About River Ridge Wood Turning Products

Steve has transformed his life-long interest in the outdoors and wood working into his full-time job. He has been making furniture for about 20 years. With the nearest truck freight terminal over 50 miles away, we decided to explore smaller projects and settled on crochet hooks, other small items, and wood turning stock.

While Steve is working in the shop, I work on the office related side of the business. He likes to drop in through out the day and put in his "two cents worth", which usually means more work for me!

We live in an area that is locally referred to as “The Big Woods.” This is a major timber production area that includes tens of thousands of acres of county forest. Fortunately most landowners and the local government agencies practice sustainable forestry. This area is much more heavily forested today than it was 70 to 100 years ago.

Much of our wood is obtained locally from storm damaged trees, and deadfall. With few exceptions we saw, kiln dry, and stabilize the native woods that we sell. Steve is a mechanical engineer with a background in construction, design and manufacturing. He used that background to design and build our buildings, sawmill, kiln and stabilization system.

We put in a lot of time and effort into the products that we make. We take pride in our products and want it to meet all of your expectations. We've enjoyed conversing with many of you who have purchased our products and greatly appreciate your suggestions.

Thank You!

Steve & Carol White