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Keeping Your Cool: The Best Natural Decking Material for Hot New England Summers
Coming off a 100º weekend and looking at a forecast filled with days in the high 80ºs and 90ºs, we’re reminded how important it is to consider the hot, humid New England weather when choosing the best specialty lumber for the exterior of your home. Specifically the best natural decking material, which you and your…
Read MoreIt’s the Perfect Time for Those DIY Home Improvement Projects, Unless…
During the last four months of shelter-in-place and stay-at-home orders, people have become real handy. With many businesses closed or operating at a limited capacity—and with the public health threat of a potentially deadly virus—most people are spending a lot more time at home these days. The perfect time to finally get around to those…
Read More3 Reasons Wood Turners Love Working With Green Wood
Talented people around the globe have practiced woodworking for centuries. One of the oldest and most exacting types of wood skills is ‘turning’ with its use of gouges, skews and lathes. If you love working with lumber and want to try your hand at turning wood, you may be surprised that the most talented turners…
Read MoreThree Signs of a Reliable CNC Machining Manufacturer
When contracting out machining work, it is important to find a company that you can trust to handle your machining. When you work with a reliable machining contractor you don’t have to waste time worrying about the results you’ll achieve or micro-managing throughout the process. If you’re new to finding a CNC machine manufacturer, it…
Read MoreReasons To Choose Custom Furnishings
Finding the right furniture for your home helps you create the look you want. A great piece of furniture matches both your comfort and aesthetic needs perfectly. The best way to ensure that you get exactly what you’re looking for is to buy custom furniture. Pieces that are built with your unique specifications in mind…
Read MoreTalking Chop Understanding the Terms for Grading Cuts of Lumber
Industry lingo is a valuable shorthand that makes it easier for those in a field to communicate quickly and efficiently. Unfortunately, if you’re on the outside looking in, lumber lingo can make it hard to understand what your contractor or construction professional is talking about. If you’re in the market for some lumber for an…
Read MoreWoodworking 101: Which Wood is Best?
Walking into a lumber shop can leave you speechless as you look over the grains, colors, thicknesses, and different types of specialty woods offered for sale. Not only do different trees present different colors of raw wood, but those trees also offer different hardness and patterns. Though the choices available may seem complicated, you can…
Read MoreHow a CNC Mill Can Change Commercial Woodworking Projects
In traditional milling operations, the operator’s physical abilities are just as important as a superb grasp of craft and quality control. CNC milling changes that, providing a precise, automated experience that changes the role of the worker.
Read MoreHow To Make Your Custom Furniture Last Longer
When you have something created for your home that specifically fits your tastes and needs, it just makes sense to take good care of it. Protecting your custom wood furniture from the common elements that can age it helps it stay beautiful so that you can enjoy it for a long time. Sunlight Many homeowners…
Read MoreWhy Woodworkers Love the Southern Yellow Pine
Southern yellow pine is a popular wood working lumber, but it is not a single species. The name is given to a whole variety of southeastern pine trees that grow in the United States. The most widely known of this type includes the longleaf, loblolly, slash, and shortleaf pine varieties. Because the trees are so…
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