NORWOOD News | Spring/Summer 2020 Meet the New Centrepiece of Your Tool Collection Introducing the Redesigned Lumberman MN26V2
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SPRING / SUMMER 2020 VOLUME 16, ISSUE 1 INSIDE THIS ISSUE One Dynamic Couple’s Sawmilling Journey — Good for the Environment & Profitable Introducing the Next Step in the LumberMate Evolution — Meet the LM29V2 A Return to Woodworking Roots Yields $1400 from First Log ...and much more! GLOBAL LEADER IN SAWMILL INNOVATION NorwoodSawmills.com Dear Fellow Sawyers & Friends, Sawmill owners are “doers” … While others spend their time talking, sawyers get stuff done. Here at Norwood we’ve been busy making changes to both the Norwood LumberMate LM29 and LumberMan MN26 sawmills. Identifiable as theV2 models, the refreshed LM29V2 and MN26V2 feature new carriage, log dog and guard designs. The adjustable guide system, stan- dard on the LM29V2 and optional on the MN26V2, features an even smoother action. Both new V2 models will be available starting around June. To give sawyers more choice, we added two new engines to our selection of power plants: the 18hp (570cc) V-twin Briggs Vanguard is available for both the HD36 and the LM29V2, and the electric-start 13½ (420cc) Briggs is available on the LM29V2. To further grow the family of Norwood and Frontier owners around the world, we cemented a deeper partnership with our German dealer, Grube, which is one of Europe’s most respected re- tailers of forestry and outdoor equipment. Also in 2019, we launched Frontier in other countries including France, Germany, Norway, Sweden and Finland to name just a few. Most recently we, like everyone, have been navigating the mine field brought on by the pandem- ic. We remained open throughout the lockdown albeit scattered with much of our team working from home. The past couple of months have been remarkable to say the least. We are witness to history — At no time has virtually all of humanity been stopped simultaneously. Personally-speaking, I have never before been so tremendously grateful that we live in the countryside with forests, fields and nature outside our front door. It gives us choices, and opportunities … and freedom. Many Norwood owners feel the same way. They turned the lockdown into an opportunity to work on their land to build a better future and enduring legacy for their families. It is more important now than ever to be self-reliant and to chart your own future. Owning a Norwood puts you in control of your future — To build. To craft. To grow. To make your mark. Let’s get out there and get at it! Until next time, happy milling! A. Dale President 2 | NORWOOD News | Spring/Summer 2020 Meet the New Centrepiece of Your Tool Collection Introducing the Redesigned LumberMan MN26V2 Meet the newly redesigned LumberMan MN26V2. With new carriage, log dog and guard designs, the MN26V2 is more rigid and easier to use than ever before. Designed for hobbyists looking to elevate their projects, the LumberMan MN26V2 is the perfect personal sawmill to learn and grow with. It is user-friendly, accurate, and offers many customization options that make it adaptable to nearly any project. The MN26V2 improves on Norwood’s time-tested LumberMan MN26. The rede- signed log dog positively clamps logs and also features a dimensional profile that grabs hold of cants while better protect- ing your valuable wood. New-style guards incorporate a sawdust exhaust port com- patible with chip extraction systems. The revamped carriage design features beefier 2 ½” tubular steel rear supports. Like all Norwood mills, the MN26V2 in- cludes patented Sawyer-Assist™ innova- tions that simplify daily tasks like blades And, as your projects grow, so too can your Sawing your own timber unlocks a world of changes, and also make it easier and faster MN26V2. Don’t worry about outgrowing opportunities for you: to cut each board. Together, they mean your sawmill down the road because the you’ll spend less time adjusting, and more LumberMan gives you the freedom to add ▸ Mill non-standard dimensions and time milling. customization attachments anytime. work with exotic species you can’t find at big-box stores. ▸ Produce valuable boards and beams for a fraction of the price you’d pay at the lumber yard. ▸ Enjoy the feeling, and freedom, of being ultra-self-reliant. A genuine Norwood is the ultimate cen- trepiece in any tool collection because it makes it truly possible to build a better future through wood. The MN26V2 is an affordable way to get your hands on your very own Norwood. The new LumberMan MN26V2 is sched- uled to begin shipping in June 2020. Are you ready to take your first step? LumberMan MN26V2 