Our Work

  • Lumber racks

    Well organized lumber stacks make your shopping experience easier.

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  • Warehouse / Kiln

    This is what we do!! We saw and properly dry the highest quality hardwood lumber to sell directly to the public at fantastic prices.

  • Lumber

    We stock thousands of board feet of lumber, all kiln dried and ready for your next project.

  • The Board Room

    No suits required in this board room. All of our kiln dried lumber is stored in one of our climate controlled rooms. Dried to 8%, conditioned, and acclimated our lumber is ready to use TODAY!

  • Wide Belt Sander

    This walnut slab is about 38" wide. My sander can handle widths up to 52" wide and 6" thick.

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  • Custom Trim

    Custom profile in red oak coming out of the moulder.

  • Wall and ceiling treatment

    These fir boards made for a customer job where resawn then ebonized, sanded, and finished to bring out the natural beauty locked inside the salvaged beams. Check them out in our custom trim and decor gallery to see how they looked installed!!

  • Replica Railing Spindles

    Custom turned spindles made to match the original sample from a historic home over a hundred years old. The new spindles are made of rot resistant black walnut and should last another hundred years on the homes front porch.

  • Replica Railing Spindles

    Custom turned spindles made to match the original sample from a historic home over a hundred years old. The new spindles are made of rot resistant black walnut and should last another hundred years on the homes front porch.

  • Wooden Bottles

    Wooden wine bottle corbels fresh off of the lathe for Hidden Hills Winery bar.

  • Reclaimed fir wall covering

    This wall covering was created using salvaged fir beams resawn and finished with a protective urethane to stand up to the damp conditions of a bathroom.

  • Wall Art

    This conceptual piece built of cherry and deer antler, wile designed to display the owners archery bow, is meant to draw the viewers eye up from the refined modern geometric design at the bottom, to the completely natural decayed wood at the top, leaving the bow in the middle to represent the connection between the modern hunter and his primal instinct to hunt.

  • Custom Trim

    Lots of wide oak and cherry base board and casing ready for the finish booth.

  • Floating Beam Shelves

    These floating beam shelves where created using salvaged fir beams finished with a protective urethane to stand up to the damp conditions of a bathroom.

  • Reclaimed fir Ceiling

    This ceiling covering was created using salvaged fir beams resawn and finished with a protective urethane to stand up to the damp conditions of a bathroom.

  • Custom Crafted Bottle Openers

    These bottle openers, crafted for Knox County Brewing Co. in Galesburg, IL., are 100% built in our shop right down to the custom designed opener mechanism! The metal parts are assembled using common steel hardware, shaped and welded together. They are then copper plated, in house, and shellacked to provide some protection from tarnishing. The handles are all unique, using different wood species and different shapes, some are even fitted for a left or right hand. Finally they are branded with the company logo, signed by the maker, and fitted with wooden tags ready for sale.

  • Wooden Bottle Tap Handles

    Made for Knox County Brewing Co. they are solid wood of varying species carved to mimic their retail packaging.

  • Fireplace Mantle

    Walnut mantle

  • Wooden Bottle Tap Handles

    Knox County Brewing Co.

  • Pallet Wall

  • Fireplace Mantle

    Douglas fir mantle

  • Fireplace Mantle

  • Fireplace Mantle

    Finished mantle and matching ledger boards finished with a grey wash and polyurethane.

  • Custom Vanity Set

    Built for the space is this maple vanity with concrete top and matching mirror.

  • Floating Shelves

    A nice display for some antique tools made from a reclaimed pine beam.

  • Replica Train Depot

    Go to our Custom Cabinets and Furniture page for more pictures and info about this job.

  • Entrance sign at Forged of Wood and stone

    Welcome to my shop. The metal sign was hand cut with a plasma torch by a colleague of mine, the stone was quarried out of the creek bed just down the road.

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    Odie's oil and Odie's wax going on a solid walnut countertop.

  • Dinning room table

  • Dinning room table

  • Dinning room table

  • Desk

    Modern minimalist desk. Desktop is polished concrete, base is reclaimed fir.

  • Custom Cabinets and Countertop

    Custom built kitchen cart. The wood is reclaimed douglas fir.

  • Desk

    Modern minimalist desk. Desktop is polished concrete, base is reclaimed fir.

  • Custom Cabinets and Countertop

    Maple with walnut and maple corbels, and reclaimed and distressed corrugated steel, this bar has a concrete top. Built for Hidden Hills Winery in Galesburg, IL.

  • Custom Bar

    Maple with walnut and maple corbels, and reclaimed and distressed corrugated steel.

  • Butcher Block Top

    This top was built to size for Knox County Brewing Co. to cover a large commercial cook top when not in use. Made of hard maple with an FDA food safe finish this top is also reversible to provide a lifetime of use for their brewery.

