Thinking about starting

[trouter]

I'm thinking about buying a LT15 and starting to saw as a hobby, but looking to the future and maybe doing more in the future. I figured start small see how things go then buy bigger and better. Am I crazy? I work in the lumber industry now so the understanding is there, just dont know if I want to make the jump.

[Fla._Deadheader]

Welcome.  First thing I would do is, go to the Home Page of this Forum, and access the "Find-A-Sawyer". Link.

  That will get ya someone near you to visit. Then, make the date to go, and pester the daylights outta them with yer questions.  ;D ;D

  After wearing out all the sawyers you can, you MIGHT have an idea what you really want to do.  :D :D

  See there ??? Nuttin to it.   ;) ;) ;D ;D :D :D

[Weekend_Sawyer]

I bought my mill as a hobby. I want it to stay that way for now. I enjoy sawing and my frends and neighbors come over, I saw their logs for free and afterwards they supply the beer!

My brother Chris and I sawed all the lumber for our 20x25 aframe addition on our cabin in wv. It's truley a great feeling to look around and see everything I have sawn for folks.

I say go for it.
Jon

[Ron Wenrich]

I've threatened to buy a mill, but after sawing all day on a big mill, I don't think I would find it much of a "hobby".   

Where it could be an advantage is that you could get logs that don't meet your dayjob specs.  Something with interesting grain or other pattern.  Then saw that up for a niche market.  With the amount of logs you guys do, you should be able to find something to saw.

[Part_Timer]

I have an LT15 if your close and want to try it out send a message.  Just got the blades back from resharp and have 25 logs in the yard.

Tom

[ARKANSAWYER]

  Come out to the farm and we can saw a bit.  Get a little sawdust in your hair and talk about sawing.  You can see how much fun it really is.  ;D
  I have trout near by.  ;)

[trouter]

Well I guess I wont know till I try, so if I can get the wife talked into it maybe I'll give it a try.

[isawlogs]

  I have a friend that came over a year or so ago . He was a little nervous and you could tell he had something to ask ,  ;D   Well it was  that he was thinking of buing a mill to saw up logsfor his cabin up at the lake , he did not know how I would take it , if I would give him pointers .  He wanted for me to not get upset with him for not hiring me  :    Hafter he told me what was bothering him , I just broke up into a laugh and told him I would even go with him to see the mills if he would like to . Then once he had it and knew what he was doing would set him up with some work .   ;D
  He ended up buing a Champion sawmill , a small manual mill , he now comes over heere and files his blades and brings some brown bottles with him . He has started on the sawing of his cabin and has been over here for a few pointers since and he has done his first job taken money from a client over the week end  ;D  I had a guy call up and need a few logs sawed up on saturday or sunday and I could not make it , had my fund raiser to take care of ...
  He was here at the house when I got back ...  to look at the grin he was wearing and the sparkle in his eyes   was worth a million  ;D
He had a box of cold ones waiting on ice for me ....  And they where well taken care of ...  ;D

     All this to say ... Go for it ..  Just Do it   ;D ;D ;D
       

[trouter]

I was out at Sawlex and that really made up my mind when I saw some of the mills run, now I'm going to be up at Rock Springs helping out, so this time I will have to be a little more serious at looking at them along with prices for some optional stuff I wouldn't mind having.