Sawmill Business Podcast

Like many starting Woodpreneurs, Bardo from XXL Boomstamtafels in the Netherlands began working with urban lumber as a hobby. Around seven years ago, he and his wife began building a house for themselves from scratch. During that time, he was at a friend's house and saw a live edge table, uncommon in that area. This table made a significant impression on Bardo, and it triggered his journey to find beautiful slabs.  He went around to different wood sellers and inquired about large slabs, and every single place he visited showed him the largest pieces of wood they had, but all of them were cut into straight lumber and didn't even come close to what he was imagining. After a while, Bardo started visiting sawmills directly in an attempt to track down the slabs he needed. At one of these mills, he saw a massive log in the corner, and when he asked them why they hadn't milled it yet, they told him that they didn't have the right saw for the job.  Bardo purchased the log from them and took it home to figure out ho