
New Hampshire Custom Woodworking & local lumber
located between north conway and ossipee, Come see us in chocorua, NH today
Transform your space or project with custom-made pieces and one of a kind locally sourced wood from Stoney Brooke Sawyers!
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Transform your space or project with custom-made pieces and one of a kind locally sourced wood from Stoney Brooke Sawyers!
Welcome to Stoney Brooke Sawyers, your local destination for high-quality lumber and custom woodworking in Chocorua, New Hampshire. As a local and family-owned business in Carroll County, we’re dedicated to providing exceptional materials and craftsmanship for both retail and wholesale customers at affordable prices.
Hand made furniture, bars, mantles, shelves, counters, solid wood doors, and more!
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Our beautiful part of the White Mountains is rich in pine, red oak, and hemlock, all of which we manufacture on our own mill, and often from salvaged "yard" logs that were headed towards the chipper or fireplace.
This line of local lumber keeps cost low and allows us to carry a wide array of other northeast kiln dried hardwood and pine. Much our our inventory can't be found anywhere else locally.
As well as selling local lumber both retail and wholesale, we are a vertically integrated woodworker. We sell Northern Hardwoods and Pine in volume so we are able to pass that low cost of material on to our custom woodworking clients. Our solid wood custom pieces are often available for well below stock furniture store prices
"Live-edge" is not really one thing. There are many ways to finish and treat the edge; it really is up to personal taste.
Leaving the bark on adds rustic character to the piece, but it can actually be the most time consuming to produce. And it is not always possible.
The first step is to assess whether the bark is viable. This will vary widely by species, and in some cases it falls off no matter what you do
But it also matters when the tree was cut. Sap levels are highest in early spring, and this is when the bark bond will loosest. I have peeled a hemlock log in almost one piece at this time of year.
On the other hand, early winter is going to have the tightest bark bond. When I cut my own prize size pine, I do it in the winter, and get it right in the kiln. You will need a chisel to get the bark off these slabs.
If the bark seal is tight, the next step is finishing. I have left it natural and sealed in even the lichen with a spray resin. But this will be rough and catch dust and clothing; not practical for a bar top.
In this case, we sand with three different methods to get a smooth finish that highlights the grain of the bark, and then seal with multiple resin coats.
Bark and wood will absorb moisture at different rates, and therefore move at different paces during seasonal change. Movement will eventually break the bark bond. To minimize movement, seal both sides of the piece with the same number of coats, and same with the bark. And keep the piece out of extreme humidity changes.
While there is no guarantee you will be able to keep the bark on forever, these steps will increase the odds and beautify the piece.
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1853 Chocorua Mountain Highway
Silver Lake, NH 03875
1853 Chocorua Mountain Road, Chocorua, New Hampshire 03817, United States
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