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Hi, this ad is my first venture into Arbtalk. I usually enjoy the to and fro of the comments! The mill has just been listed on eBay with a BUY NOW of £1300 but I am open to reasonable offers. Viewing for serious buyers is encouraged. Thanks for reading the ad. Steve This used sawmill is my LOGOSOL M8, 5 metres long. Included are a log ramp, saw carriage,winder mechanism, clamps and other useful accessories made by me. The mill is secured to a pressed galvanised steel base of my design which gives it extra rigidity and stability. It can also be used to tow the mill on one’s own property (not for road use). Logosol recommends fixing the mill to wooden sleepers for extra stability but the steel frame is much nicer and more effective. I have used this mill to make timber for my own projects, including fine furniture, gates, fencing, posts, doors, garden boxes, chicken shed, woodshed, retaining wall, and several more. It has had moderate private use and is in full working order with no corrosion. There are a couple of dings on the support poles and a few very small nicks on the slide rail, all filed and smooth. It is assembled and ready to go to work. I have used a Stihl MS660 saw with a 25” bar and a variety of ripping chains very successfully. This unit does not come with the saw because I will use that with my NEW LOGOSOL F2+ and a 28” bar. I have chosen the F2+ because I have a number of much larger trees which the F2+ is designed for. I stuck with LOGOSOL because of the exceptional service and product design and reliability. It has been a very useful tool and saved a large amount of money buying store lumber. I saw primarily oak, ash, larch and Scots pine. The M8 eats them all. You can saw EXACTLY the dimension you want rather than accepting from standard dimensions in the store. You can saw EXACTLY how you want the timber to come out. For example I generally quarter saw my oak which is ideal for furniture. The surface finish on the wood is exceptional and better than a bandsaw mill generally. A bandsaw mill is quicker but when the blade starts to wear it flutters and wanders and you need to plane it more than a chainsaw which is always perfectly flat. This means the ¼” kerf of the logosol is only a little more than the ⅛” kerf of a band saw. The M8 can handle up to 20” diameter logs easily, but, you can go much larger with ingenuity although there is more handling. A 4 metre log takes from about 90 seconds to 2 minutes to saw through and through. This depends on species, water content, degree of wear on the chain and chain type, mainly. My M8 uses a homemade gadget at the end of the guard bar to provide ‘bar nose steering’ which is very useful and is included. Overall this is a very nice mill with no surprises which will give a lot of enjoyment. Please message me with any questions, Thankyou. LINKS Here is a link to a LOGOSOL video on the M8. Spares and accessories are also available for it if needed from Logosol or their UK distributor Davies Implements.https://youtu.be/F2lmY8GITuQ?si=s32-OKqMNFJukRQS Here is a link to the comprehensive M8 manual. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U5u8uWkupy06NJmQtPnaQXnuw6vNn0TA/view?usp=sharing MORE INFORMATION Below are some snippets from other websites which I did not write, but they reflect my great experience with this mill. Swedish, portable, robust, exceptional accuracy The M8 works with any brand of chainsaw. This has to have two screws to secure the bar and chain. It is recommended to use a powerful chainsaw, as Stihl MS660. This sawing work with currents designed to cut deep (current ripping), with thinner, and each cut only lost 6 mm thick on wood. simple to use - and easy to maintain. Any dimension, in ¼ inch, 6mm increments. No wavy cuts as with bandsaws when blades start to dull. Saws all types of wood accurately The portable sawmill Logosol M8 is made of extremely sturdy anodized aluminum – Toothed ramps allow easy placement of the log on the cutting table. After, the pulley fitted the cutting table allow to raise the log to a height that allows a good working posture. The compact design makes it even more when it is necessary to turn the log on the table, to initiate new cut boards are ready to waist height, making it easier to remove them. portable sawmill or fixed With the portable sawmill Logosol M8 and Stihl MS660 chainsaw can cut five meters per minute from a beam with 15 cm thick. • Durable