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The Shop |
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The main shop offers 2000 (to 3000) square feet of space flooded
with beautiful north light from a wall of full height windows.
The large space is efficiently outfitted with the tooling and equipment necessary
to produce everything from large-scale cabinetry projects to works with detailed
marquetry and carving. |
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With careful acquisition
of tooling, much of it at auction and over the span of more than two decades, the shop
at Piper Woodworking stands as likely the best-equipped small shop in
New England.
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The subshop houses the sliding panel saw, one of the few
tools that is of relatively recent manufacture.
Many of the other tools have been acquired at auction and some of the best
performing are near a century old. |
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This Oliver Lathe is an example of one of Kurt’s prized
antique tools. A massive lathe, capable
of turning material up to 30” in diameter, this machine works flawlessly and expands
the capacity of the shop well beyond that normally expected, short of a shop dedicated
to the needs of an accomplished wood turner.
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The lumber storage area, a separate climate-controlled
area, houses some truly extraordinary examples of a wide range of species. Kurt
has been acquiring material he believes to be of particular note for over two decades. |
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This rack includes some simply wonderful, book-matched
slabs of walnut, cherry, curly maple, birdseye maple and other common and exotic
species. |
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Veneer storage is accomplished in an orderly manner as
illustrated here in one of the racks where inventory is housed.
Individual species, segregated by grain pattern if appropriate, are tagged,
stacked and laid on shelving designed to support extended lengths.
In addition to the material seen here, several years ago Kurt purchased the
inventory of a retiring marquetarian, who in turn had purchased the inventory of
the gentleman from whom he received his marquetry training.
As a result, he now has an inventory of veneers, some of which are unavailable
at present from any source. |
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Piper Woodworking,
Inc.
P.O. Box 51502
Indian Orchard, MA 01151 |
Tel: 413
543-8779
Fax: 413 543-5783
Email: info@piperwoodworking.com |
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