Rob Scott, owner of the Shire Eco Lodge near Stutterheim, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, says the curved shape of its chalets takes its cue from nature. “I wanted the design of the chalets and their location on the margins of the indigenous Xholora forest to be a win-win for all”.
Rob’s reliance on buying sawn timber from suppliers sparked the idea of getting a sawmill to produce sawn timber. He decided to invest in a Wood-Mizer LT15GO portable sawmill. The versatile machine cuts the uncommon widths and thicknesses needed for the curved and bent components of the chalets at Shire Eco Lodge. An added benefit is the WoodMizer’s portability, which lets him move it to wherever it’s required to cut fallen hardwoods and invasive alien trees.
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