Our Sawmill and Woodshop · Frankston, East Texas

From East Texas log to air-dried slab

The mill

Every slab and board we sell starts as a local East Texas log, many of them storm-downed, and is sawn on our Wood-Mizer LT40 Super Hydraulic under the shed in Frankston.

Species we cut to order

Black WalnutSweetgumWhite OakPineHickoryWhite Ash

Availability depends on the logs on hand. Ask.

Services

Custom sawing to order: your logs sawn to your thickness and width on our LT40 Super Hydraulic. Contact for a quote.

Pickup & freight

Pickup at our Frankston sawmill or a meetup in Tyler.
Freight available for large palletized orders.

Sawmill photos

Rough-sawn timbers and stickered lumber drying at the MakerForge sawmill in East Texas — Rough-sawn timbers and stickered lumber drying

Squared timber cant on the Wood-Mizer sawmill bed outdoors — A squared timber cant on the mill

The LT40 Super Hydraulic's head and controls

Close-up of a drawbore mortise-and-tenon joint in oak timber — Drawbore mortise and tenon

Timber-frame bench base being built in the shop — Timber bench base in progress

Thick rough-sawn oak timbers on the table saw — Rough-sawn oak timbers

Powermatic planer and jointer in the shop — Planed and jointed to order

Standing at the thickness planer in the woodshop, lumber racked behind — At the planer

Our woodshop · Frankston, TX

Lumber milled to your size

Next to the sawmill, we take rough lumber and get it ready for your project.

Services

Jointing to order
Planing to order
Ripping to width, to order
Finished on 3 or 4 sides (S3S / S4S)
Custom cuts from our own logs

How it works

Tell us the species, thickness, width, length and quantity.
We quote by email or text.
Pickup at our Frankston sawmill or a meetup in Tyler; freight for large palletized orders.

Wood shop photos

Sanding a dark walnut tabletop with a random-orbit sander on a rolling tool cabinet — Sanding a walnut tabletop

Jointing a board on a Powermatic jointer in the shop — Jointing a board on the Powermatic jointer

Walnut tabletop with bowtie inlays being worked on a rolling tool cabinet in the shop — Walnut tabletop with bowtie inlays

Close-up of two dark walnut bowtie inlays across a crack in a tabletop — Walnut bowtie inlays across a crack

Stack of freshly ripped boards on the table saw in the woodshop — A stack of ripped boards on the table saw

Rustic timber bench leg with a wedged through-tenon — Wedged through-tenon on a bench leg

Two rough timbers fitted together with a joint on the shop floor, with wood chips around

Custom cuts

Need lumber cut to your sizes?

Tell us the species, sizes and quantity, and we’ll get back to you with a price.

✉️ Email us Text me at 903-372-1906

← See our slabs in the shop