Here are listed the conditions under which I operate the Lucas Mobile Sawmill:

To hire mill with an operator costs £280 per day this includes travel cost, a flat rate, for up to 40 miles from Madley, Hereford.  Extra mileage is charged at £1.00 per mile for the total extra miles travelled ie. there and back beyond the 40 mile border. It excludes break-time of 3/4 hour. For workdays of less than 4 hours I charge a minimum of £150. The saw can be operated by one person but it is preferable to have two, so that the operator can concentrate on sawing while the other can offload the sawn wood, stack it etc. The hand may be provided by the customer, or I can provide the same for £60 per day.

The working day of 8 hours begins on arrival at the site; includes the set-up time and any manoevering of saw logs. The client needs to provide tractor with a loader if there are more than one or two logs. For the job to run quickly, I can make up a wooden frame for he logs to rest upon, then roll along to the right place under the sawmill carriage.

The Lucas Mill is a swivel-saw i.e. it has a circular blade which can be turned to cut in both the horizontal and vertical plane. The maximum depth of cut is 8.5 in./210mm. The saw can make a double-width cut so that the maximum cross-section is 8.5 x 17 in./210 x 420 mm. The saw log can also be squared to larger dimensions. Accurately and efficiently, it produces square-edged boards, beams and planks up to 8metres/ 26.24ft long from saw log's up to 5.5 ft wide. The blade has 5 tungsten carbide teeth which can be sharpened as necessary. I may use the Alaskan chainsawmill  with or without the  Lucas frame set up. There is  a facility for sawing feather-edged boards with the Lucas swivel saw.   I will take away any unwanted firewood but will ask the client to deal with the sawdust.  I have a metal detector to scan over each log, so taking responsability for any damage to the teeth.

The Lucas was able to accurately saw these tropical hardwoods, Ekki and Greenheart, both amongst the top ten hardest timbers in the  world.  The customer had bought them from a sawmil which had closed down and needed some very durable floorboards and beams for renovation work.

Greenheart being cut by Lucas	Ekki being cut by Lucas
Ekki being cut by Lucas	Planks cut by Lucas

The Lucas can be extended to saw lengths of up to 40ft ( 12 metres).  Here it is shown, used in conjunction with the Alaskan chainsaw mill.  Having skimmed a flat surface off the top, the Alaskan is being used to saw 40 no. of 34' boards to  be used in  in the construction of a ''trow'' , an historic cargo boat which used to be used on the rivers Wye and Severn.   The Lucas was used to saw the 150 x 150 by 10.5m keelson and all the frame pieces, out of oak, at another location.  To saw the longer pieces, ie. more than 26ft,  requires two more sawrails, another supportive frame  and more labour , therefore there is an added charge of £100 per day.

I am covered by a Public Liability Insurance of £2 million and an Employees Liability of £10 million.

Sale of Timber
There is large amount of air-dried timber for sale -- oak and ash mostly, scots pine, some walnut, chestnut and wych elm.

To be sawn to order, there are oak, ash, cherry, chestnut, beech, sycamore and scots pine. All the timber is locally grown.

Chain Saw Milling:
There is a facility for Alaskan dual chainsaw milling slabs, up to 4' 3'' wide.