Peterson Portable Sawmill Cuts a Log in Less than 10 Minutes

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This video shows how easy it is to cut a log from start to finish with a Peterson swingblade sawmill.

Here we show the Peterson Winch Production Frame (WPF) cutting through a log in less than ten minutes, getting great recovery throughout and leaving very little waste at the end. The 8" blade slices through this pine log at the Peterson factory in Rotorua New Zealand.

There is an 'Electric Winch' on this mill set-up, see our 'Electric Winch' video clip to find out how it works.

WPF mills are used worldwide by custom sawmillers and commercial outfits worldwide. For more information on the model used here, visit the website: http://petersonsawmills.com/products/...

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[nattorro]

Thank you for answering so quickly. I have scathed the internet to find a price on one of these machines and could not find one. Do you know what these machines cost?

thank you,

Nathan s

[PetersonSawmills]

Hi,

No problem. Yes I can send you a full pricelist. If you wouldn't mind sending me a private message to let me know what your email address is, I'll get a pricelist off to you straight away.

Thanks Nathan.

[NiteStar131]

Seems like the Swingblade is the best at reducing waste to a minimum and controlling the lumber you are able to harvest, not to mention the speed you can cut, You keep one man busy stacking and never have to slow down for him to catch up. Great video, thank you

[Robert Monroe]

HI Nathan, I am interested in prices also, :) Best video I have seen..Thx for sharing..

[46Mongoose]

How deep can this cut?  Looking to do post and beam.

[anooseholay]

Depends on the model you buy from Wood mizer as to whether you have to walk in the sawdust or not.

[Billy Heddins]

Oh, I seem to remember that when I ran that woodmizer, I had to walk with every cut. You have to be at the finished end to raise the machine, ....it didn't have a seat to ride. Is that what you're talking about?

[yurifiero]

yea with a head saw or a wood mizer u don't need to "walk freely" You let the machine do the cutting

[Billy King]

I'm sure Peterson has some kind of system to propel the machine, but, the whole reason for this "high-low" rails is to give you somewhere to walk freely, unlike the woodmizer. I"ve used a woodmizer quite a lot.....cut one side, roll the log, cut the other side,.....heck, they just cut the whole darn log without stopping.....finished lumber...you can't do that with the wood mizer...it'll work you a hundred times harder than those guys are working here....I love that machine!

[Billy King]

They were just showing how long it takes to turn that whole log into usuable lumber. They could've used a smaller log, but they didn't......I'm pretty impressed with the results!

[CrashtestK1W1]

Hi there roaddog, it just takes 2. The first can be made in the horizontal position you simply saw all the way up the log until your blade exits the log and then to completely remove the board from the log you would need to swing the blade into the vertical position and then come back in the vertical position until you exit the log again.