LUMBER MILLING & DRYING

Iowa Home Crafters has the unique ability to mill and process its own wood for use in our projects. We also offer some woods for sale to the general public as well as custom milling and drying.

Our woods come from various sources but all the logs we process come to us as a result of tree damage, blow down, death or tree service removal. None of our wood is cut just for the lumber.

Every log we acquire is numbered and its history recorded in our "Log log". As we saw the log into boards, we code each board so we can tell you the story of each piece of wood – where it came from, why it was turned into boards, how old it was and where in the log the board came from.

From the saw mill the wood is stickered and set out to air dry for at least six months. From there the wood goes into our solar/wood heated kiln to be carefully brought down to the proper moisture content.

The wood is then sorted for quality. The best pieces are used in our projects or offered for sale to the general public. The wood that is rejected is ripped into strips, defects removed and milled into solid wood flooring. All scraps from the milling, wood flooring, or projects is used to heat the kiln in the winter months. So the entire log is used!

Give us a call if you have a tree that you’re having removed that you think may have more purpose than going to the landfill.