have a walk thru the shop with pics.

[red oaks lumber]

come for a visit

  

 
the office is always open to customers, it seems as i forgot to turn the sign around

  

 
the sign is a good ice breaker, welcome to my office

 
when we leave the office into the shop this is the first view you'll see, the shop isnt real big but, its busy

 
this old machine is a dip chain gang rip saw, its 50 hp motor makes easy work of ripping. we double side rip every board before planing( after drying)

 
after ripping the wood goes thru this pinherio 4 sided planer for presizing. the size capacity is 8" thick 18" wide

  

 
after the lumber has been presized it gets finished thru this 5 head moulder, flooring, t&g v-groove, 1/2 log siding and other profiles.

  

 
most of the jobs we do also require end matching this machine can do 1000 sq.ft. per hour

  

 
our dust collection system is 16" dia. 8000 cfm unit, all shavings get blown into a self unloading trailer which when bagged holds 150 3 c.ft. bags.

  

  

 
once a job is complete its packaged and loaded on a truck for delivery. this particular shipment is headed to new york city.
thankyou for taking the tour.

[chopperdr47]

Very cool... except for the snow

[clww]

Amazing machines! Your place is ridiculous! 8) 8) 8)

[thecfarm]

Interesting to see how you make money.

[Peter Drouin]

Very Very Nice shop .  Thanks for the pic. Do you have pic of the mill and log yard too

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

I enjoyed that Steve. Great pics.

[bandmiller2]

Wow Oaks, your not some old duffer messing around in his backyard, good show mate. Frank C.

[WoodenHead]

Very nice!  Thanks for sharing.  Maybe someday I'll work towards something like that...

[red oaks lumber]

thanks guys! i havent taken pictures of the mill yard or dry storage or my dry kiln yet, man taking pictures takes alot of time :D hopefully that will happen over the weekend. i'm also working a "farm" tour which i think will be equally interesting. :D
you guys always say without pics it didnt happen, i got tired of not happening so there ;D

[justallan1]

Nice tour and great pictures. Thanks.

Allan

[Knute]

GREAT SETUP! Thanks for the pictures.

[highleadtimber16]

I love the "Money Talks" sign!!!  :D

We must have the same kind of money  ;)

[Magicman]

And it indeed was a very nice tour.  Thank you Steve.   8)

[beenthere]

Indeed, you are happening !!!!!

Impressive setup. Do you have help?

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

Do you have help?

A long time ago.  :D
I think every one quick because I can see he works too hard.

[Bill Gaiche]

Very nice tour. Snow is cool. bg

[YellowHammer]

Very impressive.  Definitely a big time setup.  Thanks for the tour.
YH 

[5quarter]

That's really impressive.   Congrats on building such an efficient and successful business. 8)  Do you have 3 ph run to your building or a phase converter? Do you have a wide belt sander in there somewhere? do you ever get  calls for finished goods?

[sandhills]

Thanks for the tour! 

[OntarioAl]

Wow!
Thanks for the tour, looking forward to the tour of rest of the operation including the farm.
Again Thanks
Al

[mad murdock]

Impressive operation RedOaks!! Thanks for the tour!

[red oaks lumber]

the second year of buisness i had 3 phase power put in ouch!! just under $30 grand to have lines ran 1.1 mile.
yes there is a 25" wide belt, we have customers that want there products sanded, also when we make a prefinished floor we sand it to 150 grit.
beenthere
there is 2 full time employees and then there is me i think i'm equal to 5 good men :D last june my son took over, i was forced to quit ( health issues) my shoulders and neck are wore out. now i just do sales, machine setups, and help how ever i can, i dont lift wood anymore. ;)
time i get my chores done its almost lunch time anyway 
selling our own products is about 60% of the buisness, processing others wood makes up the balance.

[WDH]

Top Quality is evident in everything that I saw in the pics.  You are a true professional. 

[barbender]

Really, really nice operation Thanks for taking time to take photos of it.

[hackberry jake]

 say_what but where is the fridge? Very impressive. I have tool envy