Watch this video to get a complete look at how sawmilling is done! Peter Nyberg operates CT Logs to Lumber, providing custom milling services in Connecticut and Rhode Island. He narrates this video to show you how he saws his logs with his LT40 Hydraulic sawmill. His website is www.ctlogs2lumber.com. Photography by Jonathan D. Nyberg.

Find us at http://UrbanLumber.com or on Facebook Horigan Urban Forest Products, Inc. 8110 Monticello Ave., Skokie, IL 60076 (847) 568-1340

Lumber by Lance has been bringing their sawmill to your front yard, and turning trees into fine quality lumber for over 18 years. Jim Lance has a passion for turning Urban Forests into Final form. Whether it's a single Cypress log, or a couple Cherry trees, maytbe a few dozen "Big Ole Pines" (which was used for the World Famous Ginnie Springs dive shop) the money Lumber by Lance saves you will more than pay for expert quality old world craftsmanship. The lumber will be transformed in many uses, like flooring, cabinets, furniture, counter tops, or maybe timber frame the whole house.

"George Hessenthaler likes trees better than people. But who wouldn't, when you see in trees what he does?Potential. Depth. Character. Each burl as distinctive as a Scottish burr. Hessenthaler is president, poet-in-residence and broom pusher of Urban Forest Wood Works, the only mill in Utah that specializes in society's cast-offs and orphans -- the city trees that otherwise would be mulched or burned in a landfill. Meaning "trash" trees like locust, cottonwood or Russian olive." Excerpt from article by The Standard.

In this video, Walnut Hill Woodworks shows off the power and efficiency of its portable sawmill. Video created by: VCE Productions 1-800-747-3844

Jim Birkemeier takes a few dead and dying trees and puts people to work making high value wood products.

Mike Jarvi constructs his signature one-piece, the Jarvi Bench.

From the upcoming series called "Cabin People." What if you could break away? Not just for a weekend, but permanently... and what if you could become one of those people you read about? The kind who took life into their own hands and started living their dream. What if you COULD be one of those people?

People should be free. Meet Billy, the cabin and what drove him to walk a different path.

How do you make a living with a sawmill? Here's a great video from LT40 owner Jim Birkemeirer about how he harvests trees from his woodlot and with a few simple steps turns them into very popular wood products that he sells locally and online. He also shows video clips of his work in other countries, helping local people set up similar operations to better their lives.