Buying and Using Portable Sawmills

Portable sawmill manufacturers with good products are thriving. Do-it-yourself sawmilling for lumber is on the rise. If you have the energy to saw your own, I have several favorite saw mills you need to look at.

Chainsaw mills are inexpensive and very appealing for use where access is limited. Portable chainsaw mills usually run off a framework constructed around the log you cut. Most chainsaw mills require heavy-duty power heads on saws to effectively operate the mill. Special-purpose ripping chains and bars may be required and various accessories that are purchased as an extra item can help you cut specialty wood products.

Ron Wenrich's take on varieties of portable sawmills...

Tips on purchasing a portable sawmill from your About.com Guide

You can by a World class personal sawmill right here.

A great woodworking site from About Woodworking Guide Larry Eastman.

"Maker of band resaws, scragg mills, protable band sawmills, edgers"

The maker of Accu-Trac Portable Sawmills...

"Compare the Country Log Homes Building System ™ with any other log home building system and you'll see the difference between merely good design and our exceptional craftsmanship."

"Leading Canadian sawmill manufacturer."

Another forest product site from Madison, Wisconsin...

"Heartwood Saw Company Limited is a Canadian company specializing in the manufacture of portable and stationary horizontal bandsaw mills."

Look for their "Oscar" models...

The top portable sawmill magazine from New England.

"manufacture of wood processing machinery" from Sweden.

This organization represents log home manufacturers.  Check out the directory.

A best bet site for log home information.

A good log home directory.

A Swedish sawmill manufacturer.

"The Lumbermate"

The original swing blade portable sawmill...

Affordable portable sawmilling...

A used sawmill buyers/sellers site.

A great source for portable sawmill and milling links...

"Americas favorite bandmill and industry's strongest warranty"

"a family owned business that builds each mill one at a time."

"Worlds largest manufacturer of portable sawmills."

Woodworking industry information...

Which portable sawmill is you favorite and why?