A Word From the Owner of Lucky Nelson’s Slabs and Wood Products

Lucky Nelson's sawmill was started in 2016. Before that, I had worked for my father's tree service company. I was trying to figure out something we could do with the removed trees instead of sending them all through a chipper or cutting them into firewood. It was around that time that I saw my first live edge table. I fell in love with the table's natural look and knew I could make a business out of it. I knew that my experience as a Union Cabinetmaker and woodworker, in addition to all those years working for my father's tree company, would help me do well with this new endeavor!

It's been quite a ride since then, and I've loved every bit of it. Taking a tree from someone's yard as the rawest form of material and turning it into lumber to be used in the making of beautiful furniture (sometimes in that same person's house where the tree was) is extremely fulfilling, and it's the most enjoyable work I've done in my life.

Urban lumber is an amazing concept. We don't have to knock down forests to supply us with the wood we need to build the things we need and want. From railroad ties for a coal mine to horse fencing at a farm or beautiful one-of-a-kind furniture, we've done these things and so much more!

-Jeff Weldon