2 Years ago I bought a sawmill. Here are 3 ways how I justified it. If you are thinking about buying a sawmill, you'll love this video. Awesome Drone Shots by my friend Zach!
We are rebuilding an old stone farm in France. When the time came to redo the first floor framing we had two choices, go the traditionnal style with hardwood or go to "home depot" and lay out some 4x8 or something. First choice was far out of reach in our common budget and the second did not match the standard we were aiming. At that time I propose this to my beloved : I can do our "dream floor" for 700$. I invested personnaly in the sawmill, we bought together chestnut logs locally for 700$; and then I also paid back the 700$ with all the chestnut offcuts board. The price for what I cut for the floor would have been the price of the sawmill. I'm now slowely recouping my money on the saw. Even if I don't own the trees it's still one of the best decision I took. I really like sawing couple of boards after work, that way it's never a labor, cheers
Wow that’s amazing! That sounds like an awesome project. Yeah cutting for fun a little at a time is a great way to truly enjoy your mill. I’d love to see your chestnut floor.
Thanks for sharing your info and ideas. I'm probably a year away from deciding if a bandsaw mill is something I want to do. At the moment, I have a couple chainsaws and want to build something like Izzy Swan's chainsaw mill to work through some oak logettes (24" diameter x 36" length) we had cut down last summer. Looking forward to seeing more of your bandsaw mill videos.
Yeah that Izzy Swan setup is cool. If your just milling up stuff now and again something like that or finding a mill near you would be a good option. Let me know if you have any questions about sawmills as you get closer to making your decision. Thanks for checking out the channel!
We are rebuilding an old stone farm in France. When the time came to redo the first floor framing we had two choices, go the traditionnal style with hardwood or go to "home depot" and lay out some 4x8 or something. First choice was far out of reach in our common budget and the second did not match the standard we were aiming. At that time I propose this to my beloved : I can do our "dream floor" for 700$. I invested personnaly in the sawmill, we bought together chestnut logs locally for 700$; and then I also paid back the 700$ with all the chestnut offcuts board. The price for what I cut for the floor would have been the price of the sawmill. I'm now slowely recouping my money on the saw. Even if I don't own the trees it's still one of the best decision I took.
I really like sawing couple of boards after work, that way it's never a labor, cheers
Wow that’s amazing! That sounds like an awesome project. Yeah cutting for fun a little at a time is a great way to truly enjoy your mill. I’d love to see your chestnut floor.
Thanks for sharing your info and ideas. I'm probably a year away from deciding if a bandsaw mill is something I want to do. At the moment, I have a couple chainsaws and want to build something like Izzy Swan's chainsaw mill to work through some oak logettes (24" diameter x 36" length) we had cut down last summer. Looking forward to seeing more of your bandsaw mill videos.
Yeah that Izzy Swan setup is cool. If your just milling up stuff now and again something like that or finding a mill near you would be a good option. Let me know if you have any questions about sawmills as you get closer to making your decision. Thanks for checking out the channel!