Sawmilling

John Fairweather Specialty Timber Solutions produces hardwood timber products from eucalyptus trees grown in Canterbury.

Using locally-grown hardwoods creates jobs and contributes to the Canterbury economy.

• Woodmizer LT70, wide, with remote control
• Woodmizer two-saw edger

Woodmizer LT70 sawmill.

Contact: 162 Harleston Road, Sefton, North Canterbury. Phone 021 2110705

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...Use New Zealand-grown hardwoods

We specialise in quality hardwood solid timber flooring. We take logs and mill them carefully to produce stress relief timber, then dry and machine the timber into specialty products. This comprehensive process requires skill and specialised machinery.

Sawmilling
- Bring your log or logs to me and I will mill them into whatever size timber you want.
- My Wood-Mizer LT70 can cut slabs up to 700mm wide. The mill can handle logs up to 6m long and 1m in diameter.
- This service costs $140 per hour or $2.50 per minute for shorter jobs.
- Recent jobs include macrocarpa benchtops, railway sleepers cut for flooring, and sundry feature logs for joinery work.
Machining
- Bring your timber to me and I will machine it into your required profile.
- The Logosol planer moulder can produce a variety of machined timber.
- I have some profile knives in stock and can have a knife for any profile prepared.
Buyer of Eucalyptus logs
- The log specifications are:
  • Small end diameter >40cm
  • Log length 3m
  • Average diameter 45cm but can take up to 1m
  • No branches, some small branch stubs acceptable.
  • Freshly felled/crosscut.
Supplier of timbers
- Main timber species:
  • Eucalyptus
  • Acacia
  • Poplar
  • Macrocarpa (cut to customers’ preferred size)
- Machined timber:
  • Tongue and groove flooring
  • Parquet flooring
  • Skirting boards and mouldings.
- Laminated timber:
  • Benchtops
  • Stair treads
  • Tables
- Milled timber:
  • Outdoor above-ground use
  • Outdoor in-ground use (Ironbark)
  • Timber for fine furniture
  • Decking
  • Yard rails
  • Bridges.