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Author Archives: Jennifer Alger
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Nov
Nov
The team at Far West Forest Products had the honor to do some salvage logging for Daniel’s Woodland during the filming of their new reality TV show The Redwood Kings. The team at Daniel’s Woodland are truly masters at their trade; from designing and building one of a kind tree or play houses, and themed […]
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Oct
Oct
Marketing your sawing business successfully using old and new methods. Learn way’s that you too can increase your bottom line by better marketing your business. By Jennifer Alger
“In order to sell your product or service, you need to get it in front of potential buyers or clients. You are going to need to market yourself and your business”.
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Sep
Sep
How Far West Forest Products saved three Giant Sequoia Redwood Windfalls that fell in a storm. From the logging process, and the hauling, all the way to the milling. By Jennifer Alger
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Aug
Aug
Far West has finally added the first pieces of finished furniture using urban lumber, and salvaged lumber to the website. We do have some reclaimed lumber furniture in the Monterey Bay/Prunedale store as well, but we have not yet photographed it an got it online, that should be coming later this month. Keep watching the […]
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Jul
Jul
What better way to show off our live edge slabs than with live natural edge slabs for the sign. Look for it in Prunedale as you’re driving down the 101 to the Monterey Peninsula.
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Jun
Jun
Far West will be hosting a “Live Edge Class” on August 24th 2013 at our Monterey area location; 2620 El Camino Real N. Prunedale, CA 93907. This class will be taught by professional woodworker Don Juvet. You can find out more out about Don by visiting his FaceBook Page; https://www.facebook.com/pages/Juvet-Artistic-Woodwork/246700632017913?fref=ts He will be teaching the class […]
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Sep
Sep
Far West Forest Products is now offering Old Growth Giant Sequoia Redwood slabs and cants. These trees are windfalls that came down in a storm a few years ago, and were salvaged by Far West. You can view more pics of the story on our FaceBook page. Redwood slabs 42” wide x 21’ long X […]
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Aug
Aug
Jim Evans, (my dad) bought this Mac Pro 125 chainsaw brand new in 1976 in a little saw shop in Susanville while falling timber in the Pains Creek/Panther Creek area of California. He was logging with his friend Smokey Taylor for Joe Brundidge. Many decades and logging contracts later the saw was still going strong, […]
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Jun
Jun
One of the ways to increase your profit is by adding value to material that initially appears to have little or no value. The Juniper wood shown above was material that many would have thrown into the scrap pile. But my brother, Cody Evans liked the rustic look and remodeled his home with the material. […]