Slabs & lumber · Syracuse & Central New York
Live-edge slabs, sawn and dried here
Table tops, benches, bar tops, mantels and shelves, cut from local logs on our Wood-Mizer and dried in our own kiln. What’s on hand changes with every log, so call and ask.
Call (315) 412-4007
What makes a good slab
Width, figure and flatness. A wide slab comes from the middle of a big log, and the middle is where the best grain is: crotch figure in walnut, red flame in box elder, ray fleck in quartersawn oak.
Flat matters more than anything. A slab that wasn’t dried right will cup or twist the first winter inside. Ours are kiln-dried, so they’ve already done their moving before you start.
Book-matched pairs
When two slabs come off the log one after another, their grain mirrors. Open them like a book and join them down the middle and you get a wide table with a symmetrical pattern. Ask for pairs if you’re building a dining table.
Looking after a slab
Keep it flat and stickered, with air on both faces, until you work it. Flatten it with a router sled or have it surfaced, then finish both sides the same so it takes on and loses moisture evenly. Small checks at the ends are normal. Butterfly keys stop them and look good doing it.
What comes through the yard
Slabs, boards, beams.
Black walnut
live-edge slabs · boards
Box elder
live-edge slabs
Oak
boards
Pine / hemlock
timbers & beams
Availability
What’s on the yard changes with every log we open, so we don’t list pieces here. Call and tell us what you’re after — we’ll say what’s dry now, what’s in the kiln, and what we can saw for you.
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Tell us what you’re building.
Species, rough sizes and how dry it needs to be is enough to start. Or call.
(315) 412-4007