tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31006855793022267672024-03-12T23:27:55.813-07:00Hand Made American Furniture & DoorsFor over 90 years, Scottsdale Art Factory has been making furniture the old fashioned way... by HAND! Here you can learn more about hand made American furniture!American Hand Made Furniture Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809093837042412025noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100685579302226767.post-85279282233984453402009-07-10T07:57:00.000-07:002009-07-10T09:32:12.945-07:00Dining Table - American North West & Ancient Castles - MLT0614<center><div><br><h3>Order Any Size Or Style</h3></center></div><br/><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><h3>We Build Fine Dining Furniture Residential And Commercial All Styles And Sizes </h3></div><br/></center>
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<br /><center><div><br><h3>Choose From Our Designs Or Use Your Design </h3></center>
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<br /><div><br><div id="red16">All Scottsdale Art Factory Furnishings Are Designed In America and Built In America Using Solid Natural Air Dried Timber, Genuine Stone, Marble, Granite, Fine Leathers, Fabric And Hand Forged Steel. By The Hands Of True American Master Craftsmen.</div></br></br></br>
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<br /><div><br><br><div id="blk18"><b>Under the supervision of world renowned artist H. J. Nick using only the finest materials.</b> We use "No" engineered cores or faux materials such as paste boards, veneers, masonite, MDO plywood, melamine and oriented strand board panels with expensive wood sounding names such as walnut or hickory veneer etc.</div id="blk18"> <center><h3>"This Is The Real McCoy."</h3></div></br> </center>
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<br /><div><br><div id="red14"><b>Master Crafted In America Since 1913.</b> <a style="font-size:15px;color:blue;font-weight:normal;" href="http://www.artfactory.com/page.html?chapter=10&id=16">Our prices are usually lower than lesser quality name brand mass production imports, </a> this is because <b>"We Are The Factory," </b> so don't be fooled by our upscale appearance.</div>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16">Investment Quality Equals An Appreciable Asset Furnishing, Destined For Antiquity.</div></center>
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<br />We build only proud to own family heirloom furnishing, rich with family history and priceless heritage. This process begins with you and your family personalizing each piece with your own special design requests. <a style="font-size:12px;color:blue;font-weight:normal;" href="http://www.artfactory.com/page.html?chapter=20&id=28">H. J. Nick</a> supervises the details and drafting process with his design team, and upon your approval, we then build your product. Once you receive your item, you can enjoy it secure in the knowledge it will increase in value and become a cherished family heirloom that is guaranteed to stand the test of time. <div class="cmBody"></b></div></br>
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<br /><div><br><b>King Carol I of Romania (1839-1914), one of the great Romanian kings and conqueror of the National Independence, first visited the region and future site of the castle in 1866, when he fell in love with the rugged but magnificent mountain scenery. </b> So, in 1872, a total of one thousand "pogoane", approx. 1,300 acres (5.3 km2), is purchased by the king and Piatra Arsa region becomes The Royal Domain of Sinaia, destined to be a hunting preserve and summer retreat for the monarch. On August 22, 1875, the foundation for Peleş Castle, the city of Sinaia, and indeed for the country of Romania itself was established. Several other buildings, annexed to the castle, were built simultaneously: </div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>The Guard's Chambers, The Economat Building, The Foişor Hunting Chateau, The Royal Stables. The Power Plant was also constructed then, and Peleş became world's first castle fully operated by electric power. </b>The "Sipot" Villa was constructed later. This would serve as the work site of architect Karel Liman. Liman would later supervise the building of Pelişor chateau (1889-1903, the future residence of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania), as well as of the King's Ferdinand Vila in the Royal Sheepfold Meadow (the actual Sheepfold Meadow). First three initial design plans for Peleş were copies of other palaces from western Europe but king Carol I rejected them all as they were too costly and unoriginal.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b> Second architect, Johannes Schultz won by presenting a more original plan, something that appealed to the king's taste: a grand palatial alpine villa combining different structures of classic European styles, mostly following Italian elegance and German aesthetics in Renaissance lines.</b> The cost of the castle itself between 1875 and 1914 was estimated to be 16 000 000 gold Romanian lei (approx. $US 120 million today). Between three and four hundred men worked consistently on it. Queen Elisabeth of Romania, during the construction phase, wrote on her journal:</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Details As Shown: Dining Table Royal Dining Room And Wilderness carved Chairs </b> Solid Northern White Cedar - Exotic Natural Core Wood - 60" Wide X 216’" Long X 31” Tall with hand carved Harness solid joined and interlocking and is permanently mounted to the 4" thick solid timber table top. This handmade dining table is hand hewn, pegged, mortised and tenon joined to form a solid mass that will never become weak or wobbly. Each leg includes a mar proof leveling foot allowing this table to be leveled on any floor. </div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Details As Shown: Matching High Back Side Chairs.