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We are a full service lumber business and offer custom sawing and milling.

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However, we only have about 1/10 of our inventory currently online, so feel free to visit or contact someone in our sales office for assistance with your slab searching! The unloading of a 7' diameter 25,000 lb Douglas Fir log Some of our wide slabs are listed on our website with very detailed high quality photos. We also have a showroom with finished pieces to give you an idea of what can be done with our wood. Most of the natural edge slabs are displayed in vertical racks for easy viewing. One of our many aisles of vertically stacked wood slabsĮasy Selection- Our lumber is spread out over 4 spacious buildings with over 1,000 bins and racks for easy customer selection. This method produces high quality lumber that has little cupping or twisting.Īfter drying, all slabs are sanded flat and cleaned on both faces so the customer not only gets a better idea of what the wood looks like, but is saved time and money. We air dry our lumber for up to 3 years (until the slabs reach 20% moisture content), then finish drying most of our slabs in one of our custom designed vacuum kilns. We don't rush the drying process of the slabs. We saw the logs on our Woodmizer WM1000 bandsaw mill, cutting lumber up to 70' wide and 35' long. Quality Wood - We travel the country to personally select most of the logs we saw. Milling a large burl with our Woodmizer WM1000 We have several specially designed sawmills that allow us to saw these trees and make them into gorgeous one of a kind table and bar tops. These trees are too large for conventional sawmills, so in the past they were often not utilized and just disposed of. Our Mission is to give a second life to large urban trees that had to be removed. His love of working with highly figured and unique wood has resulted in our business having one of the largest selections of large natural edge slabs, burls, and unique figured lumber in the country. We have 4 buildings of natural edge slabs for customers to browse throughīerkshire Products, Inc., located in Sheffield, MA, was started in 1987 by Alan Zablonski, a former woodworking teacher.

Table Slabs, Round - 8 Person - 14 slabs.

Table Slabs, Round - 6 Person - 39 slabs.

Table Slabs, Round - 10 Person - 1 slabs.

Slabs for Epoxy Resin Projects - 17 slabs.

For more information, please see the article on the Differences Between Hard Maple and Soft Maple. It is considered to be in the grouping of soft maples, and its wood is lighter, softer, and weaker than that of hard maple. Sustainability: This wood species is not listed in the CITES Appendices or on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.Ĭommon Uses: Veneer, paper (pulpwood), boxes, crates/pallets, musical instruments, turned objects, and other small specialty wood items.Ĭomments: Bigleaf maple is appropriately named, as its leaves ( illustrated below) are the largest of any maple, commonly reaching an overall width of 6 to 12 inches (15-30 cm) across.īigleaf maple is a commercially important hardwood timber for the United States’ west coast, where it is virtually the only commercial maple species in the region. Pricing/Availability: Should be very moderately priced, though figured pieces such as curly or quilted grain patterns are likely to be much more expensive. See the articles Wood Allergies and Toxicity and Wood Dust Safety for more information.

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Turns, glues, and finishes well, though blotches can occur when staining, and a pre-conditioner, gel stain, or toner may be necessary to get an even color.Īllergies/Toxicity: Bigleaf maple, along with other maples in the Acer genus have been reported to cause skin irritation, runny nose, and asthma-like respiratory effects. Workability: Fairly easy to work with both hand and machine tools, though maple has a tendency to burn when being machined with high-speed cutters such as in a router. Rot Resistance:Being that the sapwood of maple is used, and not the heartwood, it is non-durable to perishable in regard to decay resistance.

Grain/Texture: Grain is generally straight, but may be wavy. Bigleaf maple is known for its (occasional) quilted grain patterns. The heartwood tends to be a darker reddish brown. Sapwood color ranges from nearly white, to an off-white cream color, sometimes with a reddish or golden hue. Color/Appearance: Unlike most other hardwoods, the sapwood of maple lumber is most commonly used rather than its heartwood.

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