Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Welcome to Angry Beaver Sawmill

We are Kraig and Rae Whalen, a husband and wife woodworking team. Welcome to our website. What started as a hobby is now growing into an exciting business.

In 2013 a devastating tornado destroyed part of Coal City Illinois. A good friend of ours had two large walnut trees taken down by the storm. It would have been a shame to have them cut up for firewood. At the time I had been looking into purchasing a Wood Mizer sawmill, and I thought this was the perfect opportunity.

Custom wood milling.

The Wood Mizer makes quick work of even hard woods.

The mill is mounted onto a trailer for easy on-site milling.

Beautiful walnut slabs.

The first run with the wood mill produced some amazing slabs. So we made a coffee table.

Rustic live edge walnut coffee table.

Pretty soon we had friends asking us to make them one. And then another who was a woodworker that wanted some slabs to make furniture of his own. Now, we keep busy milling the trees, drying the wood and selling the raw material along with rustic furniture.

If you would like to learn more, you can click on the tabs at the top right to view our pages, or use the contact form to contact us directly. Also, you can keep follow this blog to read more about our lumberjack adventures! Thank you for stopping by.

Kraig Whalen
630-452-3376