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WoodworkingProject.com EDITION .com # 01 | 2012 LOGOSOL PH360: “Like adding another person” The PH260 Spins PAGE 14 Straw into Gold PAGE 14 Big Cut with The Science of the Big Mill

Kiln Drying PAGE 6 System PAGE 11

THE STORY OF LOGOSOL PAGE 8–9

“I’m pleased with “We made $1,000 A Mayor Builds the Logosol service” the fi rst day” Unique Log Homes PAGE 6 PAGE 4 PAGE 12 The joy of processing your own etting access to the most valuable parts step towards making our products and trademark it is important that of trees – the planks and boards – was the known across North America. you, if you want to G driving force when I fi rst developed the invest in a Logosol Logosol . Making use of a storm-felled FOR MANY YEARS, LOGOSOL has cooperated with machine, know that tree that would otherwise be fi rewood or even Bailey’s on the American market, and we have it will be rewarding be left lying on the forest fl oor is a powerful way great confi dence in this company. I am, therefore, due to smart design of showing concern for our environment. The extremely pleased that we are now taking the next and a personal product became a great success and opened up step with a large-scale joint investment in order to commitment to you new opportunities for wood processing in many reach an even greater number of people who need as a customer. different areas. By offering customers around our products in the US. Our colleagues at Bailey’s the globe safe purchases and the best customer are also wood enthusiasts and know our machines WE ARE CONVINCED service, our products are now, 23 years later, sold inside out after having used them in their own that we, together from Sweden to over 65 countries. The machines building projects. On page 10 you can read about with Bailey’s, will are working in a wide range of surroundings, from Bailey’s president Nik Bailey’s be able to make this the rainforests of the Solomon Islands, to Alaska’s projects with Logosol machinery. proven equipment vast wintery wilderness. Many use their Logosol available to more machine in their business, but just as many are THE JOY OF INVENTING becomes evident when you people in the US who want to experience the joy quite ordinary people, just like me, who build their see the variety of our range of machines. Besides of processing their own wood. We wish them every dreams of wood and experience true joy when several different sawing systems we have, among success, and will do our utmost as supplier and doing it! other things, developed a revolutionary planer/ partner. moulder line for both professionals and hobby- BECOMING A LOGOSOL customer is a safe and carpenters. LOGOSOL’s products are always of long-term investment. During ten years, we have Swedish quality and are recognized by the elegant Bengt-Olov Byström, sold our products in the USA and taken the fi rst solutions, which have become our signature. To us, Founder of Logosol

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2 Woodworkingproject # 2012 Innovative wood processing products | www.woodworkingproject.com UNIQUE Optional Fifth Head for PH360 Logosol continues to be on the move, designing innovative solutions for planning/moulding challenges. When the PH360, Logosol’s largest four-sided pla- ner/moulder, was fi rst released, everyone noticed there was an extra button on the control pa- nel of the PH360. Some people utilized it to control the exter- nal chip extractor. However, now the button’s real function “Not is like is revealed, it’s to control an optional fi fth cutter head.

Logosol strives to design modular machines, to allow for future develop- ment. The most developed along modu- leaving a SACK OF lar lines, for example, are the powered . It’s fully possible to begin with the small handheld timber and develop it into a fully-equipped . MONEY out to rot” The PH360 is designed according to the same modular philosophy. It was equipped from the start for a fi fth cutter Recently we heard from one M7 owner who had collected a bunch of logs head. The only thing that gives away in anticipation of doing a lot of milling, only not to have time to mill up the the potential of this future option is an logs until 2 years later. Rainer Kern called to tell us what he found when extra start button on the control pa- he cut into some that had lain in place for several years. We nel. The development work has taken discussed the value of spalted wood, and we sent him some reference a little time, since it involves a brand new type of cutter head, with a func- material on this kind of wood to help him realize what he had found in tion not found on any other planer. these old logs. Here is his story: A TRUE MULTI-CUTTER ”The cutter is in principle an MF30 hinking of what I have discovered ma- glass, before I even had a chance to give it vertical milling machine,” reveals pro- kes me remember how I fi rst got star- a rebellious throw of disgust. duct manager Mattias Byström. ted with using the M7 mill in the fi rst T The milling unit is an independent place. DISCOVERED SPALTED WOOD unit that attaches to the planer, and Three years ago, I purchased some land The antipathy I felt of having let the mag- the electrical systems are coupled to- and immediately had about ten acres of it gots and rain eat through what would have gether. Both machines function as cleared. What was bulldozed was a mix- been thousands of dollars saved from hav- a single unit, with the same feeding ture of and hardwoods. The stand- ing to buy it from a mill was sickening. As I speed. All cutter heads are controlled ard practice here is to push all the debris cut further down into the wood, I got some from the PH360 control panel. into a pile, throw diesel on the pile and satisfaction of cutting the maggots and bee- The MF30 model is a multi-machine burn it. It cost me more money, but I had tles in half that had made this wood their in the widest sense of the word. The the dozer operator stack both the pines and home over the last couple of years. motor unit can be swivelled 270 de- hardwoods that were over a certain size to It wasn’t until my third cut, that I discov- grees and the milling arbor can handle keep them from getting burned. ered what you call spalted wood. In fact, I • Rainer Kern and his M7 sawmill. both a side cutter of the same thought it was just a fl uke in the wood until type as already fi tted on the PH360 or SAVE THE COST I noticed the same uniqueness in the other a spindle into which bits can be When asked what I was going to do with logs. Imagine the relief I felt of knowing this chose to save the spalted wood to make cabi- fi tted. The machine can process timber the wood, I shrugged my shoulders, unsure wood being spared from the chipper just to net doors. It was just too hard to let all the from below, from the side and from abo- myself. I tried to sell the logs to a become mulch. It is extremely rewarding to wood go in just one project. And that’s the ve. With a fi fth cutter head in a four-si- fi rm, but times were very good for them at see the time spent two years ago being paid curse. When you’ve got a good thing, it’s ded planer/moulder it becomes possible the time, so they did not want to invest in off, more than I could have even imagined. hard to let it go.” to produce very complicated details in a the effort to load the logs onto a logging The word should get out so more people So, don’t discard those old logs single operation. truck. can learn about this marvel. Thanks for all just because they look rotten. They can pro- ”The PH360 with a fi fth cutter head I invested in your mill about two years the info and for the Logosol hat. I think your duce some of the best wood you’ve ever seen! is a very effi cient machine for produ- ago, because I didn’t like the alternative equipment and support is great”. That’s one of the joys of milling – discover- cing windows, for example,” points out of having the logs used for fi rewood. Two ing what grains and patterns you will fi nd Mattias Byström. years that have gone by, and I have had the Rainer later writes: within a log. The fi fth cutter head is undergoing time to only mill the . It is now that I “The curse of having such beautiful wood is integration testing. No launch date has am fi nally milling the hardwoods. Before deciding how to use it. Typically when do- USEFUL FACTS: Logosol Sawmill been set, but interested parties can get I had started milling the hardwoods, I felt ing a wood project, you make a best guess of in touch with Logosol for further infor- disappointed with myself for having left the amount of wood you need. If you guess Weight: 126 lbs without unit. Length: 18 ft is standard length. mation about this unique option for the these logs turn to rot. In a way, it didn’t wrong, it is just the inconvenience of having Width: 43’’ PH360. feel any different than leaving a sack of to buy more. True, the color tone may vary Distance between log beds: 79’’ between stock piles, but nothing so far off money out to rot. After all, the whole idea Log diameter: Up to 24’’, with the EQUIPPED FOR MORE of milling the was to save the cost that a different shade of stain can’t fi x. possibility of sawing logs of larger The PH360 is also equipped for even of having to buy it from a lumber yard. With this spalted wood, if you run out, diameters. more additional functions. Two are now The next thought was to run these logs that’s it. There’s no lumber mill that carries Log length: 16 ft is standard, but you available. The planer/moulders now through a chipper to make mulch. But be- wood like this. Best bet is to cut a tree down, can extend the sawmill to any length. supplied have a hole in the feeding table, cause some of these logs are too big to run bury it and restart the project in another Accessories: Gas engine , for attaching a press roller to help guide through a chipper, I used the mill to cut year. So it has been very diffi cult to decide electric , the lumber before it enters the planer. them down into manageable pieces. As I for which projects to use spalted wood. For bars, The press roller is available for delivery. cut my fi rst piece, the wood wouldn’t even example, I milled my own ” solid fl oor for ≤ chains, A longer is also available let me take out my frustration by throw- a 1500 sf room last summer. I have enough to order. This improves the function of ing it away. The wood was so rotten that spackled wood to cover that, and the fl oor moulder, etc. the planer. the wood broke in ten pieces, like shattered would have looked awesome. But in the end I www.woodworkingproject.com | Innovative wood processing products Woodworkingproject # 2012 3 “The fi rst day we ran the PH260,

By Dave Boyt WE MADE $1,000”

