National Hardwood Magazine - March 2024

EDENSAW WOODS LTD. Continued
Checking slabs moisture out of the new iDry Kiln before further processing
them for sale.
Edensaw Woods Ltd. offers an assortment of shop and hand tools, craft and turning woods, live edge slabs, specialty burls, high
quality veneers, marine and cabinet grade plywoods, along with their vast array of Hardwoods.
cades, Buster said his staff is key.
The knowledge, customer service
and pride for what they do set
them apart. “In this industry, you
have to know about the products
you’re selling. We have knowledge
of the products, where they
are going, and the applications
they are being used in. When you
call us for the first time, we can
help walk you through what you
need and what the product is going
to offer for your application in
terms of stability, durability and
more. We offer a wide variety of
services, specializing in custom
millwork, CNC design and manufacturing
and delivery.”
The company’s on-site millhouse
works with customers to
utilize the selection of wood, to design
solid wood products according
to exact specifications. Buster
explained, “We pride ourselves on
being able to individually hand pick
our lumber from our own stock for
each order, which increases the
consistently high quality for customer
projects. We supply custom
materials for local boat builders,
and fine home contractors. With
our custom moulding capabilities,
we can duplicate classic Victorian
trim and siding patterns to renovate
homes on the National Historic
Homes Register.”
Continually reinvesting in the
operation Buster said the most
recent additions are a Weinig
moulder and an iDry Vacuum Kiln
Buster Ferris, VP of Edensaw Woods
increasing production and efficiency in both aspects. “With the
installation of the new Weinig moulder we have reduced our
lead time from three weeks plus down to just a couple of days,”
he said. “We sent the entire millhouse to the Weinig HOLZ-HER
Education and Training Center in Mooresville, NC, and I could
not be happier with this experience. With the installation of our
first vacuum kiln we can now dry material in a fraction of the
time as a conventional kiln, which has been huge for drying our
own stock as well as taking on customers’ orders.”
The CNC Department at Edensaw specializes in small custom
and large production projects. Buster offered, “We specialize
in cutting cabinet parts, furniture pieces, profiles, signs,
templates, boat parts and fly cutting Hardwood slabs to create
flat tabletop surfaces. Our millhouse is equipped with a large
variety of industrial equipment. We have a gang rip saw, resaw,
planer, wide-belt sander, and moulder all on site to get
our rough lumber one, two or three steps closer to the finished
product. The wide belt sander can accommodate pieces up to
50 inches across.”
“If our customer doesn’t have the space for all necessary
equipment, then we can mill it with ours,” Buster continued. “If
you don’t have a planer, we can surface it. If you don’t have a
table saw, we can straight-line it, if you don’t have the space or
the time then let us do it for you. Our moulder can create custom
profiles to cut that piece you can’t find anywhere in any species
you want. Whether they don’t make it anymore, or they never
have–we fill in the gaps. If the project is too complex for human
Processing slabs to customers’ requirements.
hands, our CNC department can create even
the most intricate patterns and repetitive cuts.
With a 5-foot x 12-foot bed, the possibilities are
virtually endless.”
Sustainability is at the forefront of concerns
for Edensaw. “We have always been dedicated
to sourcing woods from sustainable forests.
Not only do we follow the Forest Stewardship
Council’s® strictest guidelines, as well as those
of the Program for the Endorsement of Forest
Certification, (PEFC) we also adhere to our very
own standards when sourcing lumber, slabs
and burls from our own backyard and abroad. If
we are not good stewards of the forest and land,
then what is the point? To help lead the way in
sustainability we took Edensaw fully solar not
long ago. Installing 528 solar panels for a total
output of 201.75 kWP now producing more power
than we use.”
As for what the next 40 years will bring, he
said he’s looking at new growth opportunities in
the future and Edensaw Woods Ltd. has continued
plans for year-over-year growth. n
For more information visit edensaw.com.
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