BOISELUMBER

Milling & Processing

Precision Cuts, Any Dimension

Our milling facility transforms raw timber and reclaimed lumber into project-ready boards — cut, planed, and profiled to your exact specifications. From rough-sawn barn beams to finish-grade hardwood planks, we handle the processing so you can focus on building.

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Our Equipment

Industrial Milling, Custom Results

Our Beverly Street facility houses a complete milling line capable of handling everything from dimensional softwood framing stock to wide-plank hardwood slabs.

Band Sawmill

Our primary breakdown machine handles logs and timbers up to 36 inches in diameter and 20 feet in length. The thin-kerf blade minimizes waste during initial breakdown, yielding more usable material from every piece.

Max capacity: 36" diameter, 20' length

Resaw

A vertical resaw for slicing thick slabs and cants into thinner boards. This is how we produce bookmatched panels, consistent-thickness planks from reclaimed beams, and thin stock for paneling and veneers.

Max width: 24", thickness down to 1/4"

Planer / Surfacer

Our four-head planer surfaces boards on all four sides in a single pass. This is the machine that turns rough-sawn reclaimed lumber into smooth, consistent boards ready for finish work or direct installation.

Max width: 20", S4S capability

Moulder / Profiler

Custom profile milling for tongue-and-groove, shiplap, bevel siding, crown moulding, and specialty profiles. We stock standard knife sets and can have custom profiles ground within 3–5 business days.

Standard & custom profiles available

Straight-Line Rip Saw

Creates perfectly straight edges on rough or irregular boards. Essential for preparing reclaimed material for edge-gluing, paneling, and any application where tight joints matter.

Laser-guided, ±1/32" accuracy

Metal Detection

Every piece of reclaimed lumber passes through our industrial metal detector before milling. This protects our equipment and ensures your finished material is free of embedded nails, screws, and wire.

Detects ferrous & non-ferrous metals

Services

What We Can Do with Your Lumber

Custom Dimension Cutting

Need 1x6 boards from a 6x6 beam? Or 3/4" planks from a thick slab? We cut to your specified thickness, width, and length. Tolerances are held to ±1/32" on all dimensions. We work from your cut list or help you develop one based on your project requirements.

Common applications: Framing, furniture components, structural members, shelving

Planing & Surfacing

Four-side surfacing (S4S) produces smooth, consistent boards from rough-sawn stock. We can also plane one side only (S1S) or two sides (S2S) for applications where you want to preserve the rough texture on visible faces. Skip-planing is available for a lighter touch that reveals grain while maintaining character.

Common applications: Finish work, flooring prep, furniture stock, paneling

Tongue & Groove Milling

Standard and custom tongue-and-groove profiles for flooring, wall paneling, ceiling applications, and decking. We mill T&G in widths from 3" to 12" nominal, and can match existing profiles for renovation and repair projects.

Common applications: Flooring, wall cladding, ceiling panels, porch decking

Shiplap & Lap Siding

Rabbeted shiplap profiles for interior accent walls and exterior siding. Available in standard 3/8" overlap or custom dimensions. We also produce bevel siding, channel siding, and board-and-batten profiles from both reclaimed and new stock.

Common applications: Interior accent walls, exterior siding, wainscoting

Resawing

Thick slabs and timbers are resawn into thinner boards, maximizing the yield from valuable material. Resawing is how we produce bookmatched pairs from a single plank — ideal for tabletops, cabinet panels, and decorative features.

Common applications: Bookmatched panels, thin stock, veneer, paneling

Edge Jointing

Straight-line ripping and edge jointing produce clean, square edges ready for glue-ups and tight-fitting installations. This service is especially important for reclaimed lumber, where edges are often irregular, waney, or bark-edged.

Common applications: Glue-up panels, edge-joined tops, tight-fitting trim

Process

How a Custom Milling Order Works

1. Submit Your Specs

Provide your cut list with species, dimensions, profile (if applicable), quantity, and desired grade. Include any notes on grain orientation, moisture content requirements, or finish preferences.

2. Material Selection

We select material from our existing inventory or source it from our supplier network. If you're bringing your own lumber (customer-supplied material), we inspect it for metal and assess suitability.

3. Milling & Quality Control

Your order moves through the appropriate machines — sawing, planing, profiling, and edge work. Each piece is checked against your specifications before moving to the next step.

4. Pickup or Delivery

Finished material is banded, stickered (if drying is needed), and staged for pickup at our yard — or loaded for delivery to your job site.

Turnaround Times

Planing & surfacing (in-stock material)1–3 business days
Custom dimension cutting2–5 business days
Profile milling (standard profiles)3–5 business days
Profile milling (custom knife grind)5–10 business days
Large orders (1,000+ BF)5–10 business days
Rush service (when available)Same day or next day

Pricing

Milling is priced per board foot of finished material, with rates varying by service complexity. Planing is our most affordable service; custom profile milling with a new knife grind costs more.

For orders using our inventory, milling costs are bundled into the per-board-foot price of the lumber. For customer-supplied material, milling is billed separately.

Volume discounts apply to orders over 500 board feet. Contact us for a detailed quote based on your specific requirements.

Bring Your Own Wood

Customer-Supplied Material

Have your own lumber that needs processing? We accept customer-supplied material for all of our milling services. Whether you've got a log from a backyard tree, a stack of rough-sawn boards from a portable mill, or reclaimed beams you want resawn into planks — bring it in and we'll handle the rest.

Customer-supplied material must be free of metal, dirt, and embedded debris. We run every piece through our metal detector before it touches a blade, and material that fails the scan will need to be cleaned before processing. This protects both your lumber and our equipment.

Drop-off is available during business hours at our Beverly Street yard. For large volumes, schedule a drop-off window so we can allocate staging space. We store customer material in a designated area and process it in the order received unless rush service is requested.

Before You Bring Material In

  • Remove all visible nails, screws, and metal fasteners
  • Clean off dirt, mud, and surface debris
  • Let us know the species (if known) and desired final dimensions
  • Bring at least 10% extra material to account for waste and defects
  • For logs: ensure bark is removed and ends are squared
  • Mark any areas with known metal — we'll scan, but advance notice helps
  • Provide a written cut list if you have specific dimension requirements

Got a Cut List? Let's Get Started.

Send us your specifications and we'll quote your milling order within 24 hours. Whether you need 50 board feet of shiplap or 5,000 board feet of custom-dimension framing, our milling line is ready.