy trucks, and minimal disturbance to native plants and animals. Imagine a small portable mill winched into the forest by cable, trees selected by sustainability, and just the sawn timber carefully removed by hand. Yes it can be done, and EcoMadera have now proved it.

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Rotorua Sawmill Manufacturer Supports Student Project

When 17 year old Hayden Swears reached out to Rotorua manufacturers, Peterson Portable Sawmills for help with a woodworking project at his high school, the company were pleased to be...

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A Real Kiwi Bloke’s 30 Years of Sawmill Design and Practical Know-How

Many people in the portable sawmill community know Chris Browne or have at least heard of him. Born and bred in Rotorua, New Zealand, Chris is a typical DIY Kiwi...

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Holz erfüllt Träume – Ein Peterson-Kreissägewerk ist das wichtigste Werkzeug für die Cleone

Dieser Artikel ist erschienen im HOLZmachen Magazin, Ausgabe Herbst 2016 – www.holzmachen.info     Die im Jahr 1919 aus Eichenholz gebaute Gaffelketsch „Cleone“ gehörte einst Charlie Chaplin, mittlerweile ist sie...

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Top 10 Uses for Sawdust

Top 10 Tips for Reusing Sawdust

There are two byproducts of portable sawmilling: firewood (offcuts) and sawdust. Firewood is highly sought after so finding someone to sell or gift it to is relatively easy. But we...

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Celebrating 30 Years of Service Across the World

Carl Peterson started the ball rolling in 1989 with an innovative lesson for fixed machinery, by releasing ‘the world’s first commercially available portable sawmill’, according to Maurice. They may have...

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Guy Jackson - GMS Guy mills stuff guy makes stuff - Dedicated Wide Slabber WPF Combination

Two Mills Working in Tandem

Guy has been using his two mills in perfect tandem ever since. Because the width of the tracks of the DWS is exactly the same as that of the WPF,...

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Earl Schuk - Peterson Automated Swingblade Mill Canada

Gone Fishing – “Life made easier and much less physical”

Earl is not afraid of taking on big milling jobs however. Earlier this year he took on a large job cutting big 27ft long beams to mill heaps of 10″x12″...

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Rob MacDonald - Milling at Skyline

Custom Sawmilling – A Comfortable Lifestyle Choice

“I needed a mill I could take to the logs due to their size and location. For me, the main advantages of the Peterson are its portability and suitability for...

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Junior Peterson – A Stepping Stone for Young Sawmillers

  “The JP is the perfect sawmill for a part-time miller. It’s a simple machine really, and easy to use. For me, it was the logical first step to blade...

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Alaskan Bill swears by his Swing Blade Sawmill

Bill Iverson has lived and breathed in the fresh Alaskan air all his life, and his favorite pastimes of fishing and hunting make the isolated American state a perfect playground...

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Russell’s Sawmill is the Bee’s Knees

Russell Bee is almost 80 years old and owns a farm near Dannevirke, a small township located on the North Island of New Zealand. For the past 35 years, Russell...

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Celebrating 30 Years – 1992 to 1996

Peterson is celebrating 30 Years of portable sawmill innovation. We're inviting you to join us as we relive our exciting history....
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