Your Local Hardwood Sawmill
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Hours
- Mon - Fri: 8am-3pm
- Sat: 8am-12pm
Directions
- From 20/59 take exit 40
- Follow 14 West for 5 miles.
- Turn right at Clinton Grocery.
- Take third drive on the left.
- The sawmill is behind the house with the green roof.
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About Us
Cutting, Surfacing, & Drying
Grimes Hardwoods operates a Woodmizer LT40 sawmill. This legendary mill is well known for producing quality lumber. The log is squared into a cant, then boards are sawn from the best faces to maximize lumber quality.
The Woodmizer LT40 cuts very accurate lumber. Target thickness for hardwoods like Black Walnut, Maple, and Cherry is 1 & 1/8 inches thick. This allows for some shrinkage after drying to yield a unplanned board at a full 1 inch in thickness, allowing the Woodworker to easily plane the board down to a finished thickness of 3/4 inch.
For drying we use a Nyle L53 dehumidification kiln that will dry up to 1000 board feet. We also have a 25 inch woodmaster planer for customers who want surfaced material.
Sawing Process
Boards can be flatsawn with the annual growth rings more parallel to the wide face of the board, riftsawn with the annual growth rings 45 degrees to the wide face of the board, or quartersawn with the annual growth rings perpendicular to the wide face of the board. Grimes Hardwoods quartersaws several species of trees such as White Oak and Sycamore to reveal the beauty of the medullary rays, creating a ray fleck or tiger-striped effect much sought after by Woodworkers.
