Turning A Hobby Into A Portable Sawmill Business

Ray Lockhart is a trained and certified machinist.  He also happens to work four days a week for 10 hours a day at a paper mill near his home in Virginia.  You would think that Ray would relax on the weekends, but he doesn't.  Instead, he turns to his new favorite hobby, which happens to be a portable sawmill business.

When he began sawmilling, Ray simply wanted to build a new log home for his wife and children.  After doing a lot of research, he thought that the best and cheapest way would be to cut the lumber himself.  So, he invested in a portable sawmill and got to work.

These days, as friends and neighbors have learned of Ray's accomplishment and as they found out that he owned a portable sawmill, they have helped him to build up quite the side business.  He works two days a week at his lumber business and still maintains his full time job at the paper mill.

As his hobby has grown into a side business, Ray has had to adapt a bit.  Part of that adaptation has involved buying a AC-3651D hydraulic portable sawmill from Cook's Saw.  His old sawmill simply wasn't meant to do the jobs that he currently has.  “I compared Cook’s sawmill to some others I looked at, and I decided to buy a new sawmill from Cook’s because I was so satisfied with their blades over the years and because they were very knowledgeable.” said Ray.

Do you want to turn a hobby into a portable sawmill business, as Ray did?  If so, just go to www.cookssaw.com to get started.