The Ozark mountains of Arkansas are rich with logging history and lore. • The Arkansawyer sorts through som With shortleaf pine and a mix of hardwoods including oak, , ash, tongue and fl ooring that he pro- cherry and walnut, it has provided lumber – and jobs since the early cessed on the PH260 planer/moulder. 1800s. To this day, many old timers can recall pulling logs out of the with horses, or working on sawmills powered by steam threshing machines, tractors, and even Model A Fords.

amily run mills gave way to large mo- it that day,” he says. example, blue stain is normally considered a dern, high production mills. These The fl exibility of the PH260 is a large part defect. But many of his customers like it so F mills typically cut one product, such of the reason he has been able to expand his much, they pay a premium for it. “I even let as dimension lumber for houses and railroad business at a time larger mills are closing some logs sit through the summer to get blue ties, producing more than 50,000 board feet down. “This area used to have fi ve pretty stain and worm holes for the customers who of lumber per day. good sized mills, but there are now only two want them. I call it ‘buckshot denim pine’,” With the economic downturn, these large left standing. They just cut ties and grade Dave explains. “I always tell people they’re mills are closing down. Sawyers like Dave lumber. I cut pine for timber posts getting something special. You can’t just go Barnes of Flippin, Arkansas are fi lling the and beams and subfl ooring, and hardwood to the lumber yard and get a piece of wood void left by the closures with small band saw for fl ooring, trim and doors. I saw cedar, like this. Every board is different here.” mills, and fi nding niches for specialty lum- pine, oak, hickory, and walnut. We build that the side cutters can take off as much “It’s hard economic times,” concludes ber that are simply not feasible for a large two or three houses a year.” as 3/4” of material. Sharp knives are an im- Dave. “There’s a lot of mills everywhere production mill. A deep pile of fresh planer shavings just portant part of equipment maintenance. going out of business. The saving grace for Operating under the colorful name outside the is testament to the amount “I can do 8,000 feet of oak or pine before me is the fact that I am versatile. I’m in an “Arkansawyer”, or “Arky”, Dave and his crew of use the PH260 gets. Dave pre-planes the I have to stop and sharpen or replace the bla- area where I have more than just one type of of eight cut timbers for post and beam houses, boards before putting them through the des,” says Dave. wood supply, and I have more than one mar- fl ooring, , and just Logosol. “We usually [pre] the worst He sends his straight blades to a local knife ket for the lumber.” He has even found that about anything else his customers request. face of the board, then put it down when grinder. He has found that he can sharpen the having a location on a highway where people “I started out cutting timbers for my own it goes through the Logosol. That gives a side profi le cutters with a belt and a fi ne can see his mill operation – once an irritation place, and I discovered smooth, straight surface.” belt. “I take a little off the back side of the bla- – is now a benefi t. He put up a sign painted that I loved sawing,” he INCREASED INCOME BY He has found that this de, and I can get another run or two out of it.” on an old circle saw blade, and built a small recalls. “We started out helps the Logosol ope- He keeps the feed rate down to help make offi ce building next to the planer shed to let with just a ordinary band PROCESSING LUMBER INTO rate more effi ciently in the knives last longer. “The side profi le grin- people know where he is and what he does. sawmill, under a pine tree two ways. It eliminates ders are about $160 per set, and they’ll do “I have good craft market. During the tou- in the summer of 2006. In FLOORING & LAP SIDING. high places in the board 10,000 feet of siding, so you’re looking at rist season, I have ten thousand cars a day the afternoon, we’d move that can ride up and bind less than two cents of knife cost per board drive by. They pull their motor homes up here, the mill around to the other side of the tree in the machine. It also reduces wear on the foot of siding.” and we pack ‘em full of walnut or cedar.” for shade.” Dave built a shed for the mill that bottom knives. “We just take 1/16” off the His two years of experience with the winter. He estimates that he has cut close to bottom on the Logosol, partly because those Logosol have given Dave plenty of time to USEFUL FACTS: Logosol PH260 three million board feet of lumber since then. bottom knives are the hardest ones to chan- evaluate its performance. “It does a good Not long after setting up the mill, Dave ge,” he explained. For some jobs, Dave does job,” he says. “I can’t afford a $50,000 Length, width: 43’’ x 35’’ Height: 38’’ realized that he could increase his income not even use the bottom cutters. “I use this machine to do what a $15,000 machine does Weight: 772 lbs by processing the lumber into fl ooring and machine [PH260] for a lot of rough ship-lap real well.” Quick setup and knife changing 4-SIDED PLANING lap siding. He purchased a Logosol PH260 boards to put in cabins. The customer wants are important to his business. “If I don’t Width: 5/8 to 10 1/4’’ planer/moulder and a 15” planer. He opted the rough side out to make the cabins look have to change the bottom blade, setup time Height: 7/16 to 3 15/16’’ for the single phase machine, and says that it rustic on the inside. You just put the shim is about ten minutes,” he explained. 2-SIDED PLANING has plenty of power to do the type of work plate in, but you don’t turn on the bottom “Right now, I’m set up to cut 8” wide S4S Width: 11 7/8’’ he needs. “The fi rst day we ran the Logosol, cutter, take your cut off the top, and ship lap lumber, and I’ve got to do fi ve of them. Then Height: 7/16 to 9’’ we made $1,000. We were tongue and goo- the board.” I’ve got to do 6”, then 4”. All I have to do FEEDER ving 1x 4 and 1 x 6 cedar for the ceiling of a Dave doesn’t worry about straight line is crank in the side cutter for a narrower Continuous output: 0.2 hp resort. We never even took the machine off ripping before putting boards through the board, then lock the cutter in place.” Feeding the shipping pallet, and it is still sitting on Logosol. “After the board has gone through, Selling directly to the end user instead of rate: the pallet today. it’s straight. If there’s a bump or knot on the a production yard makes it possible for Dave Standard: 7-39 ft/min. It is one of those things that we could edge, if you just put that to the outside, the to sell lumber that would normally be down- Optional: 13-79 ft/min. take out of the box and make money with outside cutter will take it right off.” He says graded – or rejected – at a higher price. For 4 Woodworkingproject # 2012 Innovative wood processing products | www.woodworkingproject.com • Don Haney shows off his signature Wide Plank fl ooring produced on the NEW Logosol PH360. PH360 FAMILY FLOOR IN Extends HICKORY LUMBER Family’s A beautiful fl oor of hickory was the result when Charlie Griffi n and his Legacy family decided to complete the fl oor The ’s son is the they started for over 28 years ago. carpenter’s father. For three Charlie Griffi n of Logosol, Inc. and his wife generations, we have been Kathleen raised 6 kids on an unfi nished fl oor. purveyors of our craft and ex- ”We built the house ourselves and ran out of pertise in quality woodworking funds before we could get the fl ooring down and construction. It’s part of in our large living area. We had just the ply- our family’s legacy. Combining wood for a fl oor for 28 years,” Charlie says. ”We never had to worry about a spill ruining old world craft with the fl oor, or when kids wanted to screw the proven over-scribe techniques, Christmas tree to the fl oor to keep it from creative expertise and modern falling. It actually made a pretty nice fl oor. ” quality equipment has produced But, fi nally he got some time recently to mill some hickory that his brother-in-law a creative synergy enhancing had given him a few years ago to use for his our log building. fl oor. ”We tarped it, but after a year or two the tarps blew off and water got to the lum- Nestled in the mountains of Southern ber.” So, the lumber got weather stained. Oregon’s Rogue Valley, we build in our ”It looked pretty rough!” yard and then re-assemble on location. It’s like cutting a fi ne jewel and then BEAUTIFUL FLOORING placing it in its setting. Being equipped This fall, he and his wife and some of his with a considerable collection of the children started working through the lum- tools of the trade is a real advantage – ber. ”We pulled the best pieces and ripped like our Logosol PH 360 and our special them into 3.5” and 5.5” pieces”. he said. ”I • The fl oor was the perfect place for Charlie’s granddaughter, Kathleen to write a note to saws and hand tools. When the right was worried about how the lumber would Santa on Christmas Eve. equipment is blended with the heart, look, but we began to mill this lumber on the soul, and love of the craft – you have the moulder, and some really beautiful fl ooring greatest of assets. As a father-and-son started to emerge!” team log building company, we focus The hickory was, of course, very tough on mastering old world craftsmanship, to work with. But, with patience and good quality and “green” log building tech- tooling the hickory got milled. He used cen- niques, utilizing environmentally friend- ter-matched T&G side knives which allowed ly and low VOC materials and natural the lumber to be put down on either side. domestic real wood materials. By pur- ”This center-matched technique allowed us chasing our own molder/planer we have to choose which side we wanted to be visible been able to produce high quality mold- when we put the fl ooring down,” Charlie ing, trim and decking to fi nish our fi ne said. ”We could examine each board and log homes at considerably lower costs select the best looking side and get the most than purchasing these products. We also out of this lumber. If a board had a bad spot make our own hardwood fl ooring, ris- on one side, we would use the other.” ers, casings and to fi nish the inside. We pride ourselves in going the A FAMILY AFFAIR extra mile to achieve the visual “wow” When the time came to put the fl ooring down, effect. From the fi rst glimpse of the mas- it was a family affair. His sons and son-in-law sive truss logs and the complex mortise and daughter and wife all joined in the effort. and tenon joinery, the visual impact is ”Hickory has a variety of colors in it, from immediate. Fine details like the hard- darker heartwood to the whiter sapwood, wood fl ooring and matching trim set and the weather staining had black and grey our log homes off beautifully. We take streaks running through it. You also, have to pride in the level of skill required for understand that this lumber was rejects from our log and beam joinery. When quality a handle mill, which only uses the highest tools and craftsmanship marry, it pro- quality hickory. If a board has curly grain duces something you can be proud of. in it, it is rejected. So, this wood had a lot of We begin each log home with the curly in it, and that made for some beautiful lasting beauty and structural genius of fl ooring,” he explained. the old Swedish saddle-notch style log building technique as a foundation. We FAVORITE PIECES blend with that foundation, an attracti- The fl oor has several ”special” boards in it. ve and eclectic mixture of Timber Frame Everyone in the family has picked out their and Post & Beam building methods, for favorite piece of fl ooring. Charlie’s is the a creative ageless look that is attractive, piece that Sarah put where you fi rst enter the USEFUL FACTS: Charlie’s fl oor functional and effi cient. With the 6” by room, where it will never get covered up. He 14” wide capacity of our PH360, we can tells a story about it. ”It seems that a hunter Wood species: Kiln Dried Hickory from fi nish many of our beams and produce went hunting squirrels one day and shot at Commercial Sawmill. the ultra-wide plank fl ooring and ca- one and missed it. The bullet that missed Machines used: Straight line Rip, sings that complement our Log or Post PH260 Four Head Planer/Moulder the lucky squirrel was lodged in a piece of & Beam style homes. View our log ho- Knives used: 94572, 94573 tongue & mes at: www.naturalelementsloghomes. fl ooring and went through the planer. We Groove fl ooring knives. didn’t notice it until it was through. It shi- Installation tools used: Oscillating Floor com ned up nicely and now is a unique piece in Sander, Disc Floor Sander, air assisted our fl oor,” he explained. It has become a fl ooring nailer. • Charlie and his son-in-law Ben installs Read more about Don Haney’s game for any new visitors to fi nd the bullet Finish: 1 coat Dura Seal Sealer, 3 the fl oor. operation online at our new web- in the fl oor. coats Dura Seal Professional Floor site: woodworkingproject.com Polyurethane. www.woodworkingproject.com | Innovative wood processing products Woodworkingproject # 2012 5 TIMBERJIG in Ecuador Jim Birkmeirer of Timbergreen with the Timberjig, there were hooked. Here Farm from Spring Green, Wisconsin is what the cooperative Director had to say afterwards: recently contacted Logosol about a ”A couple years ago I thought it was im- project he was working on with the possible for us to create these large slabs Kallari Cooperative in Ecuador. of wood from old logs, I couldn’t compre- hend how to create value from something He was planning a training trip down to just laying in the forest. I never imagined the cooperative, and wanted to include a it would be this easy – we needed so little Timberjig and a 36” Picco bar and ripping to get started. We did not have the vision in the mix of equipment he would be to use our scrap wood and make it into using to train the cooperative members. As something valuable like furniture. I could you may know, Jim has a successful fl ooring see the fi nished product in books or inter- business in Spring Green, using the Logosol net, but didn’t understand how to make it PH260 as the principle moulder for his fi nis- from our trees. Now I feel like my eyes have hed products. He also is a successful saw- been opened with this lesson, as if we have miller and a , so he knows his stuff woken up from our slumber and can now when it comes to milling. But, for this trip, initiate a new woodworking facility.” he had to leave his big sawmill behind, so he turned to Logosol to help with the techno- ALTERNATIVE INCOME SOURCE logy for this area where there were no saw- ”Our families have a small income and wood mills in place. is something that will contribute to their overall family earnings, it still makes a dif- MILLING FOR YEARS ference for our village/community members. The Kallari Cooperative in Ecuador had been It helps us rest at night as leaders, because milling lumber for years, but it was all done our job is to fi nd a way to create alternative by freehand milling with a chainsaw. Jim income sources to the deforestation and con- • Making planks from discarded cutoffs with the TimberJig in was going into territory where they “knew tamination. Ecuador. their stuff” when it came to chainsaws. I also want to thank the companies that Here are some of the comments he recor- donated the equipment and Timbergreen • A great ded on his fi rst day there: Farm for donating the chainsaw. These combination: • “There has never been a sawmill here – tools will serve as a cornerstone for The Timber- Your stuff is all wrong for here…..” the future woodworking business of Jig and a 36” • “We all just saw logs with a chain saw – Kallari.” picco bar our men are very professional……” (Elias Alvarado, Production Director: and ripping • “It will overheat the engine, you need to Kallari Cooperative in Tena, Ecuador) chain making break off all the rakers…. “ a test • “I could do that much faster the way PROUD PARTNER cut in I always do it…” Jim Birkemeier had this to say about the ex- Ecuador. • “That is just fi rewood, we throw that perience: all away….” “It is rewarding to see the many changes this cooperative is making. We have been STARTED HIS TRAINING sharing ideas for 6 years. Elias will stay in Then Jim started his training. After the fi rst our home for 5 days in November, and he big slabs began to be sliced off of logs that will be able to see and try many new things. had lain in the forest for years, Jim began What he will value and take home to his pe- to get their attention. When he put the 36” ople is hard for me to predict, but we will picco bar and ripping chain Logosol had have some fun working together.” sent with him on the big , and the saw Logosol is proud to be a part of this ongo- began to move faster through the log, they ing effort by Timbergreen Farms. Thanks, really got interested. And when they began Jim for a job well done and for including us to slice boards out of scrap pieces of wood in this project!

