A mini-mill is simply a small sawmill, often run by a single person. You find them almost everywhere across the United States but they can be hard to locate because they often fly just below the radar. To help you track them down, we’ve compiled a list using recommendations from the Knots forum and Fine Woodworking authors.

 

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Mini-mills and boutique lumberyards are often great sources for unusual and interesting boards. If the mill is mobile, and many are, you can have a log on your property cut to your specs. Or, you can transport a log to their site for milling. Check out the list below to find a mill near you. To add a sawyer or to make changes to an existing listing, email [email protected].

 

Arizona

Arizona Desert Mesquite, LLC
8825 West Tripp Canyon Road
Pima, AZ 85543
Phone: 888-806-7762 or 928-536-9661
Fax: 928-536-3901
Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.azdesertmesquite.com
Services: Mesquite lumber, flooring, and end-grain tiles

California

California Urban Lumber
Contact: Bill Ridings
4901 Pacheco Blvd
Martinez, CA 94553
Phone: 925-766-1912 or 928-228-0924
Fax: 925-228-0477
Web site: www.calurbanlumber.com
Services: Custom milling, 52″ planer for slabs up to 4″ thick, inventory of slabs and planks, ships to 48 contiguous states

Mendocino Specialty Lumber Company/OKO Lumber Company
Contact: Oscar Koskinen
Arcata, Humboldt Co., CA  95521
Mail: P.O. Box 519, Hydesville, CA 95547
Phone: 707-726-0339
Fax: 707-726-0319
Email: [email protected]
Web site: oldgrowth.com
Services: Custom milling, kiln drying, old-growth redwood specialty, flooring, etc.

Woodnut
Contact: Michael Kimmes
12681 Wolf Road
Grass Valley, CA 95949
Phone: 800-660-0203 or 530-268-0203
Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.woodnut.com
Services: Claro walnut specialty, live-edge slabs

Connecticut

Board Silly Custom Sawmill
Contact: Bud or Robbie
318 Ethan Allen Hwy (Route 7)
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Phone: (203) 438-3631
Email: [email protected]
Services: Custom milling, kiln-dried woods, flooring, mantels

M.C. Millwork
127 Wynwood Drive
New Milford, CT 06776
Phone: 860-354-4915
Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.workingonwood.com
Services: Custom millwork; local woods for sale including ash, cherry, eastern white pine, hickory, oak, poplar, and soft maple.

Terrific Timbers LLC
Contact: Dennis Hoover
472 Pequot Ave
Mystic, CT
Phone: 860-235-4504
Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.terrifictimbers.com
Services: Lumber milling on your site using either a Wood-Mizer LT-40 super hydraulic bandsaw, or Peterson 10-30 WPF swingblade sawmill with interchangeable chain slabbing unit. Log diameters and board widths to 5 ft, any length or weight. Log moving equipment. Insured.

Treecycle Sawmill
227 Munger Lane
Bethlehem, CT 06751
Phone: 203-509-2686
Email: [email protected]
Services: Portable sawmill with a Wood-mizer LT40HD. Native lumber available.

Florida

Funktionhouse Urban Lumber and Furnishings
3951 34th St. S
St. Petersburg, FL 33711
Phone: 727-286-0589
Email: [email protected]
Services: Offering highly figured local “exotics” ranging from east Indian rosewood, blue mahoe, camphor, and monkey pod. Wood-Miser LT 40 milling and Lucas 60″ wide dedicated slab milling, dry kiln service, furniture fabrication and design, lumber, slabs, and turning stock.

Georgia

Kinzer Farms
219 Wren Road
Jasper, GA 30143
Contact: Matt Kinzer
Phone: 404-401-6051
Services: Portable sawmill service milling your logs into lumber on your site or ours with a Wood-Mizer hydraulic sawmill. Serving all of North Georgia and surrounding areas.

