If you might be interested in some small local sawmills near Atlanta I put this together a few months ago. Haven’t made a trip to any of them though. If you go, please give us a report back here on Lumberjocks.
1. Bobtail Critter Sawmill – Custom sawing within 100 miles of Gainesville. I specialize in the salvage of (sub)urban trees removed due to disease, storm damage or construction. Contact Drew B. Leviton, 1202 Goodwin Road, Atlanta, GA 30324. Phone: 404-237-9184 or mobile number at 404-444-8294. You may also e-mail me at bobtailcritter@bellsouth.net. In North Georgia, try me at Seven Beauties Farm at 706-781-6616.
I use a Woodmizer LT40HDG24 portable bandsaw mounted on a trailer, and with the proper tow vehicle, it can be placed, set up, and operated almost anywhere that any sane person would attempt to do so. Backyards, driveways, farm pastures, factories and deep woods are all home to its relatively quiet “zinging”, as it cuts quickly through any species and size log up to 20 feet long that is loaded onto it with its self-contained electro-hydraulic loader and log manipulation system.
Inventories change constantly, so there is no way to say precisely how much of what logs or lumber I have at any given time. It’s best to shoot me an e-mail or give me a call to make an inquiry. I also have access to many species of kiln dried woods from the place in North Carolina where I have my drying done. Currently, I am expecting to get some outstanding local timber in silver maple, hackberry, sweetgum, black walnut, tupelo, hickory. I am also able to offer planing and molding services at this time. In other news, I have been doing a lot of quartersawing of red and white oak lately for customers, and recently I have come into several hundred board feet of ambrosia beetle infested ash leaved maple (until recently called boxelder) logs. This is an exquisitely colored wood due to the fungal action on the wood fibers.
Inventory: I either have or have access to air or kiln dried woods, rough, hit or miss planed, or S2S in the following species: beech, birch, ash, cherry, red and white oak, white and yellow pine, cypress, hickory, poplar, maple, and several more, including some exotic South American species used for decking due to their ability to resist rot and decay.
There are many ways to saw a log into useful material. The method to use depends on the intended purpose for the lumber. Here, I am preparing a very nice white oak log for quartersawing by squaring it up, dividing it into four pieces with two strategically placed cuts and then sawing each resulting quarter cant such that the annular growth rings are essentially perpendicular to the face of the board, which reveals the true beauty of the wood and all its inherent “figure”. This log yielded hundreds of board feet of clear 5/4 lumber with loads of ray and flake and is destined for cabinets and table tops.
Authentic Wood Products – Michael D. Steele, 401 Celie Ann Seabolt Rd., Cleveland, GA 30528. Phone: 706-348-6969, Fax: 706-219-2869. We are a custom wood service specializing in sawing, drying, milling, black walnut and other hardwoods and softwoods.
Chastain’s Sawmill – Joseph Chastain, 797 Meadow Brook Lane, Rabun Gap, GA 30568. Phone: 706-982-1396. I saw lumber of any kind and a lot of specialty items: beams, bridges, and mantles.
Moose Millworks – Ray Gregory, 546 Pleasant Gap Drive, Morganton, GA (near Blue Ridge in north GA), 30560. Phone: 706 374-6296. Custom Sawing Mantels Rustic Lumber Cedar Dead Stand White Pine Black Walnut.
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