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E X P E R I E N C E Irish wooden flooring specialist tackles recession by sawing his timber Ireland's only fine wood flooring producer who saws his own timber reports reduced costs, improved income and more flexibility in sawn boards since installing a small narrow blade sawmill. Sean Tiernan of Woodhill Timber Flooring, Dromore West, County Sligo has had a band sawmill for three years, 8 WOOD-MIZER TODAY SUMMER 2011 converting almost 2,000 cubic metres (approximately 650m3 p.a.) of softwoods and hardwoods into quality flooring and other interior furniture. The new arrangement has proved an improvement over buying-in ready sawn boards. T h e m i l l , f r o m W o o d - M i z e r, incorporates its own thin 'kerf'