Elliott's Custom Sawmill

 

Email: KenElliott@triad.rr.com Office: (336) 760-0800 Mobile: (336) 251-9998

 

 

 

 

Background and Purpose

Elliott's Custom Sawmill is located near Winston Salem, NC where the owner, Ken Elliott and his family live on a farm raising Black Angus cattle. In 2001, Ken purchased a Woodmizer sawmill to make lumber for the various fence and barn maintenance projects that demand attention with the 100 year old farm. Word got out around Winston-Salem and beyond that he had a sawmill which enabled him to expand to sawing for others. Ken's background includes managing large construction projects. Many acres of woodlands were cleared on each project and simply burned or hauled the wood to the dump. This seemed to be a huge waste of a good lumber. It is Elliott's mission to show respect for the trees that have been growing for decades by harvesting or salvaging the wood to create lumber for building or craft. The wood's inner beauty will then last for decades more.

 

 

 

 

Lumber Project Examples

 

 

Band Mill Advantages

A big advantage in using a mobile sawmill service is eliminating the haul cost. The conventional sawmill is stationary to which you must deliver the logs and must retrieve the lumber. The mobile mill eliminates both of these challenges.
Another big advantage is that the mobile mill is a band saw. The blade kerf is 1/16 th of an inch. This means much less sawdust, therefore, more lumber per log (30%-40% more than a conventional sawmill.)
The band saw style sawmill makes a very clean cut leaving very small (if any) saw marks on the lumber.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mobile Service Rates

Jobs less than 500 board feet will be charged at a $60 / hr rate with a 4 hour min. Jobs more than 500 board feet may be charged at a range of $0.30 - $0.50 / bf. Tractor for material handling will be charged at $200 / day.  Mobilization is charged at $1.00 / round trip mile.

Since each job is different, I like to visit each site prior to mobilization so that I can look at the set up area with you. We can also make arrangements for dealing with the the cut lumber as well as the slabs (waste wood). After seeing the logs and the site, I can give you an estimated quantity and can quote a firm price to you for the specific size lumber you desire.

The prices above are general. Rates may be less if the timber is straight, soft and cut "dimensionally". Rates may be more if the timber is crooked, hard and "quarter sawn". Whatever your requirements may be, we strive to accommodate your requests.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saw Specifications of Mobile Sawmill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For Sale

We presently offer:
6" x 5/4 x 8' fencing oak planks                        
Black walnut wood cut to your preferred lumber dimensions
Ash wood cut to your preferred lumber dimensions