Peterson Portable Sawmill Videos

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Peterson Portable Sawmills swingblade concept really does need to be seen to be believed. View the portable sawmill videos below to get a better idea of how the most efficient and versatile mills in the world work.

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All Terrain Sawmill (ATS)

ATS in Action
The ATS uses a raised track system, allowing it to be assembled on nearly any terrain type meaning it can handle the tough conditions of jungle, bush or forest. It makes milling high volumes of wood easy, without the large price tag attached to most commercial mills.

Winch Production Frame (WPF)

WPF in Action
These models are designed for fast production of high quality, extremely accurate timber. If you’ve got a pile of logs all ready to be milled up at one site, then this mill is ideal for you.

Peterson Electric Winch
An electric winch can be added to a Peterson Winch Production Frame sawmill to allow faster vertical sizing with ease. With the push of two buttons you can raise and lower the tracks to the desired height.

Automated Swingblade Mill (ASM)

The ASM Promo Video
This video will explain the main operating features which make the ASM such a popular portable sawmill worldwide.

ASM Board Remover
We wanted to know how much weight the board remover could move. In the video you will see the Peterson board remover push a 8×8″ board weighing 488 pounds.

ASM in Action
The world’s first Automated swingblade Mill cutting super efficiently at a local Agricultural show. The ASM purrs. And the operator’s pretty happy too, he hardly has to move an inch!

Dedicated Wide Slabber (DWS)

Wide slabs can be extremely valuable – up to five times the value of an equivalent amount of sawn dimensional timber. Cutting up to 40 slabs per hour the Dedicated Wide Slabber is a purpose-built slabbing unit, built to fit in a Peterson ASM or WPF production frame.

Accessories and Videos of Interest

Peterson Hi/Lo Track and Frame
This video shows our patented Hi/Lo track and frame and how it is the most ideal frame to have for your portable sawmill.

Peterson Clip on Slabber
The Clip on Slabber can fit onto our large frame mills. It is a great accessory allowing you to mill slabs for table tops, benches and more!

Peterson Planer Blade
The Peterson Planer Blade puts the finshing touches on your dimensional timber.

Sharpening a Peterson Blade
Sharpening a Peterson blade isn’t like sharpening a bandsaw blade. You can sharpen our blades in less then 5 minutes and you don’t even need to take the blade off the sawmill. For more on Peterson’s blades click here.

Peterson’s Latest TV Commercial
Short TV Commercial for Peterson Portable Sawmills. The mill being used is an All Terrain Sawmill (ATS). It is the most efficient mill to use in portable applications. Set up in 15-30 minutes either over top of a log or in a fixed location ready to mill a full pile of logs. Commercial sponsored by CraFarms.

How Peterson Portable Swingblade Sawmills Work
Peterson Portable Sawmills utilise one blade which ‘swings’ horizontally and vertically within 90º. This video will show you the swingblade concept from start to finish.

Peterson WPF Cutting a Whole Log in Under 10minutes!
Here we show the Peterson Winch Production Frame (WPF) cutting through a log in less than ten minutes, getting great recovery throughout and leaving very little waste at the end.

Double Cutting for wide boards with a Peterson Mill
A double cut is the joining of two horizontal cuts together to obtain a wider board using both sides of the blade. With the Peterson range, there is no need to turn the mill to achieve the double cut as you will see in our videos.

Young Farmer of the Year 2007 using a Peterson Sawmill
Footage of the WINNER of the 2007 Young Farmer Contest, Callum Thomsen running a Peterson Portable Sawmill. Peterson’s donated a Winch Production Frame sawmill used in the Forestry module in the grand final of the Young Farmer of the Year Competition 2007.