J & S Wood Products

Almost as tall as I am.

Gotta love the cookies cut from the root swell area of a tree.

Finally got the internal momentum to chainsaw mill some slabs. A handsome bunch of maple.

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From Hackberry slab to Hackberry headboard. Only kid I know with a $1000 headboard.

Oh boy gotta love the color in these Hackberry Slabs.

My most favorite slab ever!

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Picking up some not very long but pretty wide Pin Oak stick

Sycamore stacked just in time for sunset.

This poor ash tree. Infested with both EAB and Banded Ash Borer. It didn't stand a chance. However is made for some beautiful slabs.

Had the opportunity to mill up some Cypress. These are from the smaller of the 2 logs.

Future Sycamore tables. #

Got the top off a big Sycamore stick. 9ft 6inches long, 33inches on the narrow end and 44 inches on the big end.

12 ft long Cypress on the mill today.

A couple of the handsome Red Elm slabs I have for sale.

As the name J&S Wood Products suggests, we started out with the idea of producing more than just live edge slabs. Up to this point slabs is all we have produced for consumer purchase because using a Alaskan mill cutting slabs is what made the most sense. I'm excited to announce the we have most recently purchased a bandsaw mill. With the addition of the bandsaw mill we will also be producing dimensional lumber moving forward.

In additional to dimensional lumber we will be adding mobile milling by Alaskan mill and milling of customer delivered logs with our bandsaw mill at our property near DeSoto Missouri. So for logs too large for the average person to move or logs that are difficult to access with a other types of sawmill we can mill those on your site with the Alaskan mill. It will be based by an hourly rate onsite and a travel rate to the site. Likewise look for in the near future for the bandsaw mill to be mobile milling also but I will make an update when that service becomes available.

Maxed the ole girl out today.

Live edge Tulip Poplar. Air dried 3 years. Rough sanded on one side for the photos. Each are 12ft 4 inches long , 14-17 inches and 14-18 inches wide and 2 inches thick. $390 buys the pair or $200 and $210 if purchased separately. Message for a time to view these slabs in person. I accept cash or Venmo.

Striking spalted Sycamore slabs.

It's is official we are members of The Urban Wood Network. Super excited for the knowledge and networking this partnership will bring.

No saw dust boogers for me today. Happy and safe milling to all!

Sneak peek at the load of Chinese Elm I picked yesterday and began milling today. Even though I was told by a 30yr tree climber it is Chinese elm I'm not so sure anymore. It has mucilaginous inner bark. So I would lean towards Red Elm. It could be a cross of Red Elm and another Elm species. It's hard to say for sure. One thing I know is it's beautiful.

Picked up a trailer full of Chinese Elm this evening. I'm not going to fib I'm super excited about it.

Spalted Cottonwood

I haven't posted a customer finished slab in a long time. Using Red Elm from Urban Logs and repurposed bourbon barrels.

Picked a few nice logs. Walnut, Bradford pear, yellow Poplar, 2 silver maples, Hackberry and a cottonwood. While waiting to get loaded I milled a few 50 inch oak cookies.

The Hackberry is starting to take on some nice colors. ##

4 years old and 103 years old

J & S Wood Products updated their phone number.

J & S Wood Products updated their phone number.

Finally got to mill the biggest section of the Hackberry branch. I think they turned out swell.

I came across this Hackberry branch that was listed as "free for fire wood" (I have nothing against fire wood and smaller branches will be turned to fire wood). Yes I said a branch. It would have been a shame to see parts of such a magnificent tree turned only to firewood. The rest of the tree is almost 5ft across, still standing and in good health. I hope it continues to be in good health for a lot longer. The highest value a tree will ever provide is while it's still alive. Providing habitat, food source, beauty and shade in our Urban environments. That is my dedication at J&S Wood Products and our dedication in the Urban Lumber community. To see that even after a urban trees demise it continues to bring it highest value possible long into the future.

53-54 inch diameter ,6 inch thick Urban Red Oak. It was a challenge as it's larger than my mill. So some of the cut was without the mill free handing it. I was more than happy to save this Urban log from being turned into fire wood.

Time to get into this guy.

I had to opportunity to mill up a couple of these bad boys over the weekend.