Indiana

Jeff Jackson
7676 East 450 North
Fremont, IN  46737
Phone: 260-413-4000
E-mail: [email protected]
Services: Portable Wood-Mizer

G. W. Green, Urban Forester/Sawyer
9923 N 800 E
Syracuse, IN 46567
Phone: 574-457-5471
Fax: 574-457-8551
Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.woodsbygwgreen.com
Services:  Portable sawmill, solar kiln drying, millwork, kiln dried hardwood and softwood lumber, flooring

Maine

R.S. & Company
369 Spectacle Pond Road
Porter, ME 04068
Contact: Ray Salmon
Phone: 207-699-8616
Email: [email protected]

Massachusetts

Berkshire Products Inc.
884 Ashley Falls Rd.
P.O. Box 591
Sheffield, MA 01257
Phone: 413-229-7919
Fax: 413-229-0465
Web site: www.berkshireproducts.com

Solar Hardwoods Co.
229 Thelma Ave
Somerset, MA 02726
Contact: Mark Costa
Phone: 978-273-3871
Email: [email protected]
Sevices: Portable sawmill, solar kiln drying, kiln dried hardwood and softwood lumber

Shaker Mills, LLC
4 Sherwood Drive
Norfolk, MA 02056
Phone: 978-257-4190
Website: www.shakermills.com
Services: Portable sawmill service, kiln drying, board surfacing

White Oak Farm and Sawmill
9A Ashley Road
Southboro, MA
Phone: 774-285-2952
email: [email protected]
Services: Cooks HD3238 portable sawmill, custom saw your logs and mill our own local timber

Woodpecker Industries
PO Box 44
Bondsville, MA 01009
Contact: Michael Moore
Phone: 413-283-5615
Email: [email protected]
Web site: http://sites.google.com/site/woodpeckerindustries/
Services: Custom milling, portable, fully hydraulic. Some local wood in stock

Michigan

Hickory & Oak Sawmilling, LLC
90931 52nd Street
Decatur, MI 49045
Phone: 269-436-0039
Website: www.hickoryandoak.com
Services: Custom sawmilling, custom kiln drying, planing and straight line ripping of lumber, hardwood lumber sales, and hardwood flooring

Log 2 Lumber, LLC
Farmington Hills, MI
Phone: 248-535-5035
Contact: Chuck Lobaito
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.log2lumber.com
Serivces: Portable sawmilling, lumber sales, bowl blanks, tool sharpening, woodturning, custom made pens.

Raven Farm Sawmill
7539 Clark Road
Bath, MI 48808
Phone: 517-641-6189
Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.ravenfarm.com
Services: Custom sawmilling, portable sawmill, millwork, drying, log removal

Minnesota

Lake Region Timber Co.
Contact: Tony Beuning
32906 Cty Rd 50
Avon, MN 56310
Phone: 320-356-7107
Services: Custom milling, lumber for sale.

New Hampshire

Ledgewater Lumber
37 South Hill Road
Colebrook, NH 063576
Phone: 603-237-5190
Services: Custom portable sawing, planing, molding service, kiln-dried T&G, hardwood flooring, etc.

Woodell & Daughters Forest Products, LLC
85 Jewett Rd
Langdon, NH
Phone: 603-835-7873
Email: [email protected]
Services: Custom sawing, small kiln, small-scale hardwoods for sale

New Jersey

Cobbs Mill LLC
Contact: Jason Cobb
150 Cobbs Mills Road
Bridgeton, NJ 08302
Phone: 856-451-0671
Website: www.cobbsmillllc.com
Services: Custom milling, rough planing, specialize in hard to find cuts, serving the tri-state area

General Industrial Service
Contact: John M. Obertlik
341 Adelphia Road
Farmingdale, NJ 07727
Phone: 732-938-3342
Services:  Custom milling. Sells hardwood, softwood and native wood. Large diameter circular mill with top and bottom saws. Green and air dried lumber cut on site. Planing, custom sawing and ripping available upon request.

Dave & Anne’s Sawmill
Contact: Dave Peregmon
33 Chestnut Street
Pennsville, NJ 08070
Phone: 856-981-9483 (cell) or 215-295-3758 (home)
Services: Custom sawing, local hardwoods

Willard Brothers Lumber
300 Basin Rd. Trenton, NJ. 08619
Phone: 609-890-1990 or 800-320-6519
Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.willardbrothers.net
Services: Exotic and domestic hardwoods

New York

New York On-Site Milling
Contact: Zack Berzon
Suffern, NY
Phone: 845-406-8949
Services: Custom milling

Northeastern Firewood and Logging
Contact: Vincent Ciampaglione
2008 Rte 9G
Staatsburg, NY 12580
Phone: 845-889-4193
Services: Custom milling, hardwood, softwood logs, etc.

