If you work with wood regularly or even as an occasional hobby, it would behoove you to incorporate some basic safety practices into your routine (see Parts 1 & 2). This will help you to avoid the devastating potential effects of wood dust toxicity, severe allergic reactions, … [Read more...]

Woodworking is an extremely rewarding career or hobby, but it comes with some inherent risks (see Part 1). These include the potential for developing major health problems due to inhaling tiny wood dust particles as well as developing skin reactions from the weather & insect … [Read more...]

Wood is a beautiful organic product that has a multitude of applications. Whether you’re constructing flooring, siding, decking products, ships, furniture, or arts and crafts, working with wood is a deeply satisfying and potentially lucrative career or hobby. It does, however, … [Read more...]

When it comes to lumber color, many customers have preferences — some stronger than others. Even within a single species, though, lumber color can vary dramatically. When you add to the equation that from the time a log is sawn into a board, its color begins a process of changing … [Read more...]

Starting with your unique blueprint or our current profile catalog, J. Gibson McIlvain Lumber can handle all your millwork needs in house. We keep our moulding knives razor sharp and carefully insert them into our moulding head to begin your expertly milled order. Whether your … [Read more...]

While the top-selling hardwood decking species are described in our first and second posts in this series, sometimes you really want to think outside the box of what’s popular. Or maybe you’re simply curious about decking lumber species you’ve only heard about but never actually … [Read more...]

It’s summertime, and that’s what we call “decking season” around here! Ipe is, hands down, our most popular decking lumber product. But due in large part to its high (and rising!) price point, many of our customers ask about suitable alternatives to that premium species. In our … [Read more...]

Hopefully, in our previous series, any fears you had related to tropical hardwood decking were assuaged. Now for the fun part: learning about and deciding on a tropical decking species for your brand new deck! While some people call this season “summer,” we here at J. Gibson … [Read more...]

Making Tropical Decking Boards Look Magazine Picture Perfect. As we began discussing in Part 1, a decking board is not a finished wood product. Tropical decking especially must endure a lot of moving before it’s finally at your job site. A good cleaning isn’t all a decking … [Read more...]

Tropical Decking Boards Are Not Finished Lumber Products. Perhaps you’ve never contemplated the question of what exactly is a tropical decking board, but if you’re involved in the installation of decking in any way (including wanting it installed for you at your residence or … [Read more...]