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Lumber & milling

Pick your boards. We'll mill them to your specs.

We carry many domestic hardwoods and around 20 exotics. Our stock comes in rough sawn, and we can joint, plane and sand it to thickness while you are here. S4S is available when you place an order. No minimum on lumber, and walk-ins are welcome.

Hard to find, in stock now

Bolivian Rosewood 4/4
Honduras Rosewood 4/4
Bocote 4/4
Sapele 4/4 and 8/4
New 2 x 2 turning pieces Bocote, Goncalo Alves, Black Palm, Red Palm, Bloodwood

The aisle of the Armstrong lumber barn, with racks of boards on both sides and the red barn visible through the open door

What's in the barn

More than 50 woods, domestic and exotic

Thicknesses in quarters (4/4 is one inch). Most species come in 8 to 12 foot lengths, and many in 13 to 16 foot at a premium.

Domestic

Figured woods are subject to availability.

Alder 4/4, 8/4
White Ash 4/4, 6/4, 8/4, 12/4
Basswood 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 12/4, 16/4
Beech 4/4
Birch 4/4, 8/4
Red Birch 4/4
Sap Birch 4/4
Butternut 4/4
Aromatic Red Cedar 4/4
Cherry 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 12/4
Cypress 4/4, 5/4, 8/4
Hickory 4/4, 6/4, 8/4
Kentucky Coffee Tree 4/4
Soft Maple 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 12/4
Hard Maple 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 12/4
Red Oak 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4
White Oak 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4
Sassafras 4/4
Yellow Poplar 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 12/4, 16/4
Walnut 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 12/4
Birdseye Maple 4/4
Curly Hard Maple 4/4
Curly Soft Maple 4/4
Curly Cherry 4/4
Curly Birch 4/4
Curly Red Oak
Curly Hickory
Red Oak, rift 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4
White Oak, quartersawn 4/4, 5/4, 8/4
White Oak, rift 4/4, 5/4

Exotic

Some come in small pieces only.

Benge 4/4
Black Limba 4/4
Bloodwood 4/4
Brazilian Cherry 4/4, 5/4, 8/4
Bubinga 4/4, 8/4
Canary Wood 4/4
European Beech 4/4
Goncalo Alves 4/4
Iroko 4/4, 8/4
Lacewood 4/4, 8/4
Leopardwood 4/4
African Mahogany 4/4, 5/4, 8/4, 12/4
Genuine Mahogany 4/4, 6/4, 8/4, 12/4, 16/4
Sapele 4/4, 8/4
Padauk 4/4, 8/4
Pau Amarello 4/4
Purpleheart 4/4, 8/4
Bolivian Rosewood 4/4
Spanish Cedar 4/4
Teak 4/4, 8/4
Wenge 4/4, 8/4
Zebrawood 4/4, 8/4
Cocobolo small pieces
Bocote small pieces
Red Heart small pieces
Chakte Viga small pieces

Not just boards

A box of colorful exotic turning blanks, each marked with its species in marker

Turning blanks & carving stock

Plus musical instrument wood, boatbuilding wood and project wood.

Turned wooden stair newels stacked on a shop cart, with a planer behind

Stair parts

Newels, box and turned, balusters, bending rail and fittings.

Two hands holding dry hardwood shavings above a pile of shavings

Shavings for stalls

Kiln-dried hardwood shavings from our mill. No walnut, which is bad for horses; we keep walnut shavings separate.

Shorts and cuts

A large stock of shorts left from custom work, always at very reasonable prices.

Glue-ups

Solid custom counter tops, table tops, panels, posts and legs, laminated in the shop.

Gift certificates

For the woodworker in your life. Ask at the counter.

Milling services

Bring your boards. We'll mill them.

Your lumber or ours. The prices below are for milling our lumber. Milling your own slabs, glue-ups and other material is $25 minimum, $150 per hour. Routing, dados and rabbets are priced per job.

PlaningUp to 24 in wide$20 minimum, $120 per hour
SandingUp to 36 in wide, 5.5 in thick$20 minimum, $120 per hour
Resawing34 in throat, 12.5 in tall$20 minimum, $120 per hour
Surface jointingUp to 24 in wide$20 minimum, $120 per hour

Two men at work in the Armstrong mill shop, one at the planer and one at the jointer

Ordering

How it works

No minimum on lumber

One board or a whole job. Walk-ins welcome during shop hours.

Custom orders

Filled in the order they come in. About a 50% deposit, with the balance due at pickup.

Customer pickup

Orders are picked up at the mill in Highland.

Cash or check

Personal or company checks. We don't take credit or debit cards.