Small Sawmill Business Workshop-New Hampshire

248 Mast Road,Durham NH 03824

01 April, 2022

Description

A one day workshop that focuses on how to operate a profitable small sawmill business. Group discussions and demos at the UNH sawmill. A one day workshop that at 8 am we open the doors for sign ins and to enjoy coffee, donuts and fruit. At 9 am we begin the discussions about the business of operating a small sawmill operation. During the day we expand the discussion to sourcing logs, sawmill equipment, dry kiln equipment, business management and marketing lumber products. We have lunch at noon and end the day with demonstrations of log sawing and lumber grading at 4 pm. We include discussions of live edge slab production and drying. Dry kiln discussions involve multiple types of kilns, including solar, dehumidification, traditional steam and hot water and vacuum dry kilns. The site is the Thompson School Sawmill on the campus of the University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH. Nearby hotels include the Holiday Inn Express that offers a rate for university functions. The cost is $45 per attendee and includes lunch and a business guide. This workshop is sponsored by the US Forest Service Wood Education and Resource Center of Princeton, WV. It is also sponsored by the New Hampshire Cooperative Extension. The Wood Products Extension Department at North Carolina State University supports the wood products industry in North Carolina and beyond.  It is our mission to provide support to the wood products industry as an outreach service of NCSU and the Cooperative Extension Service.