Sawmill operator

Lumber YardWoodcutting Guild

Sawmill operator
Released								31 May 2006 (Update)
Members								No
Race								Human
Quest								Dragon Slayer I, Daddy's Home
Location								Lumber Yard
League region								Misthalin✓
Shop								Construction supplies
Gender								Male
Options								Talk-to, Buy-plank, Trade
Examine								He changes the shape of wood.
Map
Advanced data
NPC ID								3101
Link								MOID

The Sawmill operator can be found along the southern wall of the Varrock Lumber Yard and at the Woodcutting Guild in Great Kourend, their location indicated by the icon on the minimap. They can turn seven kinds of logs into planks (see sawmill), and also runs a Construction Supplies shop selling bolts of cloth, three kinds of nails, and saws. They will not accept noted logs, except indirectly through house servants.

Members can obtain planks by taking logs to the sawmill operator. Right-click on them, and there will be a "Buy planks" option. Players can then choose to make regular planks from regular logs, oak planks from oak logs, teak planks from teak logs, mahogany planks from mahogany logs, camphor planks from camphor logs, ironwood planks from ironwood logs, or rosewood planks from rosewood logs for a price. During Daddy's Home, they can also convert waxwood logs into waxwood planks for free.

Although he is visible on free-to-play servers, he will refuse to talk to or trade with players. However, if the player is doing Dragon Slayer I on a free-to-play server and has purchased the Lady Lumbridge, he will make the player up to nine regular planks for the standard price of 100 coins and 1 log each.

The fastest way to make planks using the Sawmill involves the Lumberyard teleport. The teleport will take the player directly to the sawmill. An amulet of glory or a ring of dueling can then be used to bank.

The second fastest way to make planks using the Sawmill involves the Ring of the elements and teleporting to the Earth Altar which places the player just south of the sawmill.

The third fastest way to make planks using the Sawmill involves the Balloon transport system. Start at Castle Wars and use the balloon to travel to the location north-east of Varrock, which is close to the Sawmill. One willow log is required to make this journey. The balloon has a weight restriction (under 40 kg), so some players may only be able to carry 19 oak logs per round; however, wearing Weight-reducing equipment can allow the maximum of 26 oak logs to be brought. After making the planks, use a worn ring of dueling to teleport back to Castle Wars.

Another way to do this is to fly from Castle Wars to the lumberyard and chop down the oak logs there. Once the planks are made, teleport back to Castle Wars. This eliminates the weight restrictions for balloon travel, though it is a bit longer than taking logs from your bank. It is possible to make over 1500 planks per hour using this method.

The fourth fastest way to make planks using the Sawmill involves the gnome glider system. Use a ring of dueling to teleport to the Duel Arena, run south-west and take the glider to the Grand Tree. From there, take the Glider (run north into and its up at the top of the Grand tree) to Lemanto-Andra, which is south-east of the Digsite in Varrock. Run north from there, until you reach the first gate on your left (marked by a red line on your minimap) to the Sawmill and make the planks. Then use a ring of dueling to teleport to Castle Wars to bank.

The fifth fastest way to make planks using the Sawmill involves teleporting to Varrock. Run from Varrock to the Sawmill and make planks, then teleport to Varrock using the spell or a tablet, and run to east Varrock bank to bank.

A variation on these methods that would add woodcutting experience and increase profit per plank at the expense of time would involve cutting oak logs from the Oak Trees west of the Balloon.

Using the Sawmill in the Woodcutting Guild, the player can make a full load of planks in 20 seconds by using a charged skills necklace and ring of dueling. Alternatively there is a bank chest in the western part of the guild.

Butlers can take logs to the Sawmill to create planks. They take the Sawmill fee with them. One way to use this is to carry noted logs, then ask the Butler to unnote them, then ask for the unnoted logs to be taken to the Sawmill. The planks received can then be used to train construction immediately, or can be sent to the bank using the Butler for profit.

Another variation is to go outside your house, cut logs, go inside your house, have the logs sent to the sawmill, and use them to train construction.

If there are less than 50 Bolts of cloth in stock, 50 is added to the store's stock when the interface is reopened. The same is true for Bronze nails, but with a threshold of 100 stock instead of 50.

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