From Total Boat: "TotalBoat High Performance Epoxy Resin Kits contain enough clear epoxy resin and non-blushing hardener for a variety of glassing projects and epoxy repairs. Ideal for clear coating applications. Kit includes metered measuring pumps, and mixing cups. Choose from Slow, Medium, or Fast kits in Pint, Quart, Gallon, and 2 Gallon sizes. Simple 2:1 mix ratio by volume"
Why I like it?
Dries Clear, minimal bubbling, durable and easy to mix and brush on.
From Total Boat: "Tightly woven fiberglass cloth lightweight and dense enough to conform tightly to contours, but strong enough for repairs and molded parts. Compatible with epoxy, polyester, and vinyl ester resins systems"
Why I like it?
38 inch width is perfect, good price
From Total Boat: "The first one-part, high-gloss marine spar varnish that can be rapidly recoated without sanding between coats. Apply up to 5 coats in 1 day. Cures to a rich, warm amber. Great UV protection and gloss retention. Also available in matte."
Why I like it?
Dries fast, dry very hard and is very durable, has a beautiful high gloss
From Total Titebond: "Titebond III Ultimate Wood Glue is the first one-part, water cleanup wood glue ever offered that is proven waterproof. The waterproof formula passes the ANSI/HPVA Type I water-resistance specification and offers superior bond strength, longer open assembly time and lower application temperature. Titebond III is non-toxic, solvent"
Why I like it?
Super strong, water resistant, easy to find
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We are excited to add a tree clean up service for the Fox Valley of Illinois and neighboring cities. We have been milling wood for over 5 years now and we believe adding emergency fallen tree clean up will be a great service to our community.
Saw & Mill Company would like to be there for the community when they need us the most. We want to be a reliable service for our neighbors that have fallen trees or limbs and need help hauling them away safely and quickly.
Follow our Saw & Mill Co. Tree Clean Up on:
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As a long-time canoe camper I was a little skeptical of doing the same activity on a paddle board. Packing canoe comfort items like a good size cooler, chairs or a full kitchen can be a benefit of canoe camping. In contrast, on a paddle board light and fast is the name of the game which can make for a fun experience.
Pack Light: SUP camping has become a popular activity because of its unique benefits. The nature of the paddle board forces you to pack light. Packing light typically takes more experience and planning than canoe camping but with the right gear it can make for a "less is more" type experience.
Fishing: The size and stability of a canoe makes netting a fish, changing bait and casting a much easier experience.
Length of Trip: Having the ability to carry more food, a variety of clothing for temperature changes and entertainment items is a major advantage for a week long adventure.
Personal Experience: After 4 trips to the Boundary Waters and 6 trips down the Wisconsin River I believe canoe camping has a slight edge on paddle board camping. The fishing and ability to bring a large cooler of fresh meat, cold beer, and all the kitchen essentials makes canoe camping very enjoyable. If you like minimalism and/or solo missions, paddle board camping will be one of your favorite ways to explore, rivers, lakes and waterways.
Mountain Hardwear Phantom™ 30F/-1C
Seal Line Black Canyon™ Dry Pack
Yeti Hopper M20 Backpack Cooler
Makes a Great Seat on the Paddle Board or Camp
Yeti Tundra 35
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Back in 1994, my dad built his first cedar strip canoe. The canoe build in my parents workshop was a fond memory and one that stoked a fire to create. Heated by a small pot belly stove, the workshop was the quintessential spot for the canoe build. Over many months, my dad pieced together his canoe one strip at a time with knowledge he gained from books and the lore of his father's passed down knowledge.
A Boat for Adventure:
The canoe my father built took us in the boundary waters of northern Minnesota, rivers of Wisconsin and our favorite fishing holes in Illinois.
A Reflection About the Build and the Company:
The Saw & Mill Co. cedar strip canoe is a full encompassing picture into our company. The canoe like the company is not perfect. When I attached the first cedar strip to the form it wasn't pretty. Our first year of being in business wasn't either. Enduring and learning from mistakes was a part of every stage of the canoe build. The canoe looks pretty in pictures and is a blessing to have but will show the scars of an imperfect build and will carry the scars from adventures taken
More to Come..
Cutting Cedar Strips and Building the Frame
Sand Storm
First Coat
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In 1893, during the Colombian Exposition, right here in Chicago Fredrick Turner Jackson declared the American frontier was closed. America was once known as a new world, a great unknown, with much of its territory unconquered. This vast land, held secrets only to be revealed by those brave enough to enter the frontier, to pushed further. In may ways this country owes what it is today to the explorer, the settler, and the harvester. We feel the frontier of the mind is still open. Here at Saw & Mill Co., we embody this spirit and we hope you do too.
Saw & Mill Co. is committed to bringing our customers closer to the land by providing quality goods that are inspired by the outdoors. For us, it is not about selling a product, it’s about selling a journey. We want to use the best fabrics, fits, and styles, the latest technology and techniques to make this journey as meaningful as possible.
American wilderness inspired countless poets, romantics, artists and and larger-than-life figures, like Ansel Adams, John Muir and Teddy Roosevelt. Roosevelt may have begun the National Park Service and i'ts first park, Yellow Stone. But it was individual citizens who came from the hills, to capitol hill to make a continued difference. It took 20 years for the naturalist John Muir to lobbying for Yosemite National Park, and shortly after Sequoia National Park to be created. Muir once wrote of the American landscape, "not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life." It was people like Muir and Adams, people like you, who are the ones who initiate the policies to protect and safeguard the great outdoors and insure its sustainability. Our logo represents the responsible use of our resources, and the wilderness that lies with in.
In this spirit, Saw & Mill Co. is providing our website, videos and the use of other modern social media platforms to help uncover our country’s natural treasures. Join us as we travel from coast to coast, as we camp, hunt, and fish and other outdoor adventure activities. We are inspired by our shared traditions and past, We are forging our own path. Come with us, blaze new trails, live off the land and explore something knew.