The Science of Kiln Drying Wood for Woodworking

Air-drying works well if you are • With the Sauno method, the lumber dries going to use the timber to build a in the same number of weeks as years are house. But you can’t rely on the needed to achieve the same moisture ratio spring winds to dry it enough for with air-drying,” say Leif Mattsson and use in furniture. Svante Larsson. ”It’s the biology that means furni- ture lumber has to be dried artifi - cially,” says Svante Larsson, who together with Leif Mattsson came up with the Sauno wood kiln.

Svante is one of the owners of the Plano System company, where Leif works. In a past life he was a high-school chemistry and bio- logy teacher. When Leif showed him the newly built The dead wood Sauno wood kiln, he used his knowledge of reacts just as it biology and woodworking to examine it clo- would in an ex- sely. treme dry spell and shuts the water in- ONLY ALIVE AT THE SURFACE side it. It doesn’t ”The principle is far from new and was used matter whether by furniture makers as long ago as the 19th you saw it into thin century,” says Leif. sheets. The difference is that today science can The solution is explain how the process works and why the to change the cells results are so much better. so that they can’t ”The answer lies in the physiology of the shut the water in- tree,” explains Svante. side. This is why the ture takes between 3 and but was forgotten when industrialization re- Trees are only alive on the surface, bet- Sauno method begins 4 weeks. It would take 3-4 years to quired faster fl ows. At the large sawmills, ween the bark and a few millimeters into the process by adding get the wood down to the same moisture ra- drying with moisture and heat has come the tree. The rest is dead wood with an au- water and heat. The water vapor that is tio with air-drying,” says Leif. back into favor, in order to reduce the drying tomatic function that transports water to the formed then permanently opens the ring damage. treetop and keeps it in the cells (vessels and pores of the cell. The actual drying process PROVEN METHOD ”Unfortunately, the industry uses the tracheids) in a drought. The mechanism con- then begins under low heat and since the Since the pores are open during the drying method to bring the drying times down too, tinues to work even when the tree has been pores are open, it takes much less time and process, there is less tension, which leads which doesn’t give the very best quality. felled and sawn into pieces. achieves better results than air-drying. to fewer cracks. Often there aren’t even end The best quality wood for your furnitu- ”A cubic meter (424 board feet) of raw, ”The drying time is counted in the same cracks in a Sauno dryer. re is achieved by doing the drying yourself newly sawn timber can contain 66 gallons of number of weeks that air-drying in heated As previously mentioned, the method is following the Sauno method,” summarize water,” says Svante. premises would take years. Drying pine to far from new. It was used in the 19th century Svante Larsson and Leif Mattsson. Air-drying can’t remove all that water. a 7-9 percent moisture level for use in furni-

6 Woodworkingproject # 2012 Innovative wood processing products | www.woodworkingproject.com ”A sawmill without a planer is like a computer without a printer,” says Ronny Karlsson. Christina, his wife agrees. Compact Wood planer adds value to your lumber After investing in a sawmill the couple Ronny and Christina Karlsson bought a Soloplaner. • Logosol sells direct to the whole of Europe. Contact with most customers goes via the Internet and by phone. One long time customer is ”A sawmill without a planer, it’s the French couple Rémy and Nicole Cellier. Among other things, they have purchased a band sawmill from Logosol in Sweden. like a computer without a printer,” says Ronny Karlsson.

