Ludo's Thick & Thin Lumber
Inside the shop at Ludo's
Volume IV

The Shop.

A look at the mills, kilns and heavy equipment that turn standing timber into useful wood.

Process

Every board passes through three stations — log yard, mill, kiln — before it leaves the property.

01

Custom-Built Mill

The heart of the yard — a mill built in-house to handle the unusual cuts other shops turn down.

02

Wood-Mizer LT70

Production thin-kerf milling — fast, accurate, and honest with every species we feed it.

03

Pettibone Super 8

Eight tons of lift, swing and reach. The Pettibone moves logs the way the logs want to be moved.

Drying

The Kilns

Slabs and boards finish in our drying kilns — patiently, predictably, to a moisture content suited to the build they’re heading toward.

Kiln at Ludo's