Custom Wood Milling & Planing — Denver, CO
Denver Wood Slabs offers a range of custom wood milling and processing services for homeowners, woodworkers, tree companies, and builders. Whether you need a log milled into slabs, a wide slab surfaced and flattened, a matched set cut from a single tree, or thick stock processed for a mantel or stair tread, we can help — or point you in the right direction if we can’t.
We work with material brought to us by customers as well as wood from our own urban tree salvage operation. Our services include band saw milling, wide-format planing and surfacing, re-sawing, and sequenced or book-matched cutting.
Kiln drying for customer material is available on a schedule-permitting basis — we dry customer loads when we have space between our own inventory runs. Demand can be high and lead times vary, so we encourage you to inquire early if drying is part of your project plan.
| Service | Capacity | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| Wide-format planing & surfacing | Up to 60″ wide | Flattening and surfacing slabs for dining tops, counters, bar tops |
| Band saw milling | Up to 54″ wide, 8″+ diameter, max 16′ length | Logs and cants into slabs or lumber at custom thickness |
| Thick stock milling | Custom thickness to spec | Mantel blanks, stair treads, live edge cookies, thick tabletop slabs |
| Re-sawing | Up to 54″ wide | Splitting thick slabs into thinner pieces, bookmatching |
| Sequenced & book-matched sets | Same-tree matching | Dining sets, bar tops, multi-panel installations, cabinet doors |
| Surface sanding | Up to 60″ wide | Ready-to-finish surfaces after planing |
| Kiln drying | Schedule-permitting | Customer material dried when kiln space is available — inquire early |
| Service / Equipment | Capacity | Rate | Min. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wood-Mizer LX250 Band saw milling |
Up to 54″ wide | $200 / hr | $150 |
| Timberking 1600 Band saw milling |
Up to 36″ wide | $150 / hr | $100 |
| Outdoor planer Wide-format surfacing |
Up to 60″ wide | $150 / hr | $100 |
| Indoor surfacer Slabs under 30″, relatively flat |
Up to 30″ wide | $125 / hr | $80 |
| Blade / tooth damage Assessed at time of job |
— | $40 / broken tooth $35 min blade damage |
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What we can’t process
To protect our equipment and produce the best results, there are a few things we’re not able to mill or surface:
- Logs under 8″ in diameter
- Material over 16′ in length
- Wood with embedded metal — nails, screws, wire, or fence staples. If you’re not sure, a metal detector pass before drop-off is always a good idea
- Chemically treated lumber — pressure-treated wood, railroad ties, utility poles, or anything treated with preservatives or pesticides
- Heavily rotten or punky wood that has degraded past the point of structural integrity
Every project is a little different. If you have questions about your material or what’s possible, reach out before you load up the truck — a quick conversation saves everyone time.
We are proud members of the Urban Wood Network, a national organization of urban wood industry professionals created to unite, promote, and demonstrate urban wood utilization.
