The J Team

About The J Team

The J Team is a sawmill and lumberyard in South Deerfield, Massachusetts, run by James Clarke. His twin brother Jay runs a separate portable sawmill business, and the two brothers still often work together on jobs. James mills softwood logs, hardwoods, pine, hickory, and birdseye maple. The work covers portable sawing, wide bandsaw milling up to 62 inches, planing, S4S and tongue-and-groove, chainsaw milling, and bandsaw blade sharpening. James runs a Wood-Mizer LT70 Super Wide mill, and "James supplies beams to many local timber framers," taking pride in that local tradition. The J Team serves Franklin County. "We've been running mills since 2008," though the family has been around sawmills much longer, with both brothers spending childhood summers at milling jobs and fairground demonstrations with their parents. This suits a landowner in Franklin County who has pine, hardwood, or figured logs like birdseye maple and wants them sawn into lumber or beams rather than logged and hauled off. From jteamsawmill.com, read 8 October 2026.

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