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This month's topic... The glue press
Gluing solid wood requires a lot of feeling and insight. We carefully select the wood for the top of a dining room table, desk or sideboard. Our joiners look at the amount of knots, the length and thickness of wood. Then the boards go into the glue press. The glue seams are pressed shut and the front tensioners keep the worktop flat and stable. The glue press can distribute the pressure well and ensures strong and high-quality joints. Ode to the glue press!
Our premises, too, sometimes need attention.
To make life a bit easier for our staff and ourselves, we installed some nice new (electrically operated) overhead doors this summer. So it all looks neat again and we can load and unload with ease!
Furniture maker is a profession in its own right; you don't become one automatically and this craft has to be learnt.
We offer a BBL track for pupils of the HMC (Wood and Furnishings College). Making furniture is best learned in practice. Our joiner / BBL apprentice Brian completed this BBL course with us. He successfully completed his project independently, making a complete wall unit. After all, what better way to learn than just doing it?
The wall unit Brian worked on is one inspired by a piece of furniture from one of our customers. It is a piece of furniture where many different techniques had to be used. The most fun part for Brian was at the same time the most complicated part. After all, gluing the HPL and making a curve requires dexterity. Sawing also required precision because the slightest deviation would be noticed immediately. Everything was worked out in a well-considered way and the end result is quite something! Brian, you can be proud, we are too! And Brian's advice to subsequent students? Keep asking questions to learn... Want to see this cabinet in real life? Stop by our showroom....
Attention to physical strain: A Step in the Right Direction!
During discussions with our employees, a very important issue came up; physical strain. To prevent complaints, we had STEP Netherlands carry out a QuickScan on the shop floor. During this scan, an expert looks at how people work and what working posture an employee adopts. Would you like to read the whole article? Click here!
‘Tilletje!’ You can hear this cry going through our workshop on a regular basis. But how do you lift in the right way? In cooperation with STEP Netherlands, we organised a tailor-made training course for the team. A bit of theory and, above all, a lot of practice. A fun and instructive afternoon! Would you like to read the whole article? Click here!
The WOOD doesn't run out!
No new furniture without wood... New oak wood was delivered last week. Shelves full of wood and the wonderful smell make our hearts beat faster. We can get back to work for the time being....
(Almost) nothing is impossible
In an apartment in Noordwijk, the last pieces of furniture were hoisted in with a crane and we supplied, among other things, a custom-made kitchen. It is a good example of the interior construction projects of Meubelmakerij De Stoof. For large projects like this we work together as a team. Then (almost) nothing is impossible.
