“I’ve had the OS 27 with electric start for about a month. I’ve had a little difficulty with the engine starting each time. I want to use it, though I only get a chance to run my sawmill every couple of days for an hour or two. I did choose to buy my own battery, So I can’t speak to the quality of the one they sell, but I’ve Had no issues.”
“Just finished putting the mill together, overall it went very well. The OS27 arrived on a well built skid with only slight damage to the crate. The contents were not damaged in any way. Assembly took about 10 hours from start to finish. The power head was in the crate fully assembled and needed very little fine tuning. After we finished and triple checked all the bolts we added gas and oil and made a few experimental cuts on some junk logs. I was very surprised at how little effort it took to make a pass through the log. There were a few negative points to the entire process. The biggest problem resulted from the shipper refusing to deliver to a dead end road. The second problem was the instruction manual and the labels on the bags. After a learning curve and some backtracking it was all worked out with little lost time. After cutting with an power saw mill for over a year this Mill will be a total game changer for my hobby. I look forward to dealing with Frontier Sawmills in the future.”
“I have owned my mill for close to 2 years now. I had absolutely no knowledge of being a sawyer or lumber in general,other then I am from a long line of Austrian “Tischlerei”And would Cringe when cutting up beautiful lumber for firewood!There had to be a better use from this wood!Well there is. And it’s my saw the OS 27. This saw is the perfect saw if you are a beginning sawyer. With that said to be just a good sawyer is hard and takes some doing but is one of the greatest joys that there is! Whether it’s a Shed ,barn, table headboard. When you cut it from your wood and then take that same lumber and build anything and your chest will just want to explode. The reason after cutting for a couple I am writing is that the excitement and the fulfillment has not waned. Now to the saw 1: Perfect size, In my mind it’s big enough to grapple a decent size log yet small enough not to feel overwhelmed 2: Performance, As a beginner or seasoned veteran this saw can produce lumber at an astonishing rate without the feeling that you have “Go like your killing Snakes 3 : Quality , This saw I would put against any saw for the precision cut and finished product 4: Value, This is a simple easy strong dependable piece of equipment, I have literally had two big Cherry trees fall on it and it took half a day to straighten align and begin sawing again I would buy this saw again for sure! I opted to put it on wheels and I think that was a good call as was buying the sharpening system. I will buy bed extension and tooth setter and that will give me all I need.There again is another beautiful thing with Norwood/Frontier. Take your time and build the saw you need at your leisure. I can t tell you what the saw you need will look like but as you saw you will see and understand what YOUR saw should be, I don t want to get all corny here but sawing at the Hobby level is truly a ZEN like experience for me it is anyway. Now it wasn’t a cakewalk but I also decided to do this during the Pandemic! With that the experience SUCKED! I received in my saw box mimeographed copies of all 4 Mills, I also had saw boxes that were just forked to death. I called Norwood and e mailed for almost 4 months. No help no return calls I literally thought they went under during the Pandemic! Not because but in spite of the and being a fearless farm boy (I m 62) I got it built! Then came the straw that broke the camels back. Due to a Surgery there was about 6 months loss: Started sawing and had bought a 5 pack of blades and the time came to set up my sharpener! Well that box was put on a shelf and it to had suffered a tough life getting to me, Set up and no grinding wheels. If you had been with me for this build ,you wouldn’t have thought that this would have been the trigger but it was! And here is where it all CHANGED ! I was introduced to Annette and now there is no reason for me to be mad anymore! She gave me her extension and I will take that number to my grave! So in ending. Great Saw Great Feeling and now me and Annette Great Team !”
