Welcome to Baker Hardwoods!

Welcome To Baker Hardwoods!

Thank you for visiting Baker Hardwoods! We're glad to welcome you to our spot on the internet.

We specialize in providing speciality lumber and custom milling of trees, logs and lumber. Our specialty lumber activities involve obtaining slabs from the largest trees or logs available.

California Claro Walnut is our most abundant species. We sell everything that our saw mills produce directly to our customers, including air dried or kiln dried slabs depending on species and time of year. We produce high quality stock for coffee tables, conference tables, as well as crotches for panels, veneer, gunstocks or boxes.

We purchase trees that are designated for cutting or that have already been cut and are awaiting milling. We do not purchase heritage trees unless they are designated for cutting by the proper authorities. Typically logs or standing trees we purchase must have a main trunk of at least 10 feet in length and 30 inches in diameter depending upon species. This means we are able to provide you with some truly spectacular pieces.

We mill all our wood. Typically we sell this wood after it is completely dried. If you have the space you can purchase wet wood from us and dry yourself at a considerable savings. Contact us for details about this if you are interested.


A bit of history: I've spent quite a bit of time in Japan. Like most people I find the contrasts interesting. Here I amworking a spear point plane. Yes, its a lot slower than the equipment in our shop.

	This walnut slab is unusual. You have probably never seen this before. It is not part of the trunk of the tree as we normally think of it. It was milled from the portion of the tree we call the stump. This wood was actually at or below ground level. The wood has some very interesting grain patterns. The swirls are reminiscent two almost frozen liquids being blended together. [A walnut shake?] The swirls are very distinct. They would look very nice as panels in a special cabinet. These slabs are not our usual long and wide sizes since they are taken from the stump of the tree. Click on this one for a closer look or go to our figured wood page.

This walnut slab was milled in 2006. We air dry our slab for two to three years or more depending upon the thickness. We can put piecies in the kiln for faster drying if necessary. This slab 5 feet wide by 17 feet long. The grain on this slab is truly something else. [Click on image for larger view.]

	This walnut slab will be ready within a year. We air dry our slab for two to three years or more depending upon the thickness. We can put piecies in the kiln for faster drying if necessary.This slab 5 by 14 feet. The swirling grain pattern is spectacular. [Click on image for larger view.]

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At 5 feet by 16 feet slabs like this make a nice table top. These will be ready in September of this year. [Click on image for larger view.]

	Two dried matched piecies of claro walnut. These were milled in 1997. Combining these would make a ten by twelve foot table top. Each piece is 12/4 and over 5 feet wide and 141 inches at its maximum. [Click on image for larger view.]

A third dried walnut slab matching the two above. This measures a maximum of 139 inches but is wider at 70 inches.[Click on image for larger view.]

Call for prices on these big slabs.

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A close up of a freshly cut slab. That's a four foot measuring stick.

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