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Welcome to the Lost Fingers Mobile Sawmill website!

Lost Fingers Sawmill operates a TimberKing B20 mobile bandmill based out of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  One thing this means for you is no hauling costs to the sawmill or back, since we bring the saw to your location. A bandmill also provides a thinner cut than a circular or chain sawblade, which can provide a significant increase in useable lumber from the same size log. I will soon be posting more information on our rates (which are generally less than the local competition) and operation, but in the meantime feel free to contact us by phone at
(319) 364-7900.
Right now we are accepting jobs for weekends and evenings only.

The following photos should give you an idea of what the TimberKing B20 saw can do, and how we can turn your logs into useable lumber.



This 4/4 and 5/4 walnut was cut in pasture land near Clutier in 2000. The trees had been standing dead since the rainy season of 1993. Only the outer inch or less of the trunks was degraded, with no evidence of staining or decay in the center of the trees.

These were some of the first walnut trees we cut in the pasture. You can see most of the bark had been gone for some time, but the interior wood was still in very good condition. There were some deep cracks running up a few of the trees, but we were able to rotate those to the edges of the cuts once we got the logs on the saw.

Here the saw is waiting for a section of the second walnut tree to be moved to the saw. The tractor is not needed to load logs since the gas powered, full hydraulic B20 saw can load and cut 20 foot, 30 inch diameter logs. We do request that you have all logs stacked in a single location where the saw can be set up.
You can see more on the TimberKing B20 saw at www.timberking.com.



This oak was removed to make room for a house addition SE of Cedar Rapids.
This single tree provided a large quantity of furniture quality 3/4 and 4/4 lumber.


I should have more pictures showing the saw in action, but I get so intent on the sawing that I forget to pull out the camera. I will be adding more information in the near future. Feel free to call for more information.

One last item: www.woodweb.com is an excellent site for free information on wood, cutting wood, drying wood, and any other questions you may have on what it would take to turn a tree into something useful. I have found the Sawing And Drying Forum very useful.