FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
Only gets complicated when the customer needs special cuts. Examples: Clapboard siding takes much longer to cut because I have to shim the wood for every cut to create the angle. Quartersawn takes much longer as well and also has to be handled for each cut. Simple cuts such as making 4x4's 6x6's I only charge for the surface area making it much more cost effective for customers Small diameter logs, if there are a lot of them, I have to charge a little more for because of the extra time and effort that goes into milling them. For all these and any others that fall into this category pricing varies by the project and a agreement on terms would have to be agreed upon.
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
I constantly search chat rooms, message boards, and various other web sites to learn new styles and tricks to the trade that make my work more productive and to broaden my skills.
- How did you get started doing this type of work?
I have been working with wood sense I was 3 years old. Yeah I'm not kidding. I have an old home video of me at 3yo sitting on a log with a wooden hammer knocking the pieces off that my dad cut so it could be turned into a mortise and tenon joint. Ever sence I have handled thousands of cords of firewood, cut down thousands of trees, and have made many different things out of wood. I admit I purchased the log mill for myself as well. I plan to build my house with my own wood, but I also enjoy the milling process so I decided to do it for a living as well.