We turn wood masts and spars up to 40 inches in diameter and 122 feet long!
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Welcome to the Spar Shop at the Historical Seaport! We are a unique operation specializing in ship's wooden masts and spars, as well as custom columns and poles. We also provide custom milling of wood gaffs, booms, timbers, beams and cants. Learn more about the process for wooden spar making and mast making. Call us now at 800-200-5239 to discuss your project or email us for a free quote! |
We have the largest tracer-lathe in North America.
| Our 10,000-square-foot drive-through shop is one of a kind, featuring the largest tracer-lathe in North America. We can turn logs up to 40 inches in diameter and 122 feet in length. With our two sawmills, we can mill logs as large as six feet in diameter, and create timbers as long as 100 feet or more. Our Job Shop offers custom fabrication of movie set pieces, museum exhibits and thematic elements for custom homes and commercial buildings as well as short-run-production woodworking projects. |
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Watch our Spar Shop crew turn a large mast and talk about our services.
We work with wooden tall ship owners, maritime museums, and movie companies.
Our customers have included leading motion picture production companies, tall ship owners, and maritime museums concerned about historical accuracy.
Production companies
- Twentieth Century Fox Films (Water for Elephants)
- Paramount Pictures (Star Trek: Generations)
- Triad Productions (The Great American West)
- 1st Mate Productions/Disney Studios (Pirates of the Caribbean I)
- 2nd Mate Productions/Disney Studios (Pirates of the Caribbean II)
- 3rd Mate Productions/Disney Studios (Pirates of the Caribbean III)
- Stonewerks Productions (Blackbeard)
- Rice Gorton Pictures
- Blink Films for the Smithsonian Channel (The Real Story: Pirates of the Caribbean)
Tall ships
- Schooner Zodiac, Bellingham, WA
- Sloop Providence, Providence, RI
- Schooner Virginia, Norfolk, VA
- Schooner Amistad, Mystic, CT
- Schooner Bill of Rights
- Star of India, San Diego Maritime Museum, San Diego, CA
- Ship Niqa, Grand Caymen
- Schooner Mystic, Mystic, CT
- Brig Lady Washington, Aberdeen, WA
- Topsail ketch Hawaiian Chieftain, Westport, WA
- Caravel redondo Nina, St. Thomas, VI
- Schooner Mystic, Mystic, CT
- Square-topsail schooner Pride of Baltimore II, Baltimore, MD
- Brigantine Fair Jeanne, Ottawa, ON
- Full-rigged ship Bounty, North Myrtle Beach, SC
- Maria
- Moose
- Annie
- C Witch
- Schooner Denis Sullivan, Milwaukee, WI
- Sloop Providence, Providence, RI
- Brigantine Irving Johnson, San Pedro, CA
- Schooner Lady Maryland, Baltimore, MD
- Full-rigged ship Joseph Conrad, Mystic, CT
Maritime museums
- Columbia River Maritime Museum, Astoria, OR
- Aberdeen Museum of History, Aberdeen, WA
- Commencement Bay Maritime Museum, Tacoma, WA
- Garibaldi Museum, Garibaldi, OR
Construction companies
- Klumb Lumber Co., Jackson, MS
- Community Builders, Mineral, VA
Other
- Washington State Dept. of Parks & Recreation
- Grays Harbor College
- John Simons
- Capt. John Johnson
Contact us about your large-scale specialty woodworking needs today!
Call the Spar Shop at the Historical Seaport today for an estimate on your large-scale milling, turning, or custom woodwork needs. You can reach us at 360-532-8611 or 800-200-5239. Or email us at sparshop@historicalseaport.org.
Historical resources on wooden mast-making and spar-making
