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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Oct 3, 2007, at 8:57 AM, Don Bowen KI6DIU wrote:

> At 10/3/2007, you wrote:
>
> > We could start with a modest mill, about five thousand dollars, I  
> > think.
>
> The Alaskan starts around $500 plus a chainsaw where the Lucas can  
> be as
> high as $15,000  There a bunch of others in between.

Right. The chainsaw mills are modest in price and output. I will  
almost certainly get one of those. The big question is whether a  
Lucas, Norwood, TimberKing or other bandsaw mill makes sense. You  
probably don't remember that David Haenke has a swing blade mill. He  
has cut a lot of wood over the years. It can't make wide boards but  
he feels it is superior to the bandsaw mills because the bandsaws  
need frequent sharpening or replacement.