Woodwise is a custom cabinet and millwork company located in Woodsboro, Maryland, and is run by a lacrosse player of forty-four years. We fabricate and finish our wooden lacrosse shafts with the same care and techniques we use in building custom cabinetry and millwork.
Hand Crafted Lacrosse Sticks
Sticks
All
lumber used in the shafts is selected from FAS grade hardwoods and thus is
the highest caliber available. While wood shafts are a little heavier than
the metal shafts predominately used today they offer a
more solid feel.
A short stick averages just 1½ ounce more than a Warrior Krypto™ while the
defensive poles are three ounces heavier.
Woodwise offers shafts in Solid, Three Ply and Five Ply.
designs that are available using
Jatoba (50% harder than Hickory), White Ash, Hard Maple, Red Oak, Walnut,
and other exotic hardwoods.
Construction Process
Solid shafts are selected for straight grain, which maximizes the strength of the shaft.
Three and Five Ply shafts are manufactured by laminating milled strips with an exterior wood adhesive. The blanks are clamped under pressure for a period of twenty-four hours before the milling process begins. All blanks then have one face and one edge milled on a jointer for straightness. The blanks are then sized using a wide belt sander before they are run through the moulder to produce the final octagonal shape of modern shafts.
The next process is the hand sanding of each shaft with 120 grit sand paper prior to finishing. The sticks are then finished with exterior penetrating oil.
Woodwise carries an inventory of pre-fabricated shafts in all styles.
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3 ply alt (Oneida) quarter sawn antique heartpine, maple, walnut
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3 ply straight (Conestoga) ash, mahogany
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3 ply straight (Conestoga) ash, walnut
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3 ply straight (Conestoga) maple, jatoba
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3 ply straight (Conestoga) maple, mahogany
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5 ply alt (Powhatan) jatoba, maple, walnut
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5 ply alt (Powhatan) maple, jatoba, walnut
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5 ply alt (Powhatan) red oak, mahogany, maple, walnut, cherry
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5 ply alt (Powhatan) jatoba, maple, walnut, cherry
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5 ply alt (Powhatan) tiger maple, walnut, jatoba, maple
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5 ply alt (Powhatan) white oak, mahogany, maple, walnut, cherry
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5 ply alt (Powhatan) jatoba, ash, walnut, cherry
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5 ply straight (Lenape) jatoba, ash, walnut
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5 ply straight (Lenape) jatoba, maple, walnut
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5 ply alt (Powhatan) ash, mahogany, maple, walnut
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5 ply straight (Lenape) tiger maple, jatoba, maple
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5 ply straight (Lenape) tiger maple, jatoba, walnut
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5 ply straight (Lenape) maple, mahogany
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5 ply alt (Powhatan) zebra maple, maple, walnut
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5 ply alt (Powhatan) tiger maple, mahogany, walnut, cherry, maple
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5 ply alt (Powhatan) leopard, ash, maple, walnut