At home Ronny Karlsson has a portable sawmill and a Logosol SH230, also cal- “We get better service led the Soloplaner. The Soloplaner has many possibilities, it squares, resaws, planes and molds in one single opera- tion. In a small workshop the machine saves time, and recently it replaced the from Logosol than resaw.

INVITED CUSTOMERS ”I put the resaw away in a corner. The Soloplaner is much better, making di- from local dealers” mension sawing much easier,” says Ronny. When Logosol invited customers to The Demands of the European Market Formed Ikea and Logosol their open house in Sweden, Ronny and Logosol was born in a demanding his wife Christina visited. They wan- ted to get tips on how to develop their market and the unique demands woodworking, but also look for other they encountered have shaped machines. this innovative company. Logosol ”What we have works fi ne, but you is now partnering with an equally never know,” says Ronny as he looks around. successful company in the US to extend their brand in the USA. READY TO USE The couple has already helped their In Europe mail ordering has not been as three sons with timber for different common as in the USA. Sales of sawmills woodworking projects. and other machinery for small-scale wood Here is a further explanation of the processing originally were exclusively sold metaphor of the computer and printer by local dealers. that Ronny likes to use when talking Logosol broke with this tradition when it about his machinery. For Ronny and was set up in 1989 as a pure mail-order bu- others, rough sawn lumber is like a pic- siness. It succeeded with this new marketing ture on the computer screen. It is nice to strategy by offering high-quality products look at, but diffi cult to use. and giving better service both before and af- However, when the image is printed ter purchase. and the wood is planed, the product is Europe has a different geo-political struc- ready to use! ture than the USA. Even though today most of Europe is considered a single market, the • “I’m very pleased with both the products and the service I get from Logosol”, says Nils- individual countries have different cultures Bertil Holm. and languages. This puts high demands on companies that want to sell outside their “I’m very pleased with both the products “After the purchase we have been in con- own country. and the service I get from Logosol. They are tact with Logosol several times to order spa- USEFUL FACTS: LOGOSOL ’s “The demands of Europe have formed always willing to help when I have problems re parts and accessories. It works just as well warranties and customer service Swedish companies like Ikea,” says Malte and are quick to deliver the right products every time and we get all the help we need,” Frisk, CEO of Logosol. The demands of when I need them,“ he says. says Nicole Cellier. this unique market begin when designing • The right products to meet the the actual product. Every part has to be of BETTER THAN A STORE LOGOSOL IN THE USA customer’s needs. Logosol also offers free support by phone Since the success of Logosol in Europe was the right quality and the parts have to fi t to- • Personal service, at Logosol we gether when the customer receives his or her and Internet. The aim is that each customer built on good support, quick service and care and keep our promises. delivery. Due to this, Logosol has from the will receive help quickly and get maximum high availability, Logosol, when looking start placed great emphasis on the quality of benefi t and pleasure from the products. Over for a partner in the USA, searched for so- • Generous money-back guarantee the machines. the years, Logosol’s product specialists have meone with the same attitude and proven and warranty. built up extensive expertise when it comes to sales experience. The choice fell on Bailey’s, SERVICE IN MANY LANGUAGES how the products work in actual use. In most a highly successful, woodland and outdoor • Continous development of unique But products that keep their promises are cases there is already a solution to problems products catalog sales company headquarte- new products and services. not enough. Sawing, planing and other when customers call in for help and support. red in California. • Continous training of staff. forms of wood processing put demands on Logosol sells direct to the whole of “We chose each other. Logosol and the user’s knowledge. That is why Logosol Europe. Contact with most customers goes Bailey’s both place great emphasis on giving • Strong solidarity between Logosol always delivers clear and elaborate manuals via the Internet and by phone. One long the customer the very best service all the way owners all over the world. in the customer’s own language. time customer is the French couple Rémy from the fi rst contact,” says Malte Frisk. English is the most common language, but and Nicole Cellier. Among other things, In the USA, Bailey’s is responsible for the • A dedicated and skilled support if the customer is Spanish speaking, there are they have purchased a band sawmill from service. Logosol supplies more than 20 years organisation with 20 years manuals available in this language too, or in Logosol in Sweden. of experience and high quality products de- experience of working with wood. French, German, Polish, and so on. “We get better service from Logosol than signed for long-distance sales and support. from local dealers,” says Nicole Cellier. “This combination of experience, support, WAR O SE Nils-Bertil Holm has been for many years, R RA H M NE LD RV A N T Y R IC E N B O She says that before buying the sawmill, and dedication to customer satisfaction, T E and continues to be, a customer to Logosol Y A Y O W

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M K in Sweden. Today, he owns an M5 sawmill they contacted several dealers. Many of them will ensure customers of Logosol products equipped with many accessories and the saw did not even send them an offer. Logosol through Bailey’s will have a similar ex- 2 L L L unit E8000. Besides the sawmill, he also has quickly came back with plenty of informa- perience to our customers in Sweden and O L O L O L GOSO GOSO GOSO the planer/moulder SH230. tion and a quotation. Europe,” Malte adds. www.woodworkingproject.com | Innovative wood processing products Woodworkingproject # 2012 7 • The fi rst FSC certifi ed log in IT ALL STARTED WITH A SAWMILL… Sweden is sawn. The lumber became, among other things, a conference table in the Logosol of- fi ce. The log was of the species Angelina Pedra, • Logosol is launched. • The Logosol Sawmill is shown for the • The fi rst planer/moulder is introdu- • PH260 is introduced. imported from fi rst time in public. It attracted great ced, a three-sided planer/moulder. Brazil. interest.

1989 1994 1997 1997 Logosol – A World Leader in Wood Processing and Woodworking Equipment!

Logosol is a Swedish based international company developing and selling unique machines and services within wood processing and woodworking. With innovative and affordable solutions, we have visibly changed forestry and woodworking for more than 20 years. Our products are known for simplicity of design, reliability, and effi ciency. The modular nature of our products and accessories means that our customers can easily upgrade at the same rate as the growth of their business. The most diverse range of products and service in 65 countries make us global leaders in our industry. Please take the time to get to know our company!

For centuries, Sweden has been world-fa- and profi tability. Our motivation is that you mous for its inventors, design innovations, will experience job satisfaction and pride by and high quality of products. The zip, the using our machine. A responsible and small- ball bearing, the gas stove and the monkey scale use of our natural resources is an act wrench are all samples of Swedish inven- that feels truly good. With Logosol you can tions that have become indispensible in our refi ne and create almost anything from a everyday lives. Swedish companies such as tree. Ericsson, Volvo, SAAB, Nobel and IKEA Logosol’s founder Bengt-Olov Byström are associated with ingenuity, perfection and grew up on a farm, where making good use high standard. of one’s resources was vital. He invented the one-man sawmill, which could cut trees into LOGOSOL QUALITY IS SWEDISH lumber, on the farm or out in the woods. QUALITY! Today, the whole Byström family is engaged “Made In Sweden” means high quality, inn- in Logosol in different ways. ovation and sustainable solutions. Logosol At Logosol, we often hear our customers’ is a Swedish company that really can live success stories. It is very special to think of up to the expectations! For the last twenty all businesses that have been built up with years, innovation, originality, simplicity and our machines as a base, and it fi lls us with quality have been the distinguishing features pride hearing about families and friends of our product line. With these features as a working together, creating with wood. basis, Logosol has developed a wide range of We have ourselves experienced the use- equipment for wood processing and wood- fulness and joy of our products. We know working. Due to our products, Logosol has that they work, and we know that you are become well known in this fi eld all over the making an important investment for the fu- world. ture. You are warmly welcome! TAKE CONTROL OF THE PROCESS! From felling to fi nished wood products; with Logosol’s line of products you will be in charge throughout the entire process. USEFUL FACTS: Logosol In our range you will fi nd everything from • Owned by the Byström family. chainsaws to industrial machines. Our most renowned product, however, is the Logosol • 38 persons working at the Logosol Sawmill. This invention is the world’s most headquarter in Härnösand, Sweden. popular portable sawmill! • Sales in more than 65 countries. A CARING COMPANY • Over 25,000 sold sawmills in 20 Logosol is both a company and a fami- years. ly. Together we work to ensure that each • The whole Byström family is engaged in Logosol in different ways. purchase is characterized by dependability

… AND GREW INTO A GLOBAL STORE!

• New Logosol Sawmill model, M8 is • Bailey’s takes over Logosol’s sales • New head quarters in Sweden. • Logosol doubles R & D with new introduced. in the USA. cutting-edge technology.

