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 the county 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 to the dump. This seemed to be a huge waste of a good resource to Ken. It is Elliott's mission to show respect for the trees that have been growing for decades by harvesting or salvaging them 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 minimum. (Rate includes the sawyer and one helper) 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). 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". What ever your requirements may be, we strive to accommodate your requests.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saw Specifications

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Board Foot	A volume measurement of wood. 1 board foot (bf) = 1foot wide x 1foot long x 1inch thick
Cant	The block of wood remaining from a log after removing the bark.
Kerf	The thickness of wood that is removed with one pass of the blade.