Planer Blade
That's where the Peterson Planer Blade steps in to save the day! It seamlessly fits onto your Peterson Swingblade Sawmill, becoming your go-to companion for effortlessly smoothing out those imperfections in just one swift pass. The best feature about the Peterson Planer Blade is its simplicity. No complicated setups or endless adjustments needed.
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Sawyer's Choice Home Page
With Peterson, you get what you pay for; well designed, efficient and versatile portable sawmills with features that will SAVE you money on running costs. Request an info pack & price list today!
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EZ Dogs
Peterson Portable Sawmills manufacture and export worldwide from our factory in Rotorua, New Zealand. Encountering fluctuating freight, raw materials, currencies and export costs, therefore we have tailored pricelists pertaining to each country. We also have over 40 different mill configurations to suit all applications, so it often helps to call and speak to us about your …
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All Terrain Sawmill (ATS)
All Peterson Sawmills are manufactured in our Rotorua, New Zealand factory and come standard with a 24-month return-to-factory warranty on the frame which includes all bed framing, track and carriage material manufactured by Petersons Global Sales Limited. We also offer an extended five-year frame warranty.
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Swingmill Blades – Blade Adjustments
Part 4 of a 5 part series covering all you need to know about swingmill blades – by Kerris Browne. How to make blade adjustments is one of the most important areas of running a swingblade saw that you need to know. Adjustments make up about 70% of the training on a swingblade mill – there's very little else.
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Log Handling Tools
Peterson Portable Sawmills offer a range of log handling tools for use within your milling site. From leveraging to rolling, positioning to lifting, our range of handling accessories will help you move their logs to where they need to be… within your sawmill tracks! Peterson Cant Hook (for rolling and positioning logs)
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About Us
Sawyer's Choice are the proud North American distributors of the commercial grade Peterson Portable Sawmills. Not only do we demonstrate, sell, distribute and train new owners, but we also stock a range of parts and accessories right …
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Electric Winch Upgrade
Optional with the WPF or DWS or standard with the ASM model, the electric winch allows height adjustment at the touch of a button. The electric winch is an easy retro fit to most WPF and DWS mills, and as an upgrade on new mills. It saves both time & …
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How Peterson Swingblade Sawmills Work
Peterson Portable Sawmills use a unique process where a power head drives a tungsten-tipped circular blade through a log, which then rotates 90 degrees to achieve both horizontal and vertical cuts, in order to free a perfectly …
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Making a Chopping Board
Peterson Portable Sawmills manufacture and export worldwide from our factory in Rotorua, New Zealand. Encountering fluctuating freight, raw materials, currencies and export costs, therefore we have tailored pricelists pertaining to each country.
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Top 10 Tips for Reusing Sawdust
Peterson Portable Sawmills manufacture and export worldwide from our factory in Rotorua, New Zealand. Encountering fluctuating freight, raw materials, currencies and export costs, therefore we have tailored pricelists …
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The ultimate hobbyist sawmill
The JP (Junior Peterson) has been a staple in the Peterson line up since it was first introduced over a decade ago. Although it has come leaps and bounds from its first form, with the introduction of new technology and design modifications, its purpose and position within the portable sawmill industry remains the same: The ultimate hobbyist sawmill.
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ATS (All Terrain Sawmill)
Peterson Portable Sawmills help mill owners to sell their used mills by providing a free classifieds section for used sawmills. Learn More Sawmilling in Fiji – Korovatu & Skreds Manufacturing Project Background of the Korovatu & Skreds Manufacturing project: This project was started in an effort to make the village self-supporting ...
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Celebrating 30 Years
Carl met the Lucas family at a show in 1992. They shook hands on a Peterson distributorship arrangement in Australia whereby Peterson would sell the Lucas Grabber in New Zealand and Lucas would sell the Peterson Sawmills in Australia. Lucas became an overnight success at the show circuit and their sales of Peterson mills in Australia soared.
