Selling Your Custom Wood Product on Etsy with Rough Sawn Detroit
HOW THE BUSINESS STARTED On this episode, I chat with Mathew Wlotkowski of Rough Sawn Detroit. For Mathew, his business started out as a hobby, using the salvaged materials that he found to create pieces, he didn’t initially foresee this becoming a profitable gig. He’d been going through the Detroit area, sourcing his material from trees…
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Granberg Lifestyle Video With TrustinTimber
We’re thrilled to share this awesome video from our friend TrustinTimber. Expect a few videos from him featuring our mills this year. In the meantime, take a look at how he built this tree fort with our mill.
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Joshua Blewett on Making a Living Selling Slabs and as A Chainsaw Artist
HOW THE BUSINESS STARTED Joshua Blewett is an artist who has been creating wood carvings and sculptures as a side hobby for 25 years. As a kid, he used to love drawing and painting. His stepfather is a wood carver and was the first professional artist he’d ever seen. Joshua used to help him with…
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Joseph Nefsky on Leveraging Instagram for Learning, Growing, and Connecting With The Woodworking Community
We interviewed Joseph Nefsky from Out of the Woods Custom Woodworking out of Ontario, Canada. In this episode, Joseph talks about how he’s used Instagram to grow his following, to learn new skills, document projects, and connect and get motivated with the woodworking and sawmill business community. If you want to learn specifically how to…
Read MoreCheck out our new Alaskan Winch!
Features: Enables user to stand more upright. Produces smoother cutting action. More control than ratchet-stlye winches. Fall-away anchor arm means user can winch all the way through the cut. For use with all sizes of Alaskan mill. Compatible with EZ rails and Slabbing Rail brackets.
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Two Brothers Start a Chainsawmill Business with Karl Taylor Wood
A LITTLE ABOUT KARL TAYLOR WOOD Karl Taylor wood is owned by Justin Steinburg and is Located in Abbotsford, an hour from Vancouver, British Columbia. They offer people kiln dried slabs. Drying the slabs takes 6-8 weeks, which they later sell the rough slabs. No sanding or finishing is done on them but just sold…
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Get to Know Granberg
Erik Granberg, President of Granberg International talks about the origins of the business. He’ll explain how his father, Elof Granberg, founder and inventor, started the business and the first product they produced.
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Adding A Chainsawmill to Your Woodworking Business With Slumberyard Handcrafted
In this episode, we interview Joshua Kincaid a sawmill business owner from Rockford, Illinois. While Woodworking with his grandfather, Joshua as a child, saw his passion. In 2016 he started his own woodworking business creating custom furniture. He climbed the ladder from woodworking small furniture to getting a Granberg Alaskan mill and started a sawmilling business! Joshua…
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Building a Business with an Alaskan Mill with Daniel West of Big Ass Slabs
The Sawmill Business Podcast: Interview With Daniel West of Big Ass Slabs In this episode, we are introduced to Daniel West of Big Ass Slabs Chainsaw, Milling & Timber works just outside London, Ontario, Canada. Daniel operates a 60 inch Granberg Alaskan sawmill plus a 48 inch model for smaller logs. He works with a…
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The History and Future of Chainsaw mills with Granberg International’s Erik Granberg
The Sawmill Business Podcast With Special Guest: Erik Granberg In this episode of The Sawmill Business Podcast our host, Steve introduces his guest, Erik Granberg. Erik is the president of Granberg International, the founders of the original Alaskan Sawmill. Introductions Erik talks about the new initiatives currently happening at Granberg International including CNC technology, new…
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