2011 2011 2012 2012 8 Woodworkingproject # 2012 Innovative wood processing products | www.woodworkingproject.com • Anders Nykvist cuts the world’s • The development speeds up. • Just in time for the 10-year annivers- • Logosol’s joinery machines are longest plank, 127,6 feet. The record Launching of subsidiaries in The USA, ary, Logosol introduces its own stack introduced. was made by using conjoined Logosol Germany and Norway. cutter. sawmills, and is still valid.

1999 1999 2005 2006 Logosol – A World Leader in Wood Processing and Woodworking Equipment!

THE STORY OF THE UNPLUGGED LOGOSOL SAWMILL Last year it was the tenth anni- The 066 became the present Stihl versary of the Logosol Sawmill MS660. It is still the world’s most sold professional chainsaw. Extremely reliable, model 7. and almost impossible to wear out. It does Logosol celebrated this by taking its job during many years, on the sawmill the next step in development, and when felling trees in the forest. In ad- the M8. But what happened on dition, it is a workhorse on the woodyard. the way here? 1993. The old village sawmills disap- peared one by one, and the need for statio- nary sawmills grew. Modern circular and The Logosol Sawmill was intro- 1989. band sawmills were unreasonably expen- duced for the fi rst time in 1989, on the sive. The demand for an improved Logosol exhibition Elmia Wood. It struck like a Sawmill increased. It already started in bomb. At that time a mini-sawmill was ac- 1991 with extensions for the guide rail of tually a large piece with a wood bench and the Logosol Sawmill. In 1993 came the ignition bulb motor. Or with a very large fi rst electric saw unit, E5000. electric motor that depended on high-amp fuses. The most common objection to The fi rst Logosol Sawmill was an “un- 1995. the Logosol Sawmill was about the wide plugged” sawmill. No cord, and with a big sawing kerf. In practice, the difference was gas powered chainsaw running it. The saw minimal compared to a circular sawblade, unit was by far the biggest chainsaw on especially when considering the fi ne and the Swedish market, Stihl 066. The world’s smooth sawn surface. If you plane off most sold chainsaw received Swedish type the defects that the surface gets when be- approval because Logosol started to sell ing sawn by a circular sawblade, the dif- the Logosol Sawmill. ference in material loss disappears. But As all Logosol Sawmills, the fi rst one Logosol chose to listen to the customers’ was also lightweight and very portable. It demands for a narrower kerf. In 1995 the was designed to make it possible for one fi rst unit, BS320, was introdu- person to lift it onto the roof of his or her ced. Initially, it was a sensitive machine, car, drive it to the woods and cut timber but after years of improvement it has be- there on the spot. The sawdust was left in USEFUL FACTS: The Byström family come a reliable workhorse. the woods, and you could drive back home Bengt-Olov Byström founded the company, with sawmill and timber. and is still active as chairman of the board. 2001. The Logosol Sawmill model 7 is introduced, 18 feet long, wider, sturdier, He and his common-law spouse Christina 1990. Model 1 was made of standard are now machining the last mouldings for and with more accurate height setting. On aluminium profi les, screwed together like their house, which is largely built of lumber older Logosol Sawmills the height is ad- a big Meccano construction. Fascinating sawn on the Logosol sawmill. justed with the help of lock pins. On the for those who like building kits, compli- M7 the log beds are raised to the sound of cated to others. Due to this the M2 was Joakim Byström is active in the board, clicks by using a crank. One click is either and his wife Sara Boström writes articles introduced already in 1990. It was then 1/8 or 1/4 inch, depending on the setting. and other texts for LOGOSOL. They have a that the guide rail, which is still in use, With the M7 came more accessories to summerhouse lot, on which they intend to was designed. By using aluminium profi les make it possible for everyone to build a build a new house in the future. made specially for the purpose, the saw- • MATTIAS & BENGT-OLOV. sawmill that is perfect for his or her needs. mill became simpler to assemble and its Mattias Byström is Vice President and length was increased to 16’. Product Manager, and his wife Anna Now model 8 is introduced. The During the 1990s new models were in- 2011. Byström Olsgren works as translator and international marketing. Her common-law Logosol Sawmill M8 is the combined un- troduced every second year and the num- language reviewer at LOGOSOL. Together spouse Robert Berglund is web developer plugged and stationary sawmill. Perfect ber of accessories increased. When the M5 they have recently restored and renovated and runs all LOGOSOL websites. Together out in the woods and at home on the back- a summerhouse next to the High Coast came, all development potential was ex- they also run a B&B, which they have built yard. Bridge on the Swedish East Coast. with lumber sawn on the Logosol sawmill. hausted. The work with developing a new generation of sawmills begun. The M5 is Katarina Byström works with organizational New building projects are always in the the ultimate sawmill of the original type, development and is responsible for pipeline in the Byström family! and is still being manufactured.

www.woodworkingproject.com | Innovative wood processing products Woodworkingproject # 2012 9 Bailey´s president is an experienced woodworker: “I’ve been pushing lumber through Logosol machines for a dozen years”

Some people might not see a lot in common between the 17-foot trailer Nik Bailey lived in during his youngest years and the 100,000 foot warehouse he operates now as president of Bailey’s, a ma- jor supplier of Logosol products. But the little trailer and the huge warehouse are both at the center of a family that’s been devoted to the timber and wood products industry since the 1950s, when Nik’s grandparents arrived in Northern California to work in the sawmills. 4” old growth salvaged redwood?” he asked When he was born, Nik’s parents, Bill and himself. It’s the perfect material for a sauna, • The Bailey’s Judith Bailey, were living in a small trailer and the PH260 is the perfect machine to ef- Sauna was in Mendocino County where Bill worked as fi ciently handle these small, short pieces Nik constructed a timber faller. They’d occasionally move to had on his hands. from salvaged where the work was—the Sierras or up to “When you get down to smaller pieces of Old Growth Oregon—but mostly stayed near the heart lumber, there’s not a whole lot of value to redwood. of the “Redwood Empire,” Laytonville, them as a rough piece of lumber. But if you California. turn them into a piece of paneling, fl ooring An accident forced Bill out of the woods or moulding, then they’re in a usable form. in 1975, but he couldn’t leave behind the in- You add a lot of value to a fairly worthless dustry he knew so well. He started Bailey’s piece of wood when you run them through a to get timber fallers the gear they needed to four-sided moulder,” Nik continues. do their jobs. The same principle applies to material The business Nik runs now bears little at any mill. Small sawmills are left with a resemblance to the small startup that sold considerable amount of edgings from their chainsaws and rugged work clothes to guys process. This lumber might just get tossed who would disappear for weeks at a time into into the burn pile. With equipment like the the woods to ply their tra- Logosol moulder/planers de, although Bailey’s still YOU ADD A LOT OF VALUE those smaller pieces can works hard to supply log- be run and “get the extra gers with all the gear they WHEN YOU RUN WOOD value an operator’s loo- king for,” Nik explains. need. Also, the fact that the THROUGH A MOULDER. company continues to meet But, don’t get the idea the needs of professional that Nik has just run a chain saw users helps maintain Bailey’s strong few hundred feet of material through his • Even Nik reputation in the fi eld, which is important to Logosol to build his family’s new sauna. Bailey’s its other customers who demand the highest “I originally saw some of the fi rst Logosol workshop is a quality and most reliable products. moulders produced back in Sweden in 2000 testament to the Now gear like the Logosol planer/moulder and promptly got one over to Bailey’s back productivity of product line, portable sawmills and related then. I’ve been pushing lumber through the items make up a substantial portion of sales, Logosol machines for a dozen years.” PH260. and like his dad, Nik knows the products “I’ve probably stood at those machines and he sells. His family owns forested property fed material through for 200-300 hours,” near Laytonville where he can test and use Nik says. He has knocked out several big these products himself, including the Logosol jobs, including thousands of feet of beautiful moulder/planer. custom fl oor boards and ceiling panels. “Like many property owners, we do a lot Growing up in a town like Laytonville— of thinning operations to manage the forest.” which in its lumbering heyday boasted some This produces a lot of small diameter saw logs 22 small sawmills—Nik knows the industry • The Bailey with very little commercial value, but they are well. He’s seen the boom and bust periods, home features perfect for the Logosol product line. Small and the consolidation of the industry. He re- Ponderosa Pine logs can be processed easily into knotty pane- members the days when they were shipping that Nik milled ling, which is found in most of the offi ces at logs to Japan and notes that now many logs and planed Bailey’s today. Even logs that were discarded are going to China. himself. over 100 years ago have value if you own a Today, even when Northern California red- Logosol. “Once you have a Logosol machi- wood lumber products are dominated by one or ne, you fi nd valuable saw timber showing up two large companies, he’s seen some bigger mills everywhere, much of it from non traditional make good use of Logosol moulder/planers. sources.” Nik’s recent sauna project is a great “The neat thing about the Logosol is that example of putting such logs to use. the knives are interchangeable quickly com- “It was kind of a unique situation. We had pared to big moulders,” Nik says. With those access to some salvaged redwood logs from bigger machines “you might spend four to a nearby property. The logs were probably fi ve hours setting the machine up for a run. cut around the turn of the century and were Then you run several miles of material th- less than perfect, so they were left behind. rough. With the Logosol machines you can change the pattern out in 15 minutes so you There were lots of short logs with big knots • Nik’s offi ce can go from one pattern to another really and broken pieces, and some heart rot. But ceiling at quickly. You don’t have to run miles to make in between all these defects were clear, fi ne the Bailey’s up for your time to become effi cient.” grained redwood boards. We milled them headquarters Due to Logosol’s agility, Nik has seen a and then processed them further with the features beautiful few bigger sawmills buy them “because they Logosol PH260 moulder,” Nik continues. Sugar Pine panels can shift patterns around to set up fairly Old growth, fi ne grain redwood lumber and beams planed quickly. If they get a small order, they don’t like that is hard to come by today. But Nik’s using the Logosol have to spend half a day setting up for it.” problem was that the lumber produced was PH260. in the form of short, narrow boards. There “It’s a quick, nimble machine, and it pro- weren’t a lot pieces over 4” wide. duces material of the highest quality” Nik “What do you do with a bunch of 1” x concludes. 10 Woodworkingproject # 2012 Innovative wood processing products | www.woodworkingproject.com • Mattias Byström sawing oak with Big Mill System. Cutting oak with Big Mill Laks in Tanzania brings System How do you cut an oak log that is three feet in diameter and weighs nearly 2 tons? We used the Big Mill System – see pic- PROFITABILITY TO tures above from the big cut!