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Peterson's News & Articles
Peterson Portable Sawmills manufacture and export worldwide from our factory in Rotorua, New Zealand. Encountering fluctuating freight, raw materials, currencies and export costs, therefore we have tailored pricelists pertaining to each country. We also have over 40 different mill configurations to suit all applications, so it often helps to call and speak to us about your …
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Sawmilling in Fiji
Mill model: 8″ 25hp All Terrain Sawmill Add ons: Remote area service kit, weatherboard attachment, EZ dogs, re-tipping jig, tacho/hour meter, additional blade. Main use: purchased by Micheal & Janice Skredsvig to …
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Commercial mill designed for fast production
Weighing only 70kg more than a manual Peterson mill, the ASM is an automated version of the portable Peterson Winch Production Frame Mill. The automation is handled by a six-button control panel; press two buttons to …
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Explore the Peterson Sawmill Range
Peterson Portable Sawmills manufacture and export worldwide from our factory in Rotorua, New Zealand. Encountering fluctuating freight, raw materials, currencies and export costs, therefore we have tailored pricelists pertaining to each …
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Logging on to history
milling the new masts at Peterson's yard. Ted Ashby was the newest scow in the country but builders in 1992 followed the plans of the original flat-bottomed scows, scores of which plied the shallow waters around New Zealand in the …
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Efficient Sawmilling Tips & Tricks
A unique feature of all Peterson Portable Sawmills, is the ease of double cutting timber slabs by a single operator. A double cut is the joining of two horizontal cuts together to obtain a wider board or slab using both sides of the blade. Unlike cheaper imitations, with the Peterson range there is no need to turn the mill to achieve the double ...
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Field Results! The WPF, Our High Production Sawmill
Peterson Portable Sawmills' manual high production sawmill is the Winch Production Frame (WPF). The WPF is ideal for custom sawyers or those wanting higher production when cutting their own timber for houses, sheds, fencing or woodworking.
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Customer Reviews
Peterson Portable Sawmills build a quality product, the only one I would recommend in the industry for durability excellent milling as well as holding its value. I owned the mill for 15 years and then relocated and no longer had need of it. I just recently put it on the used Petersen Mill website in which it sold within a very short time.
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Clip-On Slabber
Peterson Portable Sawmills have made slabbing simple with our Clip On Slabber chainsaw mill, enabling you to cut slabs within the solid frame of your Peterson Swingblade Sawmill. The result is a slab that is the same thickness throughout, with a finish that requires very little sanding to achieve a perfectly smooth end-product. ...
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Salvaging Charred Trees
Peterson Portable Sawmills manufacture and export worldwide from our factory in Rotorua, New Zealand. Encountering fluctuating freight, raw materials, currencies and export costs, therefore we have tailored pricelists pertaining to each country.
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Peterson Sawmill Owner Field Results
Peterson Portable Sawmills manufacture and export worldwide from our factory in Rotorua, New Zealand. Encountering fluctuating freight, raw materials, currencies and export costs, therefore we have tailored pricelists pertaining to each country. We also have over 40 different mill configurations to suit all applications, so it often helps to call and speak to us about your …
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Slabber Sawmills
Peterson Portable Sawmills manufacture and export worldwide from our factory in Rotorua, New Zealand. Encountering fluctuating freight, raw materials, currencies and export costs, therefore we have tailored pricelists pertaining to each country. We also have over 40 different mill configurations to suit all applications, so it often helps to call and speak to us about your …
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The Best Automated Sawmill
For over 3 decades, Peterson Portable Sawmills have been manufacturing the highest quality portable swing blade sawmills in the world. "Petersons" for short, began in 1989, when Carl Peterson sold his first portable swingblade …
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Milling Tips for New Sawmillers from Petersons experts
Peterson Portable Sawmills manufacture and export worldwide from our factory in Rotorua, New Zealand. Encountering fluctuating freight, raw materials, currencies and export costs, therefore we have tailored pricelists pertaining to each country.
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Peterson JP
Manufactured from mild steel, the Junior Peterson (JP) is the perfect swingblade sawmill designed for part time sawmilling. Ideal for customers who are wanting to cut their own lumber for home and farm projects, the Junior …
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Contact Peterson Sawmills
Located in California since 2018, Darian at Sawyers Choice supplies the United States with Peterson Portable Sawmills, Parts and Accessories. All other contact methods are direct to our Rotorua, New Zealand factory. Toll Free: 800-456 …
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