House Plaque

     We were recently asked to make a small sign that was to be sent to California as Christmas gift. It is made from butternut with black letters and spar varnish finish.
     Our floor stock usually includes a nice variety of oak, maple, butternut, and poplar lumber which we have custom milled by local suppliers. If your project calls for specialty material maybe we can help you finding it. We are located in the middle of some of the best hardwood forests of Northwest Pennsylvania!

WOW!

     I just realized how long it has been since I took the time to post here. Last July we brought in a new shop foreman, his name is Tony. He is very dedicated and follows us every step and all he wants for his hard work is a cookie or two or ten!
     Now if we could only get him to help with the carving and painting!

Slow day so here's another thing happening...If you're in NW Pennsylvania on June 22, 2013 this event is a great way to spend part of the day. Funds raised at this event will go to local merit based scholarship programs.

Roff School Tavern is the start and end point with five stops along the way, including JD's Tap House, UD's, Hunter's Inn, Nates, and Ranz.

The music will be great and the feature act is Rick Magee and the Roadhouse Rockers. You might have run into them anywhere around this area or in Sturgis, Daytona, or other biker rallies around the country.

The acts leading up to the are no light weights either. Roger Montgomery will be doing acoustics, and the lead-off act is Mystified. there will be corn hole games along the way and other activities to make sure everyone has a good time.

Oh! and just in case you don't know...Roff's has somewhere around 200 different craft brews in stock!

Recent Project

Ever get one of those calls late Sunday afternoon when a good friend and customer says, "Can you make a "whatever"?? The question of course concerns not so much about your ability to produce the item as it does to have the work done by a particular time. And always, short notice during in the middle of another job...we needed to have this done in just a couple days. We worked in with the other jobs in the shop and had just enough time to let the stain and finish dry! This one was for a great cause. A local church received a donation to convert a room into a theater/meeting/media room from one of their members. I appreciation, the other members of the church wanted to name the room to honor his generosity. After some discussion we discovered he made the donation as a memorial to his wife who had passed. We found out she liked Irises and so we came up the the plaque above. The oak and stain were selected to match the wood work and trim in the new room. Thanks to our friend John Kerr of Jeron Diamond Jewelers and Gemologists for bring this opportunity to us. If you live in NW Pennsylvania you may have seen John on the television in his new commercial as the "Most Interesting Jeweler in the World". Smooth one John...

Busy Summer

Since I have not taken the time to update these pages for a while I thought I could share one of the projects we installed over the summer.
The Cutting Edge is a great place for hair cuts for men and women. And for the ladies they offer lots of other services too like color, nails, waxing (ouch!)
We had a chance to use one of the old and almost forgotten techniques on this job. Smalts...take a look!
Its a carved dimensional panel with hammered copper finish on the outer ring and flourishes, prismatic cut white letters, and black smalts background. The glass smalts reflects a slight green that complements the copper finish. A couple bullet spots from above and you can see this one for block in either direction.

Annual Celebrity Autograph & Memorabilia Auction

We will be hosting the annual fund raiser for Crawford Area Scholarships on June 6th at the Meadville, PA SERTOMA Club on Baldwin Street Extension. There are almost 200 different items signed by sports stars, movie stars, authors, cartoonists, musicians, just about any category you can think of! Door open for preview and the silent portion of the auction at 11am. The LIVE bidding starts at 1pm and will only last a couple hours. So, don't come late or the items you wanted might be gone!

If you need directions or want more information call me at 1-814-336-8554!

Cut Your Lighting Bill in Half!

Check this out! You can reduce power consumed in lighting your office or entire building with this UL approved LED retro-fit kit that replaces the tubes & ballasts in your existing overhead fixtures! It takes only about 10 minutes to install and can save as much as 70% on your electric usage! And get this, your electric company may PAY YOU to do it! First Energy (in PA) offers a cash incentive to replace your fluorescent tube/ballast lighting with more efficient systems! Our LED units completely eliminate the potential mercury hazards of fluorescent tubes in your environment and the costly disposal methods they require. (You can't just put them in the trash you know...that's against the law)

Give us a call to see how much money you can save by making the change today! 1-814-336-8554