Steve purchased a 10" Winch Production Frame in 2002 to build a timber frame house on his 138-acre tree farm. Based in California, USA, Steve soon found himself too busy in his forestry consulting business to work on the house. But he did however find time to do some custom sawing with a friend that had logs too big for his bandmill to handle. So Steve has now carved out a little niche market for himself in his area, taking in the logs that the bandmills reject.

Read more of Steve's profile online, and those of other millers.

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PHOTO OF THE MONTH

"And the old becomes new again"

In 1901 a young 20-year old man built a smokehouse on his property in West Virginia, to live in while he rebuilt the farmhouse that had recently burnt down. 104 years later Jeff Sincell decided that that smokehouse needed a renovation, and so he and his mates worked the Peterson over three days to mill the lumber they would need, and make sure this smokehouse would see it through another century.

Read the full story and see the before and after photos online.

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WANT SOME MORE ADVERTISING FOR YOUR BUSINESS?

We are offering a free advertising service on our website for your business, whether it be using your Peterson or not. Send through a logo, contact details, and a brief description of your services, and we will add it to our online business directory.

If you've got a website and would like to include it with your listing, all we ask is that you reciprocate, and include a link to Peterson's on your company's website.

Send Trudi your company details, or ask her for more information.

      

 

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FANCY BECOMING A PETERSON RC?

Redefining how we do business in Australia

Since parting ways at the start of the year from our Australian agent, (Stan Ceglinski from Mullumbimby Woodworks) we have chosen to set up Regional Centres to serve each state separately, similarly to how we do business in the USA. RC’s are Peterson owners that attend shows, stock high-turnover parts and sawmills, and provide demonstrations and training for new owners. Customers tend to appreciate dealing with people who are users of the product themselves, and who can provide after sales support in setting up new milling operations.

If this sounds like something you would be interested in, we would love to hear from you. Send Rex an email, or give him a call on 1800 150 529 to find out more.

    

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JOKE OF THE MONTH

Golfing with an older man

 

A young man who was also an avid golfer found himself with a few hours to spare one afternoon. He figured if he hurried and played very fast, he could get in nine holes before he had to head home. Just as he was about to tee off an old gentleman shuffled onto the tee and asked if he could accompany the young man as he was golfing alone. Not being able to say no, he allowed the old gent to join him.

To his surprise the old man played fairly quickly. He didn't hit the ball far, but plodded along consistently and didn't waste much time. Finally, they reached the 9th fairway and the young man found himself with a tough shot. There was a large pine tree right in front of his ball - and directly between his ball and the green.

After several minutes of debating how to hit the shot the old man finally said, "You know, when I was your age I'd hit the ball right over that tree."

With that challenge placed before him, the youngster swung hard and hit the ball up, right smack into the top of the tree trunk. It thudded back to the ground not a foot from where it had originally lay.

The old man offered one more comment, "Of course, when I was your age that pine tree was only three feet tall."

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