We turn spars and masts 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 masts and spars, as well as custom columns and poles. We also provide custom milling of timbers, beams and cants. 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. 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. Click here to learn more about the sparmaking process. |
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Watch us turn a new mast for the reproduction of Columbus' ship, the Niņa!
We work with tall ship owners, maritime museums, and production companies.
Our customers have included leading motion picture production companies, tall ship owners, and maritime museums.
Production companies
- 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 & III)
- Stonewerks Productions (Blackbeard)
Tall ships
- Sloop Providence, Providence, RI
- Schooner Virginia, Norfolk, VA
- Schooner Amistad, Mystic, CT
- Schooner Bill of Rights
- Ship Bounty, Long Island, NY
- Star of India, San Diego Maritime Museum, San Diego, CA
- Ship Niņa, Grand Caymen
- Schooner Mystic, Mystic, CT
- Brig Lady Washington, Aberdeen, WA
Maritime museums
- Columbia River Maritime Museum, Astoria, OR
- Aberdeen Museum of History, Aberdeen, WA
- Commencement Bay Maritime Museum, Tacoma, WA
- Garibaldi Museum, Garibaldi, OR
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.
