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Mine Guides – Douglas Fir

These are Douglas Fir Mine Guides 5-1/2" x 7-1/2" x 18' long that we are making for a customer with a gold mine over-seas. These pieces are for the structure of the elevator shaft; as the elevator goes further down into the mine they...

Pipe Saddles – Contoured Dunnage

This customer is a transport company moving 24" OD long length steel pipe. "Single-sided" dunnage goes on the bottom and "double-sided" goes on the upper layer. This keeps the pipes in alignment and "cradled" for safe transport.

Shipyard Blocking and Wedges

The "blue" part here is the underside (hull) of a huge ship being built in a shipyard. This ship is being prepared for launching in a dry dock. The beige steel is the support cradle and the timber wedges are shaped and used to...

Suitcase Jack Blocks

These are used in Railway Car Shops. Always best to put some Maple between steel to steel to stop slippage and prevent damage. These are 4" x 16" x 32"  complete with internal metal handles, they won't look very nice after a few days...

Fiddling around with FIDS!

These are Fids. Used for Rope Splicing, these are particularly large ones (2-1/4" diameter by 21" long) for log boom and barge tow ropes. A fid is used to hold open rope knots and holes in canvas, and to separate the "lays" (or strands)...

Yellow Cedar Adventure Playground

Sometimes we get involved in some interesting projects! Check this Yellow Cedar Natural Adventure Playground, this is very cool, we supplied some timbers and flooring for this build to a good customer. Lucky kids!

Timber Wedges

These timber wedges are being used by a logistics company to secure large pipe from rolling. They are 6" tall and 12" on base, 45 degree cut, making the angle about 8" long. A squirt of polyurethane and a couple of nails will hold...

Fir Wedges for a Shipyard

These are 3" x 6" x 36" wedges from 3" heel to 1" toe with a chamfered edge. These are being used at a shipyard to support sheets of steel plate before welding.

Contoured Dunnage for Dock Terminal

These contoured pipe skids were sent to a West Coast port to support some expensive coated 24" diameter pipe. Ropes around the special coated pipe keeps pipes separated when being transported. 

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