  • Custom Cabinets

    These cabinets are purposely designed for the customer to store wine glasses and wine bottles for their winery's tasting room. Large 6 foot long base cabinets with slanted dividers where constructed to maximize storage space while also creating an aesthetically pleasing design.

  • Custom Bar

  • Custom Cabinets

    This cabinet was built around a pair of antique leaded glass windows provided to us by the client.

  • Help in the shop today

    I get to work with my very gifted uncle sometimes. This is him helping out with assembling wooden stemware storage for a custom cabinet job. Thanks Bill,

  • Custom Furniture

    A once in a lifetime job this ticket takers desk was commissioned for a railroad collectors private display of antique memorabilia. The entire set of this museum quality circa 1950's era rural train depot was constructed in the collectors home. This ticket takers desk is complete with a cash drawer, hand carved dished center for passing tickets to the train rider, and custom designed corbels all made in period style, drawing from hundreds of photos of actual 50's era train depots.

  • Custom Furniture

    Ticket Takers Table in process.

  • Custom Furniture

    Ticket Takers Table in process.

  • Fooling Around After Work

    A view from the station agents dutch door, me (standing), my son, and a lifelong friend (David Cole) act out an interaction between the station agent and the lazy conductor and engineer urging them to " Get That Train Moving"!! I should add the hats we are wearing are genuine and had very high price tags attached to them... Sorry Dale. We were very careful not to damage them.

  • Custom Furniture

    A view from the other side.

  • Custom Furniture

    Another view of the train station.

  • Serving Tray

    Walnut and hard maple serving tray.

  • Custom Furniture

    Media table built to donate to the Gabe Sharp Benefit. Cement top, red elm box, steel pipe base.

  • Custom Furniture

    Thick live edge mulberry end-table with steel pipe base. This is another one of my talented sons projects commissioned as a gift, the wood was sawn locally and had been air drying in our shop for several years.

  • Custom Kitchen

    All of the cabinets and the island where designed and built at our shop and installed in the customers home in Knoxville. The Island has a solid walnut top and the base is sold hard maple.

  • Custom Furniture

    This farmhouse style dinning room table made of 8/4 cherry and walnut can comfortably seat 10.

  • Custom Furniture

    This table constructed of steel pipe and reclaimed douglas fir has a unique ebonized finish.

  • Bar Top

  • Custom Crafted Bottle Openers

  • Cutting Board

    Walnut and elm cutting board, and cherry butter knife. My son made this, among many other woodworking projects over the years. Talented kid, he made this when he was 12.

  • Wine Rack

    Live edge cherry wine rack.

  • Freeform Carving

    Walnut burl freeform picture holder.

  • Picture Frame

    Figured walnut and cherry frame with a freeform cherry base.

  • Custom Furniture

    Refurbished Brent pottery kick wheel with a hand carved red elm seat, and an owner proclaimed "race car" paint job.

  • Book Rack

    This antique wooden ladder found a new use as a book rack. This was my oldest daughters idea. Creative kid she is!!

  • Custom Knife

    This was a fun little project i did with my son. Figured walnut handle, full tang polished carbon steel blade, brass pins.

  • Custom Crafted Bottle Openers

    These bottle openers, crafted for Knox County Brewing Co. in Galesburg, IL., are 100% built in our shop right down to the custom designed opener mechanism! The metal parts are assembled using common steel hardware, shaped and welded together. They are then copper plated, in house, and shellacked to provide some protection from tarnishing. The handles are all unique, using different wood species and different shapes, some are even fitted for a left or right hand. Finally they are branded with the company logo, signed by the maker, and fitted with wooden tags ready for sale.

  • #1 Walnut and Hard Maple Serving Tray

    Rough block of 8/4" kiln dried walnut.

  • #2 Walnut and Hard Maple Serving Tray

    Block has been rough dimensioned and surface planed.

  • #3 Walnut and Hard Maple Serving Tray

    Starting to take shape the center has been carved out and the dadoes have been milled to receive the hard maple accents.

  • #4 Walnut and Hard Maple Serving Tray

  • #5 Walnut and Hard Maple Serving Tray

    The maples accents have been carefully fitted and some of the sanding has been completed.

  • #6 Walnut and Hard Maple Serving Tray

    More sanding has been done and the maple has been glued in place then clamped until the glue dries.

  • #7 Walnut and Hard Maple Serving Tray

    Final sanding has been done. When an oil finish is being applied the piece is first sanded to at least 2400 grit.

  • Walnut and Hard Maple Serving Tray

    This handmade serving tray is now finished with a food safe oil that is safe to eat off of and enhances the natural beauty of the wood. This tray can be used as a charcuterie board, cheese tray, cookie tray or any other food serving use. Or, it could just be displayed as a piece of wood art. Enjoy!