We started with a Logosol Timberjig Chainsaw Mill to cut the logs that are regularly offered up to my retired father. The live edge projects he had tackled in past years involved a tremendous amount of effort with the chainsaw and then significant re-work and tweaking to get the slabs to his level of perfection. In 2018 when we happened upon a YouTube video about portable sawmills it started a discussion which led to some extensive research into brands, capability, and pricing. Based on our needs and budget we finally selected and purchased a NORWOOD LM-29 sawmill in January of 2019. He says “why did I wait so long?”
When the boxes arrived in his home workshop it looked like a daunting task to assemble, but following the instruction book we were able to put the mill together on two Saturdays mostly. We couldn’t wait to get cutting so we experimented on three maple logs that had laid in the yard for a couple of years. In no time we had some really nice lumber and had worked through a significant part of the learning curve.
He had made my daughter (his granddaughter) a large maple live edge dining table for her wedding a couple of years back and now my nephew was engaged to be married in the summer of 2019 and he wanted to do the same for his grandson. But this time, a friend had some large black walnut logs that they donated to us in the spring and he wanted to make his grandson’s live edge table from those beauties. The milling project took no time and was relatively effortless compared to the Logosol Timberjig. The table came together nicely and he embellished it with turquoise inlays (he is also a lapidary expert) as a final touch. He looks forward to more projects like that one in the future for other grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Our next project involves moving the entire mill to our cabin in the north woods of Michigan near Lake Superior. From there we will have enormous opportunities for using the mill to create rustic furniture and/or structures on our properties. We look forward to building a shed into which we can install the mill to keep it out of the weather. We are taking down some trees to make room for the mill, and these trees will yield all of the lumber we need for that structure. We are both so happy with our purchase – every log we open up is another exciting endeavor!"
Scott B.
LM29 Owner