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  • New Timber Handrail Profile
    February 3, 2014

    New Timber Handrail Profile

    Late last year one of the stairbuilders that I regular deal with asked me whether I would be interested in making a handrail profile for them.

    They told me that they get a bit of a demand for it, but struggle to find anyone locally who was prepared to run it for them.

     

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  • Timber Architrave Blocks
    November 30, 2013

    Timber Architrave Blocks

    Timber Architrave blocks are a great way of decorating a door frame, and also are a good way to avoid doing mitre joints if this is a problem.

    We manufacture 4 different designs in Pine, all of which are 95mm high x 95mm wide x 22mm thick, which is a perfect size for 90mm wide architrave mouldings.

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  • 90sq Turned Dining Table Legs
    November 24, 2013

    90sq Turned Dining Table Legs

    For as long as my memory can stretch back we have been manufacturing the FL021R 90x90 Edwardian style turned dining table leg. This design started its life in the very early 1980`s when a customer dropped into our factory and asked...

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  • HAMMERSMITH makes the news !
    November 20, 2013

    HAMMERSMITH makes the news !

    Here in Adelaide our local newspaper is The Advertiser. In the Saturday print of the paper they have a section called Silent Achievers which promotes businesses in South Australia that have either been around a long time or are doing something special.

     

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  • 32mm Round Hardwood Timber Dowel
    November 12, 2013

    32mm Round Hardwood Timber Dowel

    A few years back we had a request from a hardware store in regional South Australia as to whether we could make a 32mm diameter hardwood timber dowel. We said that was easy, but then the customer told us that they needed to all by 4.2 metres in length, which presented us with a bit of a challenge.

     

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  • Retro Style Tapered Timber Furniture Legs
    November 8, 2013

    Retro Style Tapered Timber Furniture Legs

    It is funny how history tends to repeat itself when it comes to furniture design. Back in the 1960's we were regularly manufacturing simple turned tapered legs for use on various pieces of furniture; and here we are now 50 years later doing the same thing again.

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  • Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle Handles
    October 14, 2013

    Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle Handles

    Back in the 1980's we were asked by a manufacturer of wooden jigsaw puzzles as to whether we could produce a small wooden handle/knob that they would use to fit to timber letters and numbers on childrens jigsaw puzzles.

     

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