The owner of the oak log asked Logosol for help. The mighty oak was just over three feet in diameter and eight feet A PINE PLANTATION long. ”Fresh oak weighs about 57 lbs/ Eight Laks saws turned a wrecked ft3, so the log weighed about two tons. pine plantation into profi table fo- Then it is a big advantage if you can cut without having to lift up the log onto restry with record-low investment a sawmill. The job was perfect for Big costs. The alternative would have Mill Pro and Big Mill System”, notes been to burn down the whole forest Logosol’s product manager Mattias plantation. Byström, who took up the challenge. Four people were required to lift Today, huge amounts of money are invested away the fi rst batch. in wood plantations all over the world. The ”The boards we cut out weighed aim is primarily to plant trees and recreate about 110 lbs each”, says Mattias the lungs of the Earth in order to bind car- Byström, showing off the amazing re- bon dioxide. But only too often the future sults. of the projects is forgotten. How should the woods be taken care of, how are the efforts to be fi nanced, and in what way will all these trees be used in the future? In Tanzania the solution was eight Laks Sawmills.

NO STOP IN PRODUCTION The frame sawmill Logosol-Laks is a simple and stable construction with high capacity and high accuracy, and it leaves a very clean cut. The frame saws were placed side by side with a roller-track system. The advantage with this was that the logs could easily be moved between the different saw units, and that a fault in one machine did not stop the entire production.

THE ENTIRE INVESTMENT WAS PAID • Bengt-Olov Byström, founder of Logosol. OFF IN 8 MONTHS WITH A YEARLY PRODUCTION OF 12 720 000 BOARD FT Bengt-Olov’s “The plan was that one frame saw would TIPS ON CHAIN always be shut down for servicing, and this way maintenance could be carried out wit- hout disturbing the production,” says Klas SHARPENING: Bengtsson, who runs two projects in South ✔ Sharpen before it gets dull! America that aim at using forests in a respon- Sawing with a dull chain puts a lot of sible way with the help of small-scale solutions. stress on the cutting equipment. It is The plant was started fi ve years ago and important to sharpen the chain before it it was immediately a success. The entire • The frame sawmill Logosol-Laks is a simple and stable construction with high capacity gets dull. investment paid off in eight months, with and high accuracy, and it leaves a very clean cut. The frame saws were placed side by side a yearly production of 12 720 000 board with a roller-track system. ✔ Sharpen it comfortably! feet. The sawmill is still in operation, now It is always easier if you have a comfort- with new owners, and the “worthless” pine with the Logosol-Sauno kilns. These kilns able working place. Fasten the guide wood generates export incomes to Tanzania. are today sold by Logosol in the US through USEFUL FACTS: Laks 330 bar with a when sharpening, and A plantation that was unsellable a couple of Bailey’s. The lumber is of beautiful, valua- Weight: 1654 lbs use a fi ling vice if you have an electric years ago, could in 2007, after very modest ble, and hard-to-dry wood types. The dry- Length: 22 ft saw and are sharpening manually. investments, be sold for 13 million US dol- ing results are amazing, and now tests are Height: 5 ft 5’’ lars. Now SSC Forestry is running a similar being carried out where biofuels are being Width: 4 ft ✔ Don’t forget to change sprocket! project in southern Chile, on a smaller scale used in order to lower the electricity costs. Max. number of blades: 12 The best is if you alternate between for a start. Also this time, the Laks frame Low costs make it profi table to process even Sawing height: Max. 7’’ four chains using the same sprocket. sawmill is in the center of the project. small-diameter logs. This creates a value in Frame width: 13’’ When the chains are worn out, you woods that earlier were worthless, and it Continuous output: change the entire set including the Gas, 23 hp, gives the wood owners resources that they sprocket. AMAZING RESULT WITH THE SAUNO KILN Electric, 7.5/ “We have not found any other solution that can invest in forest restoration. In southern 11 kW has so low investment and operational costs Chile there are many examples of natural fo- Feeding ✔ File the bar with a UKF edge fi le per produced board foot,” says Klas. rests that have been neglected for centuries. rate: If the chain has been damaged the The big challenge in Chile is the seaso- Successively only the most valuable trees 2-4 ft/min guide bar can get unevenly worn. File ning of lumber. Different methods have been have been cut down and the forests have then the bar rails level using a UKF edge fi le. tried, and the best results have been attained been left to take care of themselves. www.woodworkingproject.com | Innovative wood processing products Woodworkingproject # 2012 11 A French Mayor Builds Unique Log Homes USING TWO LOG HOUSE MOULDERS France is a country built from stone, brick and, in recent years, • Logosol’s product manager is a concrete. Raymond Herberteau frequent user of the Logosol Timberjig. intends to change all that. He may well be a mayor, but he’s going to achieve this change using his own Your wood- sawmill.

Raymond Herberteau is mayor of the small working village of Les Ventes de Bourse just outside the town of Alençon in Normandy. His wife comes from Belarus, and he has drawn inspi- journey ration on how to build climate-smart and en- ergy-effi cient housing from the same country. ”The log houses in Belarus are fantastic,” he says enthusiastically. starts at That may be true, but how does such a style fi t in with the French building tradition? The houses along the country lanes, including $99.99 the mayor’s, are all built from natural stone . On the other hand, the Belarusian style For just $99.99 you can get of construction does suit both the surroun- started with sawing with the ding countryside and our shared environment LOGOSOL Timberjig. much better.

The feeling when taking the fi rst cut is BETTER FOR THE CLIMATE hard to beat. Many of our customers ”One of the French government’s aims is to who started with the Timberjig, did so increase the number of wooden houses,” ex- only because they had a couple of trees plains Raymond Herberteau. in their garden, but they soon expe- There are two reasons for this. Firstly, rienced the great joy of sawing boards trees bind carbon dioxide and by building and noticed how well the Timberjig out of wood you could say we’re imprisoning worked. After having chosen to invest the greenhouse gases in the walls. Secondly, in more professional equipment, like the wood is an excellent material for building LOGOSOL M8, their hobby has turned low-energy housing. The inspiration from into wood processing businesses. Belarus caused a few problems. Ready-to-use When you have begun to appreciate timber cannot be bought in France. The solu- processing your own wood, investing in tion was to buy a sawmill and start making a planer/moulder, which accelerates the timber from trees felled in local forests. profi tability and joy, is not a big step. ”In this neck of the woods, there’s a lot of When you can produce fl ooring, furni- Douglas , which is ideal for timbering. ture, and paneling, there is no limit to And there’s also a fair amount of oak,” he what you can create in wood – and you says, pointing to a healthy pile of 30-ft-long can even make a living out of your pas- logs. sion. The plan is to build 2-3 fairly large timbe- With LOGOSOL’s machines, you al- red houses for year-round occupation on the property, for rent and for sale. The houses • Using two Log house Molders LM410, is a real time saver. One is for planing and the ways have the possibility of expanding other one is for molding. ”This saves much time”, says Raymond. your interest in wood. Maybe you start will be made from 5-inch lumber and the in- out with a tree in your garden and a side of the walls covered with cellulose insu- Timberjig – or perhaps you immedia- lation. They will be passive houses that only tely buy more professional equipment. need additional heating on the coldest days of Wherever you are on your woodwor- the year. king journey, we have a cost-effective The project started in early 2009 with an and smart solution that suits you! assessment of the market’s small-scale saw- mills. A lot of thick and long wood needed to be sawn. The best option was a band sawmill and he found the Logosol Norwood band sawmill on the internet. This sawmill met all his requirements and Logosol also offered a log molder, which Raymond Herberteau thought was very good value for money.

