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October 11, 2021

How to Drill, Cut and Tap Stainless Steel
While many of our stainless steel products come pre-drilled and cut, there are some circumstances where you may need to do additional work onsite, or post-installation. With the right tools and know-how however, working with stainless steel can be effortless. Whether you’re drilling, tapping or cutting stainless steel, the general sentiment is the same: start slowly, and keep an eye on the temperature.

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September 27, 2021

Large Custom Half Dowel
If you have been spending anytime watching home renovation shows on TV over the last couple of years, you would have noticed that a lot of timber 1/2 dowel being used as a feature on walls.
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September 13, 2021

How to Install a Dowel Feature Wall or Bar
Timber feature walls are a relatively inexpensive and DIY friendly way to bring warmth and interest into a space. Whether you’re looking to spruce up the back of a bar or island, or cover your entire wall in timber panelling, we’ve got you covered!

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August 30, 2021

Windsor, Ball or Acorn ?
Over the last few years we have been continually adding fence post capital designs to our range; from pyramid to flat and glass to metal, we now have over 25 variations to choose from.

If you went back in time 30 years, the choice was much more simpler; Windsor, Ball or Acorn was all you needed to consider.
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August 2, 2021

How To Choose the Best Timber Species for Your Project
Contrary to popular belief, not all timber species are created equal; some are inexpensive and easy to work with, like pine and meranti, while others are more durable and decorative, such as American oak and Jarrah. What’s important on one job, may not be on another, which is why we’ve compiled a list to help you decide which timber species might work for you, and which ones you should avoid.
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July 5, 2021

Wall Panel Timber Moulding
The use of timber as wall paneling is something that has become quite popular over the last couple of years.

We already manufacture a range of 1/2 dowels in different sizes and timbers that is used for this application, but recently we had a request from a customer to produce a custom profile for the front of a bar in a pub here in Adelaide.
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June 21, 2021

Turned Baluster On A Grand Staircase
We may not have built the staircase on the most expensive house ever sold in Adelaide, but one of our turned baluster designs did feature on it.

The grand staircase you can see in the photos below was built by a stairbuilder here in Adelaide called Stair Innovations. The staircase resides in a new-build house on Robe Terrace in the exclusive Adelaide suburb on Medindie. The house took over 6 years to build, and was sold in early 2021.
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June 19, 2021

Galvanised Balustrade For A Ramp
In recent years there has been a trend away from getting older people going into aged care facilities. Rather they have been encouraged to stay in their own home as long as possible and receive at-home-care.

To enable this to happen it is important that their home is as safe as possible, with one of the major issues being trip and fall hazards.

A major fall hazard on many older homes is the entry to the house, where it is not uncommon to have steps that are required to be negotiated to enter/exit the front door.
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June 7, 2021

Treated Turned Porch Post - Old v New
In January 2020 my Dad and I did a motorcycle trip up to the town of Quorn, which is about 350km north of Adelaide.

Quorn was originally a railway town that was established in the late 1800's. Like a lot of railway towns in Australia, when the railway left, so did the people. These days Quorn has about 1000 people living in it, and is a popular tourist destination for people wanting to explore the Flinders Ranges.

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