Wood-Mizer Portable Sawmills - Wood-Mizer Sawmills

Dates

Date

Day

Time

Agenda

April 24th

Saturday

9:00am - 3:30pm

Six Educational Sessions and Lunch

Registration

Fees

Registration is easy but you need to HURRY! Limited Space available.

PHONE: 530.633.4316
EMAIL: fwfp@psyber.com

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$25 Registration fee †

PLUS! Receive over $500 in coupons.*

$25 Registration includes seminar manuals and will be applied toward ANY Wood-Mizer purchase
$500 coupons good towards any LT40 or larger mill order (discount
based on model)
Coupon for $25 off a box of blades
Coupon for 10% off a case of LubeMizer additive
Coupon for free lunch at seminar
Ticket for your chance to win a signed copy of "Harvesting Urban Timber**"
Coupon for a LT40HDG28 with Simple Setworks and Autoclutch
for only $22,500

* Coupons good for April 24th ONLY
** Must present ticket at seminar to win
† We are unable to refund registration fees

Starting an Urban Timber Business; Place, Scope, Scale
Sam Sherrill

Urban timbers represent great opportunities. This session will teach you how to start your urban timber business from an industry expert who will be using proven, real life examples. Plus, learn how to get these valuable hardwoods for pennies and help your community at the same time.

Running a Successful Business in New Economic Conditions
Don Seawater

If you are hungry for strategies on how to run a successful sawmill business, this session will give you examples of a basic business plan, real world use of a business plan, and strategies in achieving a market presence. Now, more than ever, is a great time to brush up on your business skills.

Innovative Sawmill Techniques to Maximize Your Investment
Jim Evans

Get an edge on sawing by getting up close and watching live demonstrations of a Wood-Mizer sawmill in action, run by a veteran logger and sawyer with 40 years of timber experience. This session will have tips, techniques, and tricks to help you get the most out of every cut.

Sawmill Alignment and Mill Maintenance
Brett Lottman

Keeping your mill in top condition is the secret to sawing success. Learn important mill maintenance steps and how to do your own sawmill alignment during this insightful session lead by a top service technician with 11 years of field experience.

Marketing Tips and Tools
Richard Thompson

Will provide information on the utilization of free marketing websites, and other marketing tools, and provide an introduction to the business end of starting an urban timber business.

Roundtable Discussions

All speakers will be available for round-table discussions at the end of the seminars.

	Sam Sherrill Sam is a retired professor and author of Harvesting Urban Timber: A Complete Guide from Linden Publishers who actively conducts research on ways to make the best use of felled urban trees. He has given many invited presentations on the subject of harvesting urban timber and been the subject of numerous newspaper articles and television news reports, as well as appearing on national television, including the PBS program New Yankee Workshop.

	Don Seawater Don has spent his life around lumber and is the owner of Pacific Coast Lumber located in San Luis Obispo, California. He has successfully developed a business based on marketing exotic and non-standard building materials utilizing urban wood waste. He has spoken at numerous seminars on marketing wood waste and utilizing urban forest wood solid waste material.

	Jim Evans Jim is a California Licensed Timber Operator who has been in the timber industry for more than 40 years. His hands-on background, has given him a wealth of knowledge. Currently that knowledge is used to lead Far West Forest Products which specializes in California hardwoods providing a variety of forest products and services.

	Brett Lottman Brett is a Wood-Mizer technician and expert mill maintenance and alignment specialist. He is eager to share his knowledge and 11 years of experience to help sawyers get the most out of their sawmill.

	Richard Thompson Richard is s professor of forestry and natural resources economics and policy in the Natural Resources Management (NRM) Department. He holds a B.S. and M.S. in forestry from Oklahoma State University; and Ph.D. in Natural Resources Economics from Texas A&M University. His 30 years of experience includes forest products industry, consulting, research in government and academia, and teaching.

Location

Swanton Pacific Ranch
125 Swanton Rd
Davenport, CA 95017