</b> Solid Northern White Cedar - Exotic Natural Core Wood - 22”W X 20”D X 49”T. This size chair allows an adult comfortable sitting and a dining space of 24" (unlike most production tables with only 18" sitting space). These matching chairs are hand hewn, joined and doweled to form a solid structure that will never become loose or unstable. The posts are 2 3/4" X 2" and each chair leg has a mar proof button foot. The orthopedic slight pitch of the back allows for the most comfortable dining seating. <b> These furnishings are truly custom and that means you may order your chairs to fit your particular comfort requirements at no extra cost.</b></div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Details As Shown: Matching High Back Arm Chairs.</b> Solid Northern White Cedar - Exotic Natural Core Wood - 26”W X 20”D X 49”T. This size chair allows an adult comfortable sitting and a dining space of 24" (unlike most production tables with only 18" sitting space). These matching chairs are hand hewn, joined and doweled to form a solid structure that will never become loose or unstable. The posts are 2 3/4" X 2" and each chair leg has a mar proof button foot. The orthopedic slight pitch of the back allows for the most comfortable dining seating. <b> These furnishings are truly custom and that means you may order your chairs to fit your particular comfort requirements at no extra cost.</b></div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Details As Shown: Upholstery Full Wrap Fabric Seats And Backs With Tack Buttons.</b> Customer's choice of fabric or leather. You may choose from hundreds of fabric styles or leather colors in stock or supply your own to further customize your dining room set. </div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Details As Shown: Dark Walnut Table - Exotic Cedar - Light Distress </b> northern white core wood exotic cedar. If raised grain finish is desired. The wire brushed raised grain of the natural cedar is designed to appear rustic and aged, however, this is a highly finished, snag and splinter free surface. Our processes includes five to ten coats of hand rubbed furniture quality clear oils or water based non-toxic lacquers. It is applied, cured, rubbed and re-applied depending upon whether your order is limited edition or old growth original works. <b>Every surface of this table and chairs is finely finished including the undersides and hidden areas.</b> These furnishings are built to investment family heirloom quality and are finished to be virtually maintenance free and will stand the test of time. You may choose the natural color, from over 400 standard stain colors or computer color match to any color stain. Most of our finishes are water based and earth friendly. <b>You may order any color or texture finish at no extra charge. </b></div></br>
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<br /><div><br><b>Colorized Carving.</b> You can order any carving colorized. In order to achieve a colorized carving, multiple stain colors are used. The stains are hand applied and blended with an artistic eye to achieve an enhanced natural appearance. </div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>All Steel Is Coal Fired, Hammered By Master Blacksmiths “The Old Fashioned Way” And Patina Finished.</b>
<br />At Scottsdale Art Factory, we take pride in our traditional, superior quality workmanship and craft our products from only the finest steel. Our master blacksmiths have been classically trained, and utilize old world techniques such as coal firing, anvil hammering and hand forging to create the finest handcrafted hardware available anywhere. <b>All of our steel work is hand patina finished by heat applying iron oxides to achieve a natural patina finish that will stand the test of time.</b></div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Nothing is Drop Forged.</b> We create works “The Old Fashioned Way” using solid hand forged steel, (drop forging is a poor quality, casted copy of a hand forged work of art).<b> Nothing is wrought iron; </b>wrought iron is simply a softer and less sturdy form of metal that cannot compare to stronger hand forged low carbon steel. </div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Patina Finish As Shown: Various Colors Of Hand Applied Iron Oxide Patinas.</b> Our beautiful patina finishes are hand applied using a special patented process where oxides are bonded into the metal at over 1000 degrees. This permanent finish beautifies with age. S.A.F. does not paint or faux finish any of our iron creations. Paint fades, chips and cracks over time and patinas last forever. No Drop Forged Casted Copies. No Paint Or Powder Coated Finishes. <b><a href="http://www.artfactory.com/page.html?chapter=10&id=17">limited edition or original works.</a></b> Every surface of this furnishing is finely finished including the undersides and hidden areas.</div>
