Steve Cannon carves a new niche market.
And the old becomes new again.
It's finally here! Don't miss out.
Need a little pick me up? Have a laugh on us.
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March, 2006
Hi
The mornings are starting to get a little bit chilly and we are enjoying the last of the warm sunny days of summer
unfortunately.
We've been working hard though, planning tours into most corners of the
world, but first of all we are gearing up for FI2006 in our very own backyard. Be sure you make it up to see this show, where we will have our full
line running, including the remodeled Automatic Swingblade Mill and also an automatic Dedicated Slabber. In this month's Cutting Comments profile US owner Steve Cannon, and see the re-birth of an old smokehouse build way back in 1901. We also
offer advertising on our website exclusively to our Peterson owners.
As always, feel free to send through your
questions, suggestions and comments to us. We love hearing from you.
Happy milling,
from the team at Petersons.
MILLER PROFILE: Steve Q. Cannon
Steve purchased a 10" Winch Production Frame in 2002 to build a timber
frame house on his 138-acre tree farm 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.
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.
FI2006 IS JUST AROUND THE
CORNER
FI2006 is happening next week, and it will be the biggest show of it's kind in the Southern Hemisphere. We are excited to be running
an 8" 27hp remodeled Automatic Swingblade Mill, as well as an 8" 13hp ATS with MicroKerf, and 8" 27hp WPF (Hi/Lo, large frame). We will also be
running the automatic Dedicated Slabber and hopefully pulling off some beautiful slabs.
The show is running from the 9th - 11th of March, at
the Rotorua Racecourse on Fenton Street in Rotorua. With over 250 exhibitors booked already, and seminars and competitions running throughout the
show, it's going to be a great time and we hope you can join us.
Email Darnielle for more information or to
order tickets for the show, or check out the official website.
WANT TO GROW YOUR
BUSINESS?
We are offering a free advertising service on our website for your business, whether it be in forestry 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.
JOKE OF THE MONTH
Golfing with an old 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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