Timms Lumber and Sawing is a family owned full service custom sawmill, operating since 1980.
We offer a wide range of services.
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Custom Sawing
Have a tree in your yard that needs to come down but you want to do more with it than turn it into firewood? We can take your tree and process it however you would like.
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Timber Frame
Timber Frame is a method of building where the structure is visible from the inside. We have built dozens of structures over the years.
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Wood Furniture
Our pieces are not mass produced and proudly made here in Minneapolis, MN. You can find examples of work online and reach out to us if you need something totally custom!
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Mantles
Mantles are something we have been known for the longest, we stock a large selection of mantles on hand to choose from along with samples to choose the perfect stain.
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Material Processing
We offer wood processing services for a small fee. If you have material that you need planed, sanded, ripped, joined or more bring it over we can help. You can find a comprehensive list of our services by clicking below.
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Lumber for Sale
We have a constant rotating selection of slab and 1 inch material available for purchase. You can find some examples here but please be aware that our stock is always rotating, we do our best to keep our Lumber yard well stocked.
Working with us puts you in good company.
FAQs
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We use board footage to calculate our material cost and to calculate it yourself you simply need to multiply the length x width x thickness and divide that by twelve. You can also use this website if you would like which will do the calculation for you.
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We offer kiln drying whenever we are doing custom sawing, the cost is 5 dollars a board foot and includes the cost to saw the material, setting it up for drying, transporting it too and from the kiln and two weeks of free storage at our mill.
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Our sawmill is on site and any logs that you need milled will need to be delivered to our location.
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We are a sawmill and don’t have the equipment to remove trees. However most tree services are willing to drop your logs off at our location.