In wake of two hurricanes
Reach a little higher there Paul.
We get the low down from Timo Scheiber.
Mark these on your calendar now so you don't miss out.
Need a little pick me up? Have a laugh on us.
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December, 2005
This is it! The final countdown is on for Christmas, and talk around the office
is leaning towards the Peterson staff party, plans for the holidays, and putting
up our Christmas lights. We are still here serving you for another couple of weeks
though. Mark it in your diaries that the factory will be closing for Christmas
on the 22nd of December, and opens again in the New Year on the 9th of January. If
you have any urgent matters during this time, you can still contact Chris and
Kerris on the usual phone numbers. Don't be surprised if you catch them lying
on a beach somewhere though!
In this final "Cutting Comments" of the year we profile Canadian owner Timo Scheiber, Paul
shows us how big the ASM can get in the Photo of the Month, and we also tell you
what Georg in Germany thinks of the engineering on the Peterson. We take a brief
look at timber prices in the U.S. as well, and finish with a warning for eating
peanuts at your aunty's place!
So keep reading, and enjoy this moment of peace before you get too carried away
with the festivities. From all at Peterson's we sincerely hope you have a safe,
special Christmas with the ones you love.
Merry Christmas
From the Peterson Team.
ARTICLE: LUMBER PRICES ESCALATE IN WAKE OF TWO HURRICANES
Here's a story of two homes. The lesson learnt? It's cheaper to mill your own
lumber!
One sits in New Orleans' sodden Ninth Ward, and was flooded to the rafters when
Hurricane Katrina sent storm surges through the levees intended to protect the
subsea level city. It's representative of more than 150,000 single-family homes
in similar straits along the Louisiana-Mississippi coast.
The second is planned for a neighbourhood in Mead, where homebuilders are scooping
out residential lots in one of Northern Colorado's fastest growing towns.
The connection: The destruction of the first will drive up the cost of the second.
Read on....
REFERRAL: IMPRESSED WITH THE ENGINEERING
The Peterson mill gets the nod of approval from Georg in Germany
"I'm a worker in the forestry business and know a lot of different types of mobile
sawmills, but all of them bandsaws. I had experiences with using them and watching
them go too, but all of the time felt something was missing. The ability to cut
up real big trees, and that with a blunt sawblade, the cut wasn't accurate any
more. And knots in the tree made the blade go off course too. Now using the Peterson
I'm so satisfied and happy with it.
Every time I show up with my mill, the new customer is worried how this small
packed up mill will cut his 8 metre long trees. But when he sees how it is set
up and how accurate the manufacturing is, he gets more confident.
Keep reading, and see photos of Georg in action with his Peterson.
PHOTO OF THE MONTH
"Just out of reach"
Paul is one of the characters around the Peterson factory. He's a Pom (need we
say more?!), he loves chocolate, he's fun to pick on, and he's . .. . short.
So when we built a custom-designed giant ASM frame for one of our New Zealand
customers, we couldn't help but take a photo of Paul trying to reach it!
A MILLER PROFILE
Timo is one of our Canadian mill owners and runs a custom mobile milling business.
Name: Timo Scheiber
Age: 35
Location: Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
Mill: 8" 27hp Kohler Winch Production Frame
Add ons: Large frame, Hi/Lo, 32ft of track, lap siding attachment, log dogs
Operation: Custom mobile milling. Right now fir beams and wideboard fir/maple flooring
Motto: High production is a function of quality equipment working in efficient systems.
Find out more, and see photos of his operation online.
UPCOMING SHOWS AND EVENTS
One last one for 2005
Conneticut Demo Day
17th December
Tolland, CT
Start time is 9AM. Cutting will continue until they are out of Oak and Cottonwood.
We are also putting together our show schedule for 2006. If you have suggestions
of a show, or would like to host a Demo Day next year feel free to contact Darnielle with the details.
LAST LAUGH
Sorry for eating the peanuts
A man visits his aunt in the nursing home. It turns out that she is taking a
nap, so he just sits down in a chair in her room, flips through a few magazines,
and munches on some peanuts sitting in a bowl on the table.
Eventually, the aunt wakes up, and her nephew realizes he's absentmindedly finished
the entire bowl. "I'm so sorry, auntie, I've eaten all of your peanuts!"
"That's ok, dearie," the aunt replied. "After I've sucked the chocolate off,
I don't care for them anyway."
U/E
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