with 13½ hp MN26V2-0013G $4,567 (420 cc) Briggs recoil-start engine $4,857 Shipping and taxes (where applicable) extra. Images may show sawmills equipped with optional attachments. Images include optional support legs. 1-800-567-0404 | NorwoodSawmills.com | 3 One Dynamic Couple’s Sawmilling Journey Good for the Environment and Profitable — by Dave Boyt Rose Forestry of upstate New York is a forward-thinking family business that sees, and unlocks, the tremendous value in natural resources missed by most everyone else. Using their Norwood LumberPro HD36, their business has two “divisions”: Firstly, they custom-saw on contract for others. Secondly, they have a storefront for woodworkers and craftsmen that they stock with unique slabs and boards milled from salvaged wood and sustainably-grown timber. Greg and Ashley Rose, other hand (which was most welcome on a founders and owners of Rose Forestry. crisp October day). With fourteen years of forestry and land “With our HD36, we found a niche market, management training and experience, working with salvaged wood and sustain- Greg works as a logger and consulting for- ably-grown timber. A lot of our logs come ester. Four years ago, he added “sawyer” from urban tree companies. A lot of saw- to his list of skills. “I do forest consulting mills won’t cut yard trees, but I mill the and timber appraisals here in the forests of wood and kiln dry it into a usable product. western New York,” Greg explained. I can cut any dimension. In the summer, I do a lot of portable sawmilling, too. We Greg was dismayed by the amount of can cut in someone’s front yard or out in timber that was being turned away from the woods. It only takes about 15 min- Greg, Ashley, and six-month-old Piper commercial mills, either because the logs utes to set up the mill. At the end of the Rose live in a log cabin in rural upstate were too big, too crooked, or were from ur- day, when our customers see the stack of New York, just south of the small town of ban areas where embedded metal could be lumber, the expression on their face shows Holland. On pulling into their driveway, a problem. Having also previously worked their satisfaction.” I was enthusiastically greeted by Bailey with both a circle mill and another brand of and Tundra, a couple of white Labrador bandmill, he recognized the potential op- Describing the large log on his mill, Greg “log dogs”. The family lives in a log cabin portunity. “I looked at sawmills about four said, “This walnut log came from a resi- built over a hundred years ago, and Greg years ago and went to a Norwood Open dential area. It has a triple crotch, so we’re and Ashley spend much of their spare time House where I could try out their mills looking at a 32 to 33-inch wide cut. I cut working on an addition for their growing and talk to owners. I was so impressed by logs this size on a regular basis.” At 7 feet family. I was no less enthusiastically greet- the design of the mill and the experiences long, and with a triple crotch at the end ed with a smile and hearty handshake from of the owners that I ordered a manual- turned sideways to take advantage of the Greg, who had just clamped down a large ly-configured LumberPro HD36 sawmill feathered grain inside, it was a perfect walnut log on his Norwood LumberPro that day,” he said, “I have been using the example of the kind of log that just about HD36 sawmill, and shortly after, by Ashley Norwood HD36 sawmill as an integral any other sawmill would put on the scrap who had daughter Piper cradled in one part of our business for several years since pile. “This walnut log would be considered arm, and a cup of hot coffee for me in the then.” less than pallet quality, but the slabs will sell for high-dollars because of their char- acter. This sawmill is great for this kind of cutting, because I can move the clamps and position the log to get the best cut. Most sawmills are set up for round, straight logs, but the Norwood is also well suited for odd shapes like this one.” This walnut log would be considered less than pallet quality, but the slabs will sell for high- dollars because of their character.” It took him a couple of minutes to cut each of the eight slabs, which he estimated would bring an average of $200 at the mill, or $400 kiln dry. “That’s over $1,500 at the mill, or $3,000 kiln dry—and the customer might turn that into a $5,000 table!” 4 | NORWOOD News | Spring/Summer 2020 Rose Forestry specializes in sawing ultra-high-value slabs with their Norwood HD36 portable sawmill. Greg demonstrated that, with a sharp blade and a consistent feed rate, the mill produced perfectly flat slabs, even when cutting through the tricky crotch grain.