We Mill Eco Friendly Lumber

In today’s eco-conscious society, we’re all doing a little more to try to make a difference on the world around us. When we use wood to build we are using one of the few renewable resource. Here are some example of how I am producing environmentally friendly wood products:

1. -The wood that we use for our lumber is salvaged or recycled, much of which would have ended up as firewood or in landfill. By using salvaged or recycle wood we reduce the need to cut down more trees.
   

2. -We dry my lumber in a solar kiln using a fraction of the energy required by conventional methods.
   

- We produce solar electricity that exceeds the energy used by our sawmill and shop.

My Live Edge Milling Process

When milling live edge lumber I evaluate each log and cut in a way that  I feel will best bring out the natural beauty of the wood.   Slabs are stacked with spacers to allows for air drying for several weeks. Slabs are then kiln dried in our solar kiln for 4 to 8 week.  After the slabs are kiln dry we straighten them on large industrial jointer and then run them trough a planer to insure uniform thickness. For Larger Slabs I use a CNC machine to flatten them. The end product is a straight and relatively stable piece of lumber ready to be hand crafted into fine furniture.

I mill all types of wood and have a large variety of wood to choose from including: Pine, Redwood, Sequoia, Walnut, Sycamore, Liquid Amber, Oak, etc...

I can custom cut almost any size of lumber needed. I also have milling machinery to make custom molding and tung and groove flooring. I also make custom wood signs.For more information, Contact me at:  andersontreefarm@me.com or by phone at 209-401-5409

We also have utility wood of odd sizes available for $1 a board foot.

Millwork service such as cutting, sanding, planing and joining are available for $50 and hour. CNC router work (for signs, custom cutting, joinery, etc.) also $50 an hour

*Board Foot - A single board foot of lumber measures 1 inch thick, 12 inches wide and 12 inches long. The formula for calculating board feet is first to multiply thickness by width by length -- in inches. Then divide the total by 144 for the total board footage of a given board.