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Simontorps sawmill is a small old-fashioned sawmill run by the same family for the last two hundred years. The main production consists of small amounts of lumber from private forests nearby. The sawmill was originally water powered and in 1995 was converted into a diesel powered mill. In 2009 a new sawmill were built and the old one turned into an industrial museum. As the work done is mainly manual, it’s possible to adapt the process to the customers’ requirements. This flexibility combined with the genuine historic surroundings is very appreciated by the customers.
Contact informationAnders Blidberg
Simontorps såg
28064 Glimåkra
Sweden
+4644-45057
+46733-583138
e-mail: anders@simontorpkonsult.se
The company is tax registered
Organisation number 700620-3512
Giro account number 5561-1099
Every Tuesday 8.00-18.00
Other days of the week by appointment
Available on mobile phone (other days than Tuesdays 16.00-18.00)
The lumber is processed on an engine powered circle saw bench. It is possible to process lumber up to a diameter of 50 cm. Larger pieces of lumber may be sawed but they might require more manual work. This will normally not be cost-effective.
Since the equipment is simple but flexible it can handle most types of wood and a large range of dimensions, which is usually appreciated by the customers. To be able to participate in refining your own lumber is often considered a valuable experience.
We recommend that the lumber should not be longer than 5 meters, but it is possible to process small amounts of longer lumber. It is possible to process about 1m3 an hour with suitable lumber
Planing can be done for precise dimensions with a modified Logosol P200 dressing machine.
It is also possible to make matchboards and mouldings.
This part of the company’s activity is in a developing stage, so we have a limited collection of grader shares. But it is possible to order any shares on demand.
For prices in english, please contact anders@simontorpkonsult.se
It is possible to produce many dimensions and wood types on demand since all lumber used is produced locally. In restorations and maintenance of old buildings there is often a demand for non-standard dimensions. These can be produced in oak, spruce, pine, birch, alder, aspen tree and several other types of wood growing in Sweden. Time for delivery varies, according to usage and time of the year. The trees are preferably cut down during the winter, processed in april and then dried during the spring for best quality.
Usually the customers transport their own lumber to the mill and back. It is possible to borrow a small trailer. Delivery of wood products and pick up of timber nearby is done for a fee. For long distance deliveries a transfer company is used.
I have been participating in field courses about the historic landscape during the last ten years. I have specially studied remains of different stone structures. My main employer has been Regionmuseet i Kristianstad, but different groups with interest in their local history have been participating in customised courses.
With some knowledge is it possible to look around you and read the landscape in a historic context. You can identify different remains of buildings made by man over thousands of years. We are mainly studying the agriculture landscape but since most of Sweden has been used for farming at some time in history you can find a lot of historic remains in the wood covered areas today.
The primary purpose with our course has been to make landowners and others aware of the culturally valuable objects they have around them every day, often without taking notice about them. It may be graves, stonewalls, ancient farming fields, old roads etc.
A stonewall, for instance, is possible to date with an accuracy of about ten years by looking at shapes, dimensions and biological factors like the size of lichens.
Few people master the art of building and restoring old stonewalls and ruins in sensitive environments. During this course the participants learn some about the history of stonewalls, different building technique and how to use different tools.
We are often working practically with repairing of a stone structure, because this give best learning effect for the participants.
If possible, I sometimes agree to execute minor restorations of stonewalls and ruins in sensitive areas like churchyards. By working carefully, it’s possible to repair damages done by vehicles or falling trees. In most such cases I work closely with the proper historical authority.
At the small stream in Simontorp, there has surely been a mill since the mid 1700’s.
Since the farm was donated to the monastery of Bosjö in 1388 it is possible that the mill existed even then. During the last 200 years the mill has been used by my family and during most of this time has been the main activity on the farm. The big wooden wheel in the stream was removed in a major modernisation at about 1870 when a turbine was installed. This is still in place today. A new modernisation was performed 1938-39 and two more turbines and a diesel engine (in case of low water supply) were installed. They powered a flour mill, a saw mill, a planer and an electric generator that provided electricity to the mill and the farm 200 m away. This entire plant is still in place today. The turbines need some restoring, but hopefully that will be possible to do in the near future.
The old storehouse is nowadays used for parties a few times a year.
To keep the sawmill operating, the power supply was 1995 converted and a tractor is used.
Since this small modification, there has been a steady increase in the business.
