A bandsaw is a saw that is used principally in woodworking, lumbering, and metalworking. Its blade is a continuous band of toothed metal that gets stretched between two or more wheels from which it spins. The evenly distributed teeth allow the bandsaw to uniformly cut straight, irregular or curved shapes.
True Mahogany is a hardwood that was once thought to be a type of Cedar. Mahogany is prized for its beauty, durability, color, and character. It is naturally resistant and can withstand literally hundreds of years of use as a dining room table, yet is classy enough to be the choice material for accent pieces in luxury cars.
An inverted router is a machine that performs tasks in woodworking that CNC machines also perform. They are great machines for templating and dadoing. We have used this machine for making dadoes, shaping edge, and cutting grooves.
Utile, otherwise known as Sipo, is another common wood that is used as a Mahogany alternative and is often considered to be the closest resemblance to Genuine Mahogany. Utile is quickly becoming the most desired Mahogany alternative.
A CNC is a machine that uses computer software and controls to drive a mechanical cutting system. In our day to day operations, we utilize our Biesse for machining custom pieces that need special milling or routing.
A rip saw is a wood saw specifically designed to rip solid material. Ripping material into smaller sections helps us to meet specific project requirements and also helps reduce waste of valuable materials. All the solid stock we use will be ripped at some point, so our rip saw gets used daily.
Sapele is an exotic hardwood native to tropical Africa. Its heartwood is usually a golden to dark reddish brown and its sapwood is a white or pale yellow color. Due to its outward characteristics and export restrictions on genuine mahogany, sapele is often used as a mahogany substitute.
A wood shaper is a machine with vertical or sometimes horizontal spindle drivers that is used to cut and shape wood into a large variety of profiles for many projects that come through our shop. Any time a job requires a complex profile, we use the shaper – which occurs within each and every one of the projects that comes through the shop.
Soft maple is a term that refers to several different species of maple, such as big leaf, silver, and red maple, in an effort to differentiate between soft and hard maples. Where soft maple refers to several types of maple, hard maple refers to only one: the sugar maple.
Some projects, such as cabinets, shelving, or fixtures are often made of a sheet stock material. To make these projects more asthetically appealing, we apply what is called “edgebanding”, or a thin veneer-like strip of wood, to the edges of the sheet stock with the core exposed.