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5 Inch Tigerwood Flooring – Brazil Mill Production

May 17, 2022June 12, 2018 by theipeguy

Our Brazil mill just finished milling this beautiful 5 inch Tigerwood flooring. This flooring will be shipped to the US to be finished and ready for distribution to our customers. You will notice plenty of figure in our Tigerwood flooring. Owning a mill in Brazil allows us to control the quality and give our customers …

Changing The Blades On a 53″ Planer/Sander

March 9, 2022May 28, 2018 by theipeguy

There are 520 individual carbide cutting knives on this 53″ planer/sander. One of our hardworking mill employees is doing the first cutter right now and he only has 519 more to go. Yes this process takes a long time but we don’t mind investing the time and money into good equipment to produce the best …

Live Edge Tigerwood Table Slabs

May 24, 2018 by theipeguy

Our Brazil mill just finished these live edge Tigerwood table slabs. They are cut and stacked in book matched sets and ready to leave our mill in Brazil. These are being shipped to our Florida facility for distribution to our US and Canadian customers. No order is too small or large whether its one slab, …

Live Edge Slab Table Made From Australian Beefwood

May 22, 2018 by theipeguy

This is one massive Beefwood slab! This glue-up contains 6 separate slabs that blend together almost seamlessly to make it resemble one large slab. Australian Beefwood was introduced to Florida in the late 1800s and quickly became an invasive species, threatening the local ecosystem. Beefwood gets its name from its combination of red and maroon …

Our second sawmill line at our mill in Brazil is now up and running

April 27, 2018 by theipeguy

Our second sawmill line at our mill in Brazil is now up and running. Cutting FSC certified Tigerwood logs for decking, flooring, and deck tiles. This line is smaller but is fully rebuilt and cutting some very accurate rough sawn blanks. Having good rough sawn lumber can effect the moisture consistency when kiln drying and …

AdvantageLumber.Com Owners Make Another Brazilian Lumber Acquisition.

March 15, 2023June 30, 2017 by Mr. Ipe Hardwood

Sarasota, FL – June 30, 2017 Advantage Lumber, LLC’s vice president, Betty Pelc, has just announced the purchase of a new sawmill in Brazil, located just a few miles up the river from the company’s existing kiln-drying and processing plant. The company’s new sawmill will be named Lumber Queens. Betty stated, “I chose the name …

Summer’s Here and It’s Time For Shorts

June 16, 2017 by Mr. Ipe Hardwood

Summertime is here! While you break out the board shorts, we’ll break out the short boards! We do everything we can to eliminate waste, so we keep cutoffs to sell at bargain prices. Many lumber companies sell shorts at a discounted price, but few will call 7 FEET a short board. We do!