Lumber does not come from the an 18-wheeler trailer. Rather, hardwood lumber is sawn from trees with leaves, not needles, and the trees are usually 75 years old or older. Most of these hardwood trees ...

In this video, we explore the question of how long you can wait before sawing logs into lumber. We examine logs that have been aged for a few years to see the results of letting a log sit. Are there ...

The above pile of logs in the photo came from a very dead spruce tree on our property. When I walk through our trees and I see a 16” conifer tree that had just died last winter I experience the thrill ...

TOLEDO -- Mark and Patty Shupe’s new sawmill, located on Illinois Route 121 just west of Toledo, will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on March 28, according to a press release. The mill is ...

Since North America is the only major lumber market that still uses imperial measurements for lumber, this would require ...

Joe Wilp climbs a narrow ladder, seats himself in a little crow’s-nest chair, and pulls levers. A greedy metal claw plucks a rough-barked log at least 3 feet in diameter from the truck bed, swings it ...