09/05/2026
When a log is still a log, it doesn’t have much to say. Bark and end grain just aren’t very conversational. But once the milling starts, it’s kind of like what Forrest Gump says about opening a box of chocolates: you never know what you’re going to get.
This piece of mesquite was milled on a Wood-Mizer sawmill. Water runs across the blade while it cuts, which helps keep the blade cool and leaves the fresh-cut surface wet enough for the grain to really stand out.
Now the wood is starting to talk. Are you listening? What is it saying to you? What is it telling you it wants to become? I know what it’s saying to me.
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