How an Italian Woodworker Profits More From Every Log
In Northern Italy, Marco Marcante says he can quadruple the value of his raw logs by processing them into custom timber with his Wood-Mizer LT15 sawmill.
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Restoration of Vintage Carriages for a Tourist Train in Spain
Spanish railway company RENFE Viajeros invited a sawmiller with a portable Wood-Mizer to restore four vintage Strawberry Train cars. The wagons were made using wood almost a hundred years ago.
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A Modern High-Performance Sawmilling in Latvia
The PRO WOOD company from Latvia reports it has tripled production volume while keeping the same employee number and significantly decreasing wood waste after they started operating the Wood-Mizer WM4000 sawmilling line.
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Discovering the Beauty of Wood in the French Alps with Wood-Mizer Equipment
"In the Savoye region, wood is alive all the time. Even if it's cut, it still lives and serves the people," claims Yvan Cometto, a carpenter from a small village in the French Alps. In his company YC Charpente, Yvan makes wood products from the local timber using Wood-Mizer equipment. He enjoys working with wood while discovering its beauty. "I wouldn't change this place for anything else in the world," he admits with a smile.
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Rosewood Production with Wood-Mizer LT20 Sawmill in Indonesia
Indonesian company cuts exotic hardwoods to boost their sales in China and Japan. The company employs 150 workers and has improved profits since it purchased a Wood-Mizer LT20.
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Mesquite Treehouse Milled and Made in Arizona, USA
Arthur and Valerie Flores of Tumacacori Mesquite Sawmill in southern Arizona milled and made a unique mesquite treehouse with their Wood-Mizer portable sawmill.
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Revitalizing Urban Trees in London for a Second Life
It's the dream of many a maker to create furniture with timber sourced a matter of yards from the workshop. While that might be achievable for people living in rural settings, when your workshop is in the heart of the East End of London, not exactly timber country, that sounds pretty nigh impossible. Thanks to the eminently portable Wood-Mizer LT20 sawmill the Eric Street Plane tree, felled some five hundred paces from my workshop and lying somewhat unloved for the last eighteen months, is now resting in a neat stack of many dozens of valuable planks.
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Growing Indonesia Furniture Producer Replacing Old Machinery with Modern Sawmills
Doddik Sulistiono is the owner of Citra Fajar Utama - a wood processing and furniture manufacturing company in the Klaten region of Central Java, Indonesia. The company was using the traditional vertical bandsaws for all their log breakdown. They began to look for other options and tried out a Wood-Mizer sawmill. They were so impressed with the surface quality and recovery, they bought three Wood-Mizers – an LT15 and two LX100 sawmills.
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Sustainable Forest Management for Local Communities in Italy
For the past 20 years, the Alta Val di Suza Forestry Consortium of Turin, Italy, has relied on Wood-Mizer sawmills to achieve two goals of sustainable forest management - protecting the environment and efficiently using raw wood.
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Mulberry Chapel Built on Farm in Georgia, USA
For the past 20 years, George Coker has been dreaming and planning the perfect addition to his farm in Carnesville, Georgia. Building a chapel on the land would provide the ideal venue to expand opportunities on the property. The chapel would offer a space to host weddings, events, and activities, allowing more people to enjoy the beauty of the farm.
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