how many of us are full time sawyers?

[ladylake]

 
My only source of income for the last 8 years, never been better.   Steve

[rooster 58]

I saw full time and employ  two others at the moment.  I want to add a third to sit in the saw box so I can manage and grow my business the way I want to ;)

[longtime lurker]

My "normal" week:
Monday - office duties, admin, parts sourcing etc etc - all those odd jobs that require doing but seem impossible through the "work" part of the week.
Tuesday - mill from 7am to 5pm
Wednesday - "
Thursday - "
Friday - "Exercise" day: ie hump a chainsaw around in the bushes rather then spend it stuck in the dogbox of a mill. Usually get away from home around 4.30 and get home around 10pm.
Saturday - mill yard 7 to 4. Saturday we open to retail business so the mill itself doesn't get started, but theres a truck to unload, and cleanup work, and resaw work to do.
Sunday - day off.

Got one guy full time and a rotating crew of casuals who are good for a day here and a day there on an as required basis.

[Jim H]

The mill has been my main scource of income for over 18 yrs but I rarely saw 40 hours a week. Thats the great thing about it,I can make a good living working about half that much time with no worry of getting burned out.

[sandsawmill14]

thats what i was meaning if this how you make your living.

I started this because i read comment in another thread "wishing there were more full time sawyers here" or something close to that and i thought it would be good to show how many of us are here ;D

[ladylake]

  The only thing I would have done different is to start at 25 years old instead of 50+.   Steve

[tule peak timber]

I don't have my two mills working at 40 hours per week each either. I clock easily twice that every week and am happy to be able to work that much . Burned out- yes- and the people around me display singed edges. You just need enough people around to spread the heat. ...

[drobertson]

we need heat sink putty that's not messy ;D 

[tule peak timber]

we use tree sap :D :D :D

[Peter Drouin]

thats what i was meaning if this how you make your living.

I started this because i read comment in another thread "wishing there were more full time sawyers here" or something close to that and i thought it would be good to show how many of us are here ;D

That was me , and there's only a hand full if full time here and I'm one.

[sandsawmill14]

peter it is truly a handful. i have to say it is less than i was expecting for the amount of good information here on the forum

[Nomad]

most of us create our own luck ,both good and bad

     Truer words have never been said.

[YoungStump]

I work as an employee for a pallet company who owns the mill and equipment. I am pretty much in charge of the sawmill part of the business, so basically all I do is connected with the mill.
When logs and help are available I saw full time and try to squeeze in blade sharpening and mill maintenance etc evenings and weekends. If we're short in help or something there's usually plenty of work to do trying to improve our fairly new setup, and prepping logs for the mill.

[Chuck White]

Definately "part-time", and I'm good with that.  8)

[WoodenHead]

Part time for the last 3.5 years.  Getting closer to 100,000 bdft sawn.  Working towards a full-time stationary setup, but may or may not get there.  And I'm good with it either way.     I sell lumber but also kiln dry and produce finished products (T&G, flooring, etc.).

[JustinW_NZ]

My wife works hard at her job to support my now full time sawmill habbit haha

I should say my health forced a slight life rethink. Went fulltime with the mill this year.
First full time employee started last month!
I like to spread the heat as others say.

Cheers
Justin

[slider]

I have been sawing part time for about 15 years.This year I took on a partner started a tree business so I guess i'm still part time.I remove and trim trees part of the week and saw part of the week.It works so far for me.It's getting late I should of been sawing an hour ago.
My hat's off to the full time sawyers because it's hit and miss at times.

[petefrom bearswamp]

Part time and if I win the lottery I'll just keep at it until the money is gone.

[nas]

Full time, and only getting busier. 

Nick

[redbeard]

Part time but put a lot of hours in especially weekends. Still able to keep up with orders that come in. Setting my self up for full time when I retire in 8 yrs.

[Seaman]

Sawing and wood sales is what we do for a living at Uniquewoodcuts.com !
Frank

[mesquite buckeye]

Part time sawing, full time footman. ;D

[ChrisGermany]

I work full time for a man who owns a hydraulic Baker bandsaw mill, mainly sawing sticks for drying lumber and ties. We saw ties when the logs are available and custom cut lumber from time to time. It's a feast or famine job. At times the logs stop coming, and we survive by hauling off nail logs from bigger mills and culled railroad ties and sawing them into something useful. But the logs always come eventually, and we make up for the slow times by pushing out as many orders as possible when we have the logs on hand.

We work about 40 hours per week (or I do--the boss works off and on 7 days per week fixing the mill, hauling off the loads, staging logs for me, etc) and our bills stay paid. I've had easier jobs, but never a job I enjoyed more. The boss is a good man, and I'd rather be sweating for him than sitting in an air-conditioned office.

Getting up each day, sliding into old overalls that always smell like white oak, lacing up the logging boots that have conformed perfectly to my feet from walking countless miles on hard-packed dirt, and putting on the wide straw hat to ward off the blinding Mississippi sun ...wouldn't have it any other way. I realize that I'll never become a rich man by sawing logs, but I sleep well at night. Can't ask for more than that.

[terrifictimbersllc]

"Retirement hobby".   8 yrs in business now, keeps getting busier, now pretty much full time.    :

[Peter Drouin]

I work full time for a man who owns a hydraulic Baker bandsaw mill, mainly sawing sticks for drying lumber and ties. We saw ties when the logs are available and custom cut lumber from time to time. It's a feast or famine job. At times the logs stop coming, and we survive by hauling off nail logs from bigger mills and culled railroad ties and sawing them into something useful. But the logs always come eventually, and we make up for the slow times by pushing out as many orders as possible when we have the logs on hand.

We work about 40 hours per week (or I do--the boss works off and on 7 days per week fixing the mill, hauling off the loads, staging logs for me, etc) and our bills stay paid. I've had easier jobs, but never a job I enjoyed more. The boss is a good man, and I'd rather be sweating for him than sitting in an air-conditioned office.

Getting up each day, sliding into old overalls that always smell like white oak, lacing up the logging boots that have conformed perfectly to my feet from walking countless miles on hard-packed dirt, and putting on the wide straw hat to ward off the blinding Mississippi sun ...wouldn't have it any other way. I realize that I'll never become a rich man by sawing logs, but I sleep well at night. Can't ask for more than that.