surface, that repels dust. never rusts. • cutting table equipped with pulleys to lift the logs to a working height confostável. Easily adjust so that the pitch (the heart of the log is parallel, easily takes out flare. Can cust slices at angles too. Length 5,5 m (18 feet) Bed toro 50 cm (20″ ergonomic construction The portable sawmill M8 has been designed with the user in mind. Everything is at the right height for long hours without damaging the spine. It is easy to use - no need to push the blade through the wood. he torus is placed on two supports of the cutting table, which can be moved up and down. This unique fine-cut current produces a surprisingly smooth surface. This thin stream removes only 6 mm (¼”) the toro. Sharp with ease, each chain may even saw 7 cubic meters of sawn timber (boards). Safety ¼” or ⅛” increments instruction manual 34 Full pages with assembly instructions,

“Put me in a harness and a rope and a chain saw, and I’m at home.” Nestled in the rolling green hills west of Edinburgh, Sandy and Fiona take pride in their handmade furniture and beautifully landscaped yard. For 17 years, Sandy ran a successful tree surgeon business called Treeshape. “I came back from New Zealand in 1999,” Sandy shares, “with nothing at that time, after already having 20 year’s experience. I saw there was an open market for tree surgeons and just went for it, basically because it was new, real competition. I’ve built up my yard, the field, equipment, forestry mulchers, chippers, grinders, stump grinders…but after reaching a certain age, it started to hurt, and bureaucracy kicked in as well.” He laughs. “It was just too much and it wasn’t enjoyable anymore. So I sold a lot of my equipment and bought sawmills and sharpeners and setters.” Sandy and Fiona previously had a Wood-Mizer LT20 sawmill, which they used to process trees on a nominal basis, and used the timber to build some personal projects. “It was such a good sawmill that I went for another Wood-Mizer,” Sandy comments. “Not only because the machine is good, but the backup too. I’ve always been well looked after by Wood-Mizer.” Sandy’s purchase of the brand new WM1000 wide-cutting sawmill was the first of its kind in Scotland. With the WM1000, logs can be sawed in half, into quarters, or into wide slabs directly for special projects. The operator safely controls all cutting functions while standing on a platform that moves with the head. The WM1000 was perfect for Sandy’s budding business, so he ordered the highest specs for a more powerful machine, a wider blade, and a full blade sharpening package. Wood-Mizer’s Scotland agent, Keith Threadgall shares. “Since nobody was doing it in Scotland at the time, he thought it would provide a good service, being able to mill up big large bits of timber.” Sandy and Keith were especially excited about the blade sharpening package. “A lot of customers in Scotland are starting to buy their own blade packages,” Keith shares. “They prefer to do their own blades.” Sandy was surprised at the ease in which he could clean, lubricate, and sharpen his blades. In the eastern region of Scotland, the weather is pretty changeable. But with the WM1000, Sandy doesn’t need to go outside to operate his sawmill. “It’s electric, it’s inside—it covers all my needs. And it’s very affordable for what it does. With a quick clean and lube, it’s ready to saw.” “I’m doing it because I like doing it, and I can take time to learn to do it correctly. Hopefully at the end of it, I can have some furniture and be able to provide a service to mill for other people.” And, shortly after making a few pieces of furniture, Sandy’s friends began requesting more. “So my business is basically going to be an in-house, contract saw miller. I can haul timber with my Unimog 2100 forestry trailer/crane. And I can be part tree surgeon when I feel like it, and a furniture maker too,” Sandy said with a smile. “A lot of oversized timber just gets turned into firewood and wasted, or just gets burned,” he explains. They make it a point to salvage the trees they work on as tree surgeons and use the leftover wood in their own projects. “Even the sawdust is a product,” Sandy says. Sandy’s business has just started, but it’s already rapidly growing. Sandy is planning ahead and working to find some new contacts so his hobby can become a service for others. “With a good job, you get rewards,” he explains. “The main thing is, be honest. And then be thorough!” By Bethany Faubion