Should you rip saw first or crosscut when machining solid wood? That question and more are the topic of a recent webcast, Rough Milling Lumber for Small to Medium Woodshops," presented by Aaron Brink ...

Rough & Ready Lumber, the last sawmill in Josephine County, set to close View the Slideshow >> (Gallery by The Associated Press) CAVE JUNCTION – Here lies . The last sawmill in Josephine County closes ...

A few miles east of Newport lies the timber town of Toledo, Oregon. At about 3,500 people, the city is nestled in the western slopes of the coastal mountains and has a skyline dominated by the ...

Not much happens in this speck of society, except for the sporadic flow of log trucks rattling toward a little sawmill on U.S. 21 south of Orangeburg. For years, the mill has operated in obscurity, ...

"When I started, you could really mess things up and still make good money," he said. "You can't do that anymore." Elston runs a lumber mill in Tillamook, Ore., for Hampton Affiliates. The company has ...

Editor’s note: This column was produced before Gene Wengert died in 2025. It is printed here in memoriam. Question: How much does lumber shrink in drying? We process red oak and yellow poplar mainly. ...

The price of lumber has more than doubled over the past year, and economists warn that things might stay this way for a while. That's why people like Hans Dow are getting crafty. "I was like, well, I ...

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