Professional Lumber Planing Services in Central Georgia

Rough-sawn lumber often needs more work before it is ready for furniture, cabinetry, trim, shelving, mantels, or other finished projects. Lumber planing removes material from the faces of a board to create smoother, more consistent surfaces and a more uniform thickness.

The Custom Sawyer provides professional lumber planing in Rentz, Georgia for customers throughout Central Georgia. Using a Cantek GT760ARD-8 double-surface planer, we can process boards up to 30 inches wide and up to 8 inches thick, subject to the lumber’s condition and your requested finished dimensions. Double-surface planing allows the top and bottom faces of a board to be surfaced in one pass, helping create a more consistent thickness.

Whether you have rough-sawn lumber from your own property, boards milled elsewhere, or material for a specific project, we can help prepare it for the next stage.

Why Plane Rough-Sawn Lumber?

Rough-sawn lumber comes directly from the mill with saw marks and a textured surface. While it is useful for some applications, many projects benefit from smoother, more uniform boards.

Planing can remove saw marks, minor surface irregularities, weathering, and unevenness. It can also make lumber easier to measure, assemble, sand, finish, and use in detailed woodworking or construction projects.

Because planing removes material, it is important to consider the final thickness you need before work begins. Planing can improve the surface of a board, but it cannot correct every issue. Severe warping, cupping, twisting, cracks, embedded metal, or other damage may affect whether a board can be accepted or how it can be surfaced.

Sinker Cypress before the planing process

Sinker Cypress after the planing process

Our Lumber Planing Process

Every board is different, so we begin by reviewing the lumber and discussing the finished dimensions you need for your project. We inspect the material for condition, visible defects, and features that may affect the planing process.

The lumber is then prepared for the planer and surfaced to remove material from its faces. Our double-surface planer can work the top and bottom of a board in one pass, helping produce a more consistent thickness across the material.

Since each pass removes wood, final results depend on the starting thickness, board condition, and the amount of material needed to create a usable surface. We recommend discussing your project goals before bringing lumber in for planing.

Woodmizer Wide Planer

Cantek Double Planer

Wide Board and Slab Planing

Wide boards and slabs can be difficult to surface with standard shop equipment. Custom Sawmilling LLC can plane boards up to 72 inches wide and up to 8 inches thick, making this service a strong option for wide hardwood boards, live edge slabs, tabletops, mantels, shelving, and custom lumber.

Oversized, severely uneven, damaged, or unusually shaped material may need to be reviewed before acceptance. Contact us with dimensions and photos so we can discuss the best approach for your lumber.

We work with many common hardwoods and softwoods, including oak, walnut, pecan, cherry, maple, pine, cypress, and cedar. We can also discuss live edge slabs, specialty cuts, and lumber milled from trees on your property.

Suitability depends on the species, board condition, dimensions, moisture level, and your project goals. Lumber that is properly dried is generally better suited for final surfacing and finished woodworking projects.

Combine Milling, Kiln Drying, and Planing

Using one local provider for custom milling, kiln drying, and final surfacing creates a smoother path from log to usable lumber. Custom Sawmilling LLC can help evaluate logs, mill boards to your needs, dry the lumber, and plane it for the next stage of your project.

Learn more about our Custom Sawmilling Services, Kiln Drying Services, and available material on our Lumber for Sale page.

Ready to turn rough-sawn lumber into smooth, usable material? Contact Custom Sawmilling LLC with your wood species, board dimensions, quantity, current lumber condition, desired finished thickness, and project timeline.