Red O’Leary
Wappingers Falls, New York
Phone: 845-464-3475
Services: Custom milling, portable Wood-Mizer

Roy Kirkhus
Lagrangeville, NY
Phone: 845-222-1904
Website: www.fullcirclefarmandforest.com
Email: [email protected]
Services: Portable milling, custom milling, less commonly found lumber sales

North Carolina

Daniel Mayer
265 Pearson Drive
Asheville, NC 28802
Phone: 828-216-1566
Services: Sawyer with portable mill

Edwards Custom Sawmilling & Lumber
Contact: Kyle Edwards
Iron Station, NC 28080
Phone: 704-258-8985
Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.sawmillnc.com
Services: Large slabs and urban harvest wood, sawing, kiln drying, molding.

North Carolina Woodworker
This Web site, www.ncwoodworker.net, has North Carolina sawyer information listed by region.

Saw-N-Logs Custom Sawmill LLC
516 Tole Allison Road
Mills River, NC 28759
Phone: 419-771-9538
Website: www.saw-n-logs.net
Services: Sawyer with portable 2007 Wood Mizer LT-50

Ohio

Dendro-Logic Urban Forest Products, Ltd.
Contact: Larry Heavrin
3970 State Route 42
Mason, OH 45040
Phone: 513-722-6195
Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.dendro-logicufp.com
Services: Portable sawmill service, fully hydraulic; hardwood lumber sales; wood products cut to custom dimensions. Generating lumber from trees removed from urban and suburban landscapes.

Doll Lumber Company, Inc.
1363 State Route 534
Southington, OH 44470
Phone: 877-330-8097
Web site: www.dolllumber.com

C.R. Muterspaw Lumber Co.
3039 US Rout 68 S
Xenia, OH
Phone: 937-572-WOOD
Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.crlumber.com

Oregon

Goby Walnut Products
5016 Palestine Road NW
Albany, OR 97321
Phone: 541-926-1079
Fax: 541-926-0380 or 541-812-5610
Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.gobywalnut.com
Services: Custom milling, black walnut lumber, veneer, thin stock, custom milling

Craig and Marci Bacho
Corvallis, Oregon
Phone: 541-754-2662
Services: Custom milling, no kiln

Cedar Creek Custom Lumber
Contact: Brian, Penni, or Thomas Bellomo
21345 SW Oregon St.
Sherwood, OR 97140
Phone: 503-925-9516
Fax: 503-925-1410
Email: [email protected]
Web site: http://www.cccustomlumber.com
Services: Custom milling, kiln drying, Douglas fir lumber

Tim Shipp
1435 22nd Ave
Sweet Home ,OR 97386
Phone: 541-367-3495
Email: [email protected]
Services: Maple burl specialist – any shape or size or amount. $1.50/lb

Urban Lumber Company
Contact: Seth San Filippo
2440 Main Street
Springfield, OR 97477
Phone: (541) 988-9663
Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.urbanlumbercompany.com
Services: Custom milling, wide-belt sanding, wide-slab lumber, specialty wood.

Pennsylvania

Shady Lane Tree Farm
Contact: Mike and Louise Peters
5220 Shimerville Road
Emmaus, PA  18049
Phone: 610-965-5612
Services: Bandsaw sawyer and lumber dealer

Spacht Sawmill
Contact: Dave or Carol Spacht
1266 Quarry Hall Rd.
Fairview Village, PA 19409
Phone: 610-584-1855
Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.spachtsawmill.com
Services: Custom sawing, 48-in”-dia. circular saw, wood kiln

Pawlosky Lumber & Milling Co.
1084 Western Avenue
Hickory, PA 15340
Phone: 724-746-4647
Web site: www.sawpaw.com

Hudock’s Hardwoods
Contact: Dan Hudock
3174 Deep Creek Road
Perkiomenville, PA 18074
Phone: 215-234-2535
Web site: www.hudockshardwoods.com
Services: Custom sawing, kiln drying, 25″ planing capacity, custom molding

Tennessee

Clover Hill Sawyers
3615 Clover Hill Mill Road
Maryville, TN 37801
Phone: 865-724-7306
Services/Products: Custom sawing, up to 40″ diameter and 20′ long. Kiln drying with 2000bf dehumidification kiln. Red and White Oak lumber, flatsawn and quarter sawn, kiln dried.

