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1) Over 20,000 sf of lumber storage & retail space.
2) 67" inch capacity vertical band-saw for cutting logs.
3) 16" inch horizontal re-sawer.
4) 84" inch capacity hydraulic chain saw mill.
5) Dehumidification Kiln with 15,000 board foot drying capacity.
6) 37" Whitney helical head planer.
7) 67" inch wide belt sander.
8) 5 headed Wadtkin moulder.
9) 21" inch Martin jointer.
10) 500,000 to 1,000,000 board feet of air drying capacity.
11) Fully equiped woodshop with sliding Felder Tablesaw.
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In 1997, we moved to Oxford, Pennsylvania which is situated in the lovely and green County of Chester. Located in the southeast corner of Pennsylvania and about halfway between Baltimore (1 hour 15 minutes drive) and Philadelphia (45 minute drive. Click Here for directions and attractions), Oxford affords us a peaceful and spacious location not too far from either major city.
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Our facility is built on an 18th century homestead and includes a stucco-over-log-cabin farm house, a 3500 square foot barn with hand hewn beams, a fieldstone barn, a springhouse by the fish pond, and three other warehouses. Housed in the largest barn, our showroom features a burl and turning stock room, as well as self serve lumber racks. Adjacent to this barn are two newer metal buildings housing the kiln, lumber storage, lumber racks, and milling machinery.
Hearne Hardwoods Inc has all the neccessary equipment to produce fine lumber. Our facilities include: 67" inch capacity vertical band-saw, 16" inch re-sawer, 84" inch capacity hydraulic chain-saw mill, 18,000 bf capacity dehumidification kilns, 37" inch helical-head plander, 67" inch wide belt sander, 5 headed moulder, 21" inch jointer and a fully functional woodshop.
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Most of our timber starts with the log at Hearne Hardwoods Inc. We travel all around the world purchasing only the best logs available. Once the logs are selected we have them shipped to Oxford and begin processing them. The process starts with our huge vertical band-saw. Our band-saw can handle a log 7 foot in diameter and up to 20 feet long. In rare circumstance we come across logs bigger, which we cut with our hydraulic chain-saw mill.
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After the logs are cut, the lumber is stickered and stacked in the air-dry yard until it reaches approximately 15% moisture content. This process usually takes 1 year per inch of thickness for most species. All UV sentive species such as Maple are wrapped in protective fabric to protect them. We keep around 500,000 board feet of exotic hardwoods and domestic hardwoods on sticks at any given time.
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Once our air-drying hardwoods reach 15% moisture content we begin the kiln-drying process. Kiln drying is done in our 15,000 board foot dehumidification kiln. The kiln takes the moisture content out of the wood until the wood is stable and dry, which is usually between 6 to 8%. This process normally takes 2 to 3 weeks where the temperature does not rise above 140 degrees. This elimanates stresses and case hardening that some other methods are susceptible too.
When the lumber is dry, we un-stick and sort the grade lumber and begin catulogging our flitch material to make availble for viewing on our website. Lumber is then stored indoors in one of our warhouses or put into our accesible lumber racks in the retail area.
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When lumber is purchased we offer our customers a few milling options at an additional fee. The customer can choose to have his boards plained to any thickness on either one or two sides. Planing is done on our Whitney 37" inch capacity carbide helical-head planer. This machine can quietly and quickly surface 37" inch wide boards. The helical-head cutters can smooth out highly figured material with minimal tear-out. We can also provide a straight edge wit our SCMI gang rip. With the combination of these two machines we are able to offer excellent suraced three sided lumber.
For larger planks we offer sanding services. We have 67" inch capacity Timesaver sander. This machine is a perfect option for our single piece table top slabs. With no real feed roller pressure, it does a good job of flattening planks. Sanding / surfacing all the main services we offer here at Hearne Hardwoods Inc. For additional services please call!
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Plane 1 Face: |
$.15 per board foot |
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Plane 2 Faces: |
$.30 per board foot |
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Straight Edge: |
$.15 per board foot |
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Surface 3 Sides: |
$.45 per board foot |
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Wide Belt Sanding: |
$300 an hour |
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Shop Time: |
$100 dollars an hour per employee |
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Custom Sawing: |
Call For Pricing! |
Re-sawing: |
$100 an hour plus $.25 per lineal foot with a $50 dollar minimum. |
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