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  • Timber Curtain Rod Rings
    April 30, 2015

    Timber Curtain Rod Rings

    Dating back to the 1960's we have been making a range of wooden curtain rings for the Australian market. 

    Although our sales have declined over this period due to changing styles and pressure from cheaper imported versions; we have still been able to find a market for Australian made curtain rings, particularly since we opened our online shop a few years ago.

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  • Roof Finials For Garden Sheds
    April 26, 2015

    Roof Finials For Garden Sheds

    A roof finial is a great way to dress up the gable of a house, carport, pergola or even the humble garden shed !

    Manufactured from Radiata Pine and then treated in LOSP; this fancy looking finial would be a nice addition to any garden shed or cubby house.

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  • American Oak Handrail in the Heritage Rail Profile
    April 21, 2015

    American Oak Handrail in the Heritage Rail Profile

    American Oak is a great timber to work in, and for a while there when the Australian $ was on parity with the USA $, the difference in price was fairly small when compared to Australian Oak. When this was the case, the number of jobs that we got in American Oak was quite strong. One such job was to produce our Heritage Rail profile.

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  • Reeded Timber Dowel
    April 20, 2015

    Reeded Timber Dowel

    Occasionally you get a request from a customer that makes you scratch your head and think "can we do that ?" . This was the case recently when one of our customers who we regularly make wooden curtain rods asked if we could do a reeded version.

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  • Rebated Timber Dowel Handrail
    April 13, 2015

    Rebated Timber Dowel Handrail

    We recently had a request from a customer interstate to manufacture a timber dowel handrail with a rebate in it so that a light strip could be placed underneath it.

    Measuring 50mm in diameter and made from Victorian Ash, the rebate needed to be 24mm wide and 25mm deep.

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  • Timber Chair Frame Components
    April 10, 2015

    Timber Chair Frame Components

    Over the last decade we purchased not one, but two 5-axis CNC machining centres. Both of these are made by an Italian company, with their main purpose being to produce chair frame components.

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