Custom Sawing, Slabbing & Slab Flattening
- 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 slabs 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 $78 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.