Southwest Woodworks offers custom sawmilling at your site. Our portable sawmill has a 5' diameter x 20' long capacity.
We can mill dimensional lumber and slab up to 5' (60") wide and 20' long. We can also flatten your slabs at the same capacity.
Our mill is extremely portable and can be hand carried through an opening as small as 36" wide. No big trucks or trailers to tear up your property.
My Lucas sawmill allows me to setup around large logs lying on the ground, so no heavy equipment is needed for lifting/moving the logs.
Rates are $65 per hour for dimensional lumber and $75 per hour for slabbing. $300 minimum.
Kiln Drying
Southwest Woodworks offers kiln drying in our professional Nyle kiln, which has a 12' long lumber capacity and can dry up to 1000bf of hardwood lumber.
We monitor the drying in real time to produce top quality lumber.
We also sterilize all loads in temperatures in excess of 140°F.
Kiln rate is $22 per day with a $350 minimum. (We can work with you on small loads if we have a similar load of lumber drying.) Example: 500 bf of air dried 6/4 cherry usually takes 18 days to dry in the kiln. 18 days x $22 = $396. $396/500 bf = $0.79 per bf
All drying times are dependent on initial moisture content, species, and thickness of the lumber.