DOUBLE MOLDER In the spring of 2009 he traveled to Logosols headquarter in Sweden so he could take a proper look at the sawmill and log molder. He liked what he saw and it was a done deal. There is now an impressive setup installed in a newly built machine room in Les Ventes de Bourse. Bolted securely to the concrete slab fl oor is the sawmill with a 36-ft-long rail, plus a double log molder. ”One side is set up for straight planing and the other for molding. It saves a lot of time,” explains Raymond Herberteau. He believes the log molder to be an unu- sually well-priced piece of machinery. He also bought two special handheld machines • Gérard Doucet is checking the result of the milling.”The accuracy is perfect”, says Gérard for making the corners. They cost more than and Raymond Herbreteau. the molders. The sawmill is not alone; the machine room also boasts a Logosol PH260 ”I made a sketch of the profi le shape during USEFUL FACTS: Logosol LM410 4-sided planer. Originally this was used to a trip to Belarus and sent the drawing to make , round , for the timbe- Logosol, and they made up the right sort of Length:. 28 3/8’’ Height: 39 7/16’’ ring. Its next task will be strips and panels for knives,” he tells us. Width: 55 ¼’’ the houses. This is a profi le with a push fi t that requires Weight: approx. 441 lbs high precision when molding. Which is why Max. width: 23 11/16’’ THE HIGHEST PRECISION the 36-ft-long sawmill is equipped with a pre- Height from rails: 23 11/16’’ When we visited him, Raymond Herberteau cision molder guide on each crossbar along CUTTER HEAD Diameter: 2 7/8’’ Width: 16 3/16’’ was in the middle of aligning his setup, hel- the entire length of the rail. Once everything • When you have begun to appreciate Speed of rotation: ped by Gérard Doucet, who is assisting with is set, log after log can be sawn and molded approx. 6000 rpm processing your own wood, the project and will be building a timbered on a conveyor belt. investing in a planer/moulder, which Max. take-off when house for himself as well. The timber looks ”I’ve always been interested in wood. For planing: 5/16’’ accelerates the profi tability and joy, like a cross between the Swedish version me this is both a real pleasure and a business Max. knife pattern is not a big step. with tongue and groove and the American project. The result will be genuinely attractive protrusion: 1’’ D logs. houses,” says Raymond Herberteau. 12 Woodworkingproject # 2012 Innovative wood processing products | www.woodworkingproject.com Unique Home creates time for life and family Is it possible to create a better life for oneself in a way that also cuts costs and creates more time for family? Magnus Hjorth and Malin Wallinlind were successful at doing just this. The way there involved their own sawmill, salvage items, and dedicated effort.

For Malin and Magnus the house is a part of their philosophy on life. Their basic premise is for living to be environmentally friendly; but even more important is the concept of having control over one’s own life. It was a matter of getting out of the rat race and crea- ting more time for their children.

TOP OF THE HILL She and Magnus selected a lot that was at the top of a slope. The last part is pure slalom material. The advantage of this is a detached location with an incredible view over the val- ley and lake. The lot was covered in trees, and one of the fi rst investments they made was a sawmill, an electric Logosol M7. Ecofriendly building now incorporates straw and clay. This was another method the couple selected, but not only for environ- mental reasons. ”It is the best method for those building their own homes, as it’s relatively simple to learn and forgiving of mistakes,” explains Magnus. The frame of the house is made of thick wooden posts. In principle, double layers are built with straight edges and between these, compressed bales of straw are stapled in. The straw is covered with a mixture of clay and cow manure. At fi rst Magnus and Malin • The family’s home is situated at the top were reluctant to get into using manure, and of the hill. The residence totals 1130 well- they initially tried working without it. planned square feet and the red building ”We quickly realised the cow manure was is used for workshop- and storage space. completely necessary. It makes everything adhere better and easier to work with,” says Magnus.

COLD WINTER He notes that the process of getting used to it is something like becoming a parent and changing diapers. Now that the house is done, you can’t smell any trace of the manu- re. On the outside, the clay is covered with a wooden panel that provides protection from the wind. The inside is whitewashed. The entire building took two years to make, the family moved in a year and a half ago. Their second winter was the coldest in living memory, and the house lived up to the • Olof makes sure that mom and dad have challenge outstandingly. The thick straw cut and nailed the boards properly. walls provide ample insulation, and normal- ly the heat generated by human inhabitants, electrical appliances and solar collectors is USEFUL FACTS: House project enough to keep the house warm. Magnus used his Logosol sawmill to cut The heart of the heating system is an ac- wide pieces of wood. From these pieces cumulator tank charged by the solar panels. he could then cut out the curved details, During the summer months this proves suf- which give fi cient to heat both water and house. During the house the winter, a secondary fi re is kept burning its unique in a wood-burning stove connected to the character tank. – all at a The operating costs are extremely low. very low cost. • Malin Wallenlind and Magnus Hjorth won more time for themselves and their children Water and waste are handled through a Olof and Erik, thanks to low living costs. common purifi cation system. Electrical con- sumption is around 3,000 kW a year. And the construction itself was record low. When priority, without having to cut back. Magnus last totalled up his receipts, the fi - ”During construction I worked in home nal cost was around $57,000. This for 1130 services and heard several people say they square feet of living space, plus secondary thought we had neither electricity nor run- space and a workshop. ning water. We have eve- ”The bank did not THE FINAL COST FOR rything you’d fi nd in an believe in the project. ordinary house,” says Instead, we had to fi nd THE CONSTRUCTION Malin, pointing out the alternative means of fi - only new appliance in the nancing, through a saving ITSELF WAS RECORD LOW. house – a dishwasher. and borrowing program Most of the building from JAK cooperative bank,” says Magnus. material and installations are recycled or we built them ourselves, or we bought them RE-USED MATERIAL used, salvaged them, and so on. The result The interest-free JAK loan means that the is a personalised home as far away from a house will be paid off in a few years. In standard cookie-cutter house as you can get. combination with the inexpensive opera- tions, this means that the family has avoided signifi cant costs and can now budget in an entirely different way. They can work less • Erik’s room was built and furnished and make themselves and their children a with a high degree of imagination. www.woodworkingproject.com | Innovative wood processing products Woodworkingproject # 2012 13 • Logosol’s CEO Malte Frisk and Product Manager Mattias Byström are happy and proud to ship a PH360 to Chad and Roger Jones’s family business in Batchelor, Louisana.

• Jim Birkemeier (Left) shows Josh Manaugh how to turn dead oak trees into high value fl ooring. “The market value for our fl oor boards is about $3 sqft. By simply nailing the board to the customer’s fl oor, we earn another $3/sqft. Sanding and varnishing earns another $3/sqft. Installing our fl ooring in our customer’s homes earns us retail prices, making the whole forest to fi nished fl ooring system profi table.”

The PH260 Spins Straw into Gold “LIKE ADDING I LOVE to make what others consider waste wood into high- value beautiful long lasting wood products that earn me a ANOTHER PERSON” good income.

