November,
2007
Peterson Project: Making a Chopping Board
This month our
multi-talented Sales Consultant Aaron Kalan has prepared a Peterson Project that
the kids can help you with! An excellent Christmas gift idea, this
simple Chopping Board will impress any cook. So get your mill ready (or email
Aaron if you haven't bought one yet!) get your hands on a router, and have fun
making this useful kitchen accessory.
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Article: Milling Trees from a Smallholding . . .
Some smallholders now have millable trees on their
properties. This article illustrates a recent example of small scale milling to
produce sawn wood for the owner's use. This milling job went well and
illustrates some of the basic techniques and on-farm use, typical of what can
happen on a smallholding.
The Milling Process
The milling took place on a
smallholding about six kilometres north of Rangiora, North Canterbury. The
property is used for horse riding and horse breeding. The owner wanted to
enclose the horse riding arena and decided to mill some trees to provide the
rails suitable for such a fence. The former owner had planted a variety of
trees, including eucalypts that are now at least 20 years old. Read more . . .
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Photo of the Month . .
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Petersons build high quality mills to suit everyones individual needs. This months photo is of a WPF Giant Frame
lined up next to our ASM, WPF
standard mills. There is quite a difference in size. View
our PoM here.
Miller Profile . . .
Our profile this month is from Chad Burell from Vermont, USA. He mostly mills his lumber to build Asian joinery which he is very passionate about. Find out more about Chad
here.
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Site of the Month . . .
Have you ever wanted to start a
family tree, or fill in the missing pieces of one you have already created?
www.ancestry.com is a website devoted to helping you create a family
tree. Also, you can conduct a search within Ancestry.com's huge database for
your family name, or type in your name and see if anyone is looking for you.
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And in other news . . .
* The ASM promotion has ended and taking it's place is
a promo to suit any new mill purchaser. Click here to find out
more.
* The photo to the right is one winning entry from our
photo competition last month. Ashley Walmsley has some 'old-timers' in
that chisel collection! Thank you to everyone who sent us their photos.
* Ever wanted to swing from
the trees? Well here's your chance. As Tarzan in this game, use your left and
right arrow keys for direction and your space bar to jump. Try and collect as
many diamonds as you can for Tarzan and Jane's first
anniversary! Click here to play.
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