Learn something from My Experience with a Sawmill and Solar Kiln
I once had a Sawmill and a Solar Kiln! It was a dream come true! I wouldn’t trade the experience for anything in the World! But let me say it was work, work, work. This is not the road to easy, get rich quick schemes. Every penny I got and every piece of lumber I produced was painstaking work.
The downside is it is a lot of work! The upside is there is nothing like seeing a tree turn into lumber. I can’t explain the feeling of seeing bark and wood going through the saw and then seeing what is revealed beneath the surface. Almost always I was in awe of what was right below the surface. The smell of wet sawdust and the signt of the grain in a fresh cut board. There is nothing like ti. The wonder of God’s creation revealed in the sound of a blade eating through the length of a log.
This all took place about 10 years ago. I still have a pile of lumber from that season in life. I always think someday I will have a bandsaw mill on a much smaller scale and maybe a solar kiln. But seasons change and now I am more in the turning wood into useful items like bowls on a lathe. (If you are interested in my woodworking check out my Ozark Highlander Woodworking pages.
I had a website that chronicled my journey from that season in my life and on the connected pages you can see what I learned. If you are interested in operating a sawmill or a solar kiln then I hope you find these pages helpful.