Hoyt Couch
Clarksville, Tennessee
Phone: 931-980-1094
Services: Wood-Mizer operator

Full Cycle Woodworks Inc.
1600 Hwy 70 North
Rogersville, TN 37857
Phone: 423-272-6003
Contact: Ron Highsmith
Web site: sustainablelumber.com

Brian Carroll
White Bluff, Tennessee
Phone: 615-308-5269
Services: Custom milling, has two stationary band mills

Texas

Blankity Blank and Barton Creek Millworks
David J. Borek
12285 Trautwein Road
Austin, TX 78737
Phone: 512-263-8355 or 866-744-9663
Web site: www.blankity-blanks.com
Services: Portable bandsaw mill, dry kiln, exotics & domestic woods

Washington

GIA Mobile Saw Works
27306 NE 9th Street
Camas, WA 98607
Phone: 360-834-5039
Fax: 360-834-6208
Cell Phone: 360-910-3234
Services: Mobile sawing, resawing, kiln drying, planing, surface sanding, wide slabs, burl, hardwoods, mantles, turning stock

McClananhan Lumber, Inc.
Contact: Larry McClananhan
P.O. Box 1483
Forks, WA 98331
Phone: 360-374-5887
Fax: 360-374-5800
Web site: www.mcclanahanlumber.com
Services: Mills local woods, old-growth Sitka spruce, Western red cedar, Douglas fir.

Steph’s Custom Sawyering
Contact: Steph Baxter
North Bend, Washington
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 425-646-8783
Services: Niche cutter, by appointment only, Hawaiian woods, local Western woods, burl, figured wood, tropical wood

Pacific Western Timbers
Contact: Pete Wagner
8000 Imperial Way
Port Orchard, WA
Phone: 360-674-2700
Web site: www.pacwestlumber.com
Services: Mills instrument and boat wood, imports exotics, vacuum and heated kilns

Smyth Cedar Mill
Contact: Paul Smyth
22922 Indianapolis Rd.
Poulsbo, WA
Phone: 360-598-3262

Hintz Logging Inc
18219 New Hintzville Rd,
Seabeck, WA 98380-9237
Phone: (360) 830-5900
Services: Mills lumber using a Mobile Dimension mill that accommodates 30-foot trees

Wisconsin

Mill Creek Hardwoods
9457 Mullen Lane
Allenton, WI 53002
Phone: 414-750-1709
Email: [email protected]
Services: Custom sawing and kiln drying. Quartersawn Red and White Oak, Cherry, Walnut, and Hard Maple sawn to order.

Milwaukee Woodworks
Contact: Allen Tomaszek
Phone: 414-745-9656
Website: www.milwaukeewoodworks.com
Email: [email protected]
Services: Milwaukee Woodworks is committed to locating and offering nicely figured hardwood lumber. Custom sawing and urban log recovery.

Treecycle Hardwoods
Contact: Greg Holub
1766 Hwy A
West Bend, WI 53090
Phone: 262-206-6673
Cell: 262-758-4037
Website: www.treecyclehardwoods.com
Email: [email protected]
Services: Custom milling, production milling, kiln drying, hardwood lumber sales, and lumber processing. If we don’t have it we will find it for you! We also buy delivered logs.

Canada

Millgrove Wood Products Ltd.
Shelley Detzler
988 Brock Road, RR 4
Dundas, Ontario, L9H 5E4
Phone: 905-659-9666
Fax: 905-659-5082
Email: [email protected]
Services: Custom milling, kiln dried lumber, hardwood flooring

Cedar Creek Sawmill and Tree Farm
Contact: Wayne Hickey
1459 Edworthy Side Rd
Cambridge, North Dumfries, Ont N1S 4Z6
Phone: 519-621-7780
Services: Custom sawing, kiln drying, hardwood and softwood lumber.

Queen Charlotte Island Boat Lumber
PO Box 293,
Port Clements, BC V0T 1R0
Phone: 250-557-4282
Email: [email protected]
Web site: boatlumber.ca
Specialties: Old-growth Sitka spruce, Western red cedar, Douglas fir.

No listing for your area?
The best way to find a mini mill is simply to ask around. Landscapers sometimes have mini-mill contacts. If you belong to a woodworking club, raise the question at a meeting. Your hardwood lumber dealer or lumberyard just might be able to help. So, too, might any local furniture builders or wood turners.

Otherwise, check out WOODWEB.com or ForestryForum.com. Another source is a list of owners of Wood-Mizer portable sawmills, as some have wood for sale. To find out if there’s an owner in your area, you can call 800-553-0182.