Sawmill Business Podcast

HOW HE STARTED THE BUSINESS On this episode, we have Evan Lanterman of Lanterman Woodworks. Evan’s college education was in Industrial design and he wanted to have hands-on experience after he finished his schooling. He started out by building timber frames, general contracting and the carpentry business. In 2011, he slabbed a tree that had come down at a nearby park and this turned out to a game changer for him. After opening the tree up, he discovered a new way of working with wood. He obviously didn’t want to waste the products and this is how he shifted from the type of work that he was doing. At the moment he’s focusing on ways to utilize the mill and the material that comes from it to create furniture although he minimally still does residential carpentry. PRODUCT AND SERVICES Currently, Evan is focused on building pieces through his creativity hoping clients will be impressed and will buy them from him. He has a network of local designers and a few homeowners that he’s been working for over the year