Worthless logs – the wood that should Chad Jones is too busy to talk. be harvested fi rst in good forest mana- He’s helping load up a customer’s gement are small diameter, curved logs, truck with some cedar he and his unwanted species, and dead timber dad, Roger, just fi nished milling. – normally used for fi rewood or pulp- wood. We have developed our business “It’s been really busy lately,” Chad to do annual harvests that improves the says after they’re done loading and forest and pays a good logger and timber the customer is on his way. grower an excellent wage. We earn 100 “It slowed down a little last win- to 1,000 times the traditional market va- ter,” he adds “but that may just be lue paid to forest owners for these low value trees. due to the weather. It rained a lot.” • Much of the work is for new home UNLIMITED PRODUCTS Jones & Jones Cypress is a family operation. construction, although outdoor additions, We make and install custom blended It’s just Chad, Roger and their equipment, like pool houses and even outside kitchens hardwood fl ooring, cabinets, counter- including a Logosol PH360 they added a have become increasingly popular. tops, & furniture – selling our products couple months ago and which has proven direct to local homeowners. We use to be a major productivity improvement for of the work is for new home construction, oxygen for several hundred years. When air what the forest gives us and make things their operation. although outdoor additions, like pool houses hits the newly sawn lumber, the wood chan- other people need. Our Custom Blended Located in Batchelor, Louisana, they’re and even outside kitchens have become in- ges color and gives it a totally unique look. Flooring is an expression of our natural in the heart of cypress country and that tells creasingly popular. This is truly unusual lumber that can add a forest. you one of the most important facts about They’re equipped to mill virtually any beautiful look to projects. A woodworking shop in our 100 year their mill: they work with cypress. Virtually dimension of cypress lumber, along with On occasion they also get the rare pecky old dairy transforms low value lum- all of the logs they run come from within fl ooring, mantles, , trim, beams, cypress, which can’t be discovered until the ber into high value products. Basic tools about a 100 mile radius of their mill. posts, , tongue and groove, log is cut. Pockets, or holes are created th- – a , a shaper, chop saw, one si- The father-son partnership started back in and V-cut tongue and groove. roughout the wood in a circular pattern that ded planer, and our Logosol Molder are 1997 when they were working in . “One day we might be sawing posts for a follows the rings of the tree. When milled, used to make unlimited products. They started milling their house order and then the the holes appear random and it’s a great Flooring is our main output. We use own lumber to complement ”WITH THE LOGOSOL PH360 next two to three days we choice for customers who want a rustic look. the PH260 to make our tongue and their cabinet business. might be milling 2,500 Chad remembers browsing through groove fl ooring symmetrical – usable “Pretty soon the mill WE CAN GET IT ALL board feet of tongue and Bailey’s catalogs and the company’s website, became full time,” Chad groove,” Chad says. And, and checking out the Logosol PH260 – but with either side up. This saves a lot of DONE AT ONCE!” wood, but you have to think when you explains. And, in a way on the day we caught up it always seemed a little light for their pur- install it to show the prettiest side of the it brought the family heri- to Chad, they just fi nished poses. He was on The Forestry Forum one board. tage full circle. Roger’s father, Chad’s grand- up an order of 1,700 square feet of V-cut ton- day, which Bailey’s help sponsor, and found father, was a logger and operated his own gue and groove. That specifi c product – V-cut the PH360. He connected with Logosol on LUBRICATE THE SURFACES small mills back in the day. Roger worked all tongue and groove – is one of their biggest sel- the forum and got the information he needed I sawmill lumber 1 1/16th inch thick his life in , moving to cabinets and lers and with their new Logosol PH360 they to decide that the Logosol PH360 would be which comes out of the solar heated kiln then fi nally making the jump to milling with can cut their production time in half. perfect for Jones & Jones Cypress. at about 1”. We skip plane the boards his son. Roger has spent his entire life in the They placed their order with Bailey’s and to 15/16th inch with a one sided planer area and still lives in the home where he was CONNECTED WITH LOGOSOL now have their equipment installed. to remove the band sawblade ridges, and born and grew up. In the Jones’ local area, where the economy The pair enjoys being a small operation any thick portions of the board on one is mostly farming along with a little light with no employees. When business slows face. This makes the pass through the MAKES BIG DIFFERENCE industry, their V-cut tongue and groove is down, they don’t have to “fi nd things for Logosol smoother, producing a better As a two-man operation, anything that in- a frequent choice for both interior siding people to do,” Chad laughs. And, adding a surface on our fl oor boards and mill- creases throughput is a welcomed addition and ceilings. They’ve built up a lot of repeat piece of equipment like this is “like adding work. We the bed of the Logosol and that’s the way Chad sees their new customers in the last 13 years and demand another person,” he says, but without any of frequently with paste wax, to clean Logosol PH360. for this product is running high. the downsides. and lubricate the surfaces that touch “Before we had a three-edged moulder. “It’s just me and my dad. Any kind of time the wood – keeping the boards fl owing We had to plane the backside fi rst and then saving element we can come up with makes USEFUL FACTS: Logosol PH360 do the front,” Chad explains. This meant things more cost and time effi cient,” Chad ex- effi ciently through the machine. Length, width: 117” x 44” Higher value products like cabinets, that most of their fi nished products required plains. “In just the time that it would take to two passes through their old moulder/planer. plane the backside before, now we’re fi nished.” Height: 56” wood countertops, and furniture earn Weight: 1322 lbs us 5 times the value per board foot of “With the Logosol, we can get it all done While most of their material comes from 4-SIDED MOULDING lumber. We use the PH260 to S4S wood at once.” nearby logging operations, occasionally some Width: 16” strips for glue ups. The Logosol PH360 isn’t the only equip- special logs will show up at Jones & Jones Height: 3/8” to 5” Buy Local and Sell Global with ment the father-son team has ordered from Cypress: sinker cypress. With two rivers ne- 2-SIDED MOULDING Internet sales. Search out the Best of Bailey’s over the years. They’ve been custo- arby, one being the Mississippi, they’re in the Width: 14” the Best Ideas. mers for quite a long time and some of their perfect location to have an occasional sinker Height: 3/8” to 9” major purchases were an Alaskan Chainsaw cypress make its way to their mill. FEED, PLANETARY Every purchase you make is a vote for VARIATOR the future of your local economy – every Mill along with a 12-1/4” beam planer. “Time to time a fi sherman or boater will When a small operation like this can cut fi nd a log that’s popped up and started to Output: 1 Hp vote counts! Feed rate: its workload in half, it makes a big difference fl oat down the river. They’ll bring them to us 11-52 ft / By Jim Birkemeier, to the bottom line. and we’ll mill them,” Chad says. min or optional Spring Green, Wisconsin Jones & Jones Cypress deals with lo- When Chad and Roger mill these logs, it’s 20-98 ft/min. cal builders and property owners. Much the fi rst time the wood has been exposed to 14 Woodworkingproject # 2012 Innovative wood processing products | www.woodworkingproject.com LOGOSOLERS FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD!

M7 in the Caribbean Ulf from Sweden produces Logosol was invited to St. Vincent to provide training for playrooms for IKEA: the St. Vincent & The Grenadines’ Ministry of Agriculture, When you leave your children in the playroom at Ikea, take Forestry and Fisheries. The Ministry had just purchased a a closer look at the fi xtures and fi ttings. Some of them Logosol M7 Sawmill. Logosol’s traniner helped the enthu- have been produced using a Logosol PH260 four-sided siastic beginners to get started correctly with the sawmil. planer/moulder, among other equipment. ”We have fi tted out 150-200 playrooms throughout the world,” says owner Ulf Feldt from Sweden.

Extreme Weather Milling Artwork in wood Of course you can cut lumber even though it is winter Klaus Kralovec is an artist who has chosen to work in wood. and cold. This is proven by the picture above, where the By gluing together different types of woods into blocks and temperature is -26° F. The owner is fulfi lling his dream of then plane and process the material, he creates beautiful building a cabin in the middle of the wastes of Alaska. designs and unique products. In his workshop stands a four- The logs for the cabin are cut by a Logosol M5 sawmill, sided planer/molder, PH260. which has been taken to the building site by airplane and snowmobile.

Log house- building course in Gran Canaria Through Logosol in Germany, Carlos Velasques, forest manager in Gran Canaria, found an excellent course leader for a weeklong training in sa- wing and moulding log-house lum- ber on the Logosol Sawmill. Erik Pohl, master carpenter and Logosol customer from Germany taught the staff and forest owners in Gran Ca- naria how the sawmill works and how to build log houses. Ice as clear as glass Closer to nature The fi rst ice sculpture Tomas Tremml made was a swan, and his fi rst customer was the with your own raft traditional delicatessen store Käfer in Munich. ”We are so busy that we don’t have time Nowadays, his company, called Ice-Team, has for the most important thing in life, life about 1400 customers. Blocks of completely in itself,” says Martin Richter who has transparent ice are his working material. The built two rafts using his two sawmills ice blocks can weigh up to four tons. First, – to inspire others to enjoy nature. The Hans works these blocks with a stack cutter from Logosol, then, he uses his Logosol Saw- two rafts are for hire and anchored North mill M7. Above is an example of Hans‘s work: of Berlin. Martin has built them himself an ice pedestal with the frozen logo of the ope- using a Logosol Sawmill M7 and a Big ning game of Bayern-München. Mill Basic. The rafts are made of oak, cut down, according to old tradition, in the winter just before full moon. www.woodworkingproject.com | Innovative wood processing products Woodworkingproject # 2012 15 Current Specials Here’s How to Order Place your order by phone, mail or online. You are warmly welcome to contact us! from ! Telephone: Toll free 1-877-LOGOSOL Web store: www.baileysonline.com/logosol Big Mill Timberjig E-mail: [email protected] Reg. Bailey’s Save 1222 Commerce Ave., Unit D $19999 Woodland, CA 95776 Our mailing address: 30% P.O. Box 550 Now Only Laytonville, CA 95454 9 Bailey’s 100% Satisfaction Guarantee: If 9 you are not completely satisfied with a product when it arrives you may return it within 30 days for a refund or exchange. Item No. LSL 4900 000 1000 $139 Please call or email (see above) for an RA# for your return. M8 Sawmill Kit USE CODE 30-Day Refund or Exchange: When you get LGL123 your order you have 30 days to return the product for an exchange or refund. We WHEN encourage that products are insured and ORDERING traceable when they are returned for your protection. For exchanges Bailey’s will waive surface shipping charges on like Reg. items. If your shipment arrives damaged, call right away and we'll have the shipper come and inspect the package. In most $2,999 cases we’ll be able to reship immediately.

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