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<br /><div><br><b>Each item is finished to be virtually maintenance free and to age with grace.</b> All steel parts are hand patina finished the old fashioned way by iron oxide hand applied with high temperature heat. We never powder coat or faux paint our steel, it has been proven paint and powder coating methods do not hold up over time. You may choose from many natural iron oxide colors. Our patina finishes are water based and earth friendly.<b> You may order any single color or texture finish at no extra charge. </b><div class="cmBody"><div class="left"><a style="font-size:12px;color:blue;font-weight:normal;" href="http://www.artfactory.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=21&chapter=10"> Fine Finish Information: </a> Important details about our finish process: patinas, sealant and wood finishes. </div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Scottsdale Art Factory carries on the American Arts And Crafts Movement of the 21st century,</b> in the same way William Morris and John Ruskin (founders of the Arts and Crafts furniture movement in circa 1800 England) inspired Gustave Stickley (founder of the American Arts and Crafts movement) in America circa 1900. Frank Loyd Wright, Charles and Henry Greene (inspired architects of the ultimate cottages such as the <a style="font-size:12px;color:blue;font-weight:normal;" href="http://www.gamblehouse.org/">Gamble House in Pasadena California</a>) are credited with raising quality standard to its highest level in their day. All of these great master craftsman also inspired the Marabella Brothers in the early 20th Century (founders of SAF circa 1913).</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Every creative enterprise is always built on a foundation that was laid down by its predecessors.</b> Creative people are also dependent on the groundwork laid down by those who came before them. H. J. Nick, artist and direct descendant of the Marbella brothers, and Scottsdale Art Factory have built on these foundations and have raised the bar of quality even higher.<b> Thus setting a new standard and offering the finest one of a kind handmade furnishings found anywhere in the world in the 21st century.</b></div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><div class="cmBody"><div class="left"><a style="font-size:15px;color:blue;font-weight:normal;" href="http://americanfurniture.blogspot.com/">See Our Blog </a> More about the history of Scottsdale Art Factory and the American furniture movement of the 21st century.</div><br/><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.artfactory.com | 480-483-0170 | 1-800-292-0008</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100685579302226767.post-81796683831293683702009-07-09T15:11:00.003-07:002009-07-10T08:36:46.347-07:00Things You Should Know About Wood Furniture Before You Choose<div><br><br><br><br><br><div id="red14"><b>Things You Should Know About Wood Furniture Before You Choose </b></br></div>
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<br /><div><br><b>"BY HAMMER AND HAND DO ALL THINGS STAND"</div><br/></b>
<br /><div><br><b>H. J. Nick And Scottsdale Art Factory LLC believe in fully educating our dealer representatives, </b>potential customers and future master craftsman in the creative process. We also believe in full transparency and providing the correct information or sources that allows the facts about how each product is made to be evaluated with out bias or sales hype. </div id="red16"><br/>
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<br /><div><br><div id="red14"><b> "In The Sharing Of Knowledge And Experience We Advance The Arts And Enrich Mankind's High Cultural Environment",</b> H. J. Nick </div id="red14"></div>
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<br /><div><br><b>We provide this information derived from hundreds of years of collective knowledge of the facts as the experts of the worlds major universities, master craftsman and our own extensive experience conclude about wood working and joinery in relation to the creation of investment quality furniture, doors, Etc. </b></div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Much of this information is derived by the study of wood working and master crafting processes from the historical records all around tfv he world0. </b>We have developed relationships with some of the worlds leading architectural universities professors, students and best known experts in the study of lost arts and crafts of all types and cultures. These relationships have been nurtured in the hope of continuing our family tradition of promoting and teaching future master craftsman who will carry on the American Arts and Crafts Movement into the 21st century and beyond.</div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red14"><b>We Offer Our Facility To Advance Go Green Technology And Advancement Of The Arts To Contributors</b></div id="red14"></div><br/></center>
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<br /><div><br><b> We offer use of our facility and the sharing of the experience of our master craftsman in return for these contributions when available.</b>Thus allowing for hands on experience training in the lost arts. We also allow use of our facility for project development in related fields under any accredited school program. Products produced in these programs are sold and proceeds are used to fund the advancement of these programs with no weight to profit.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>We also offer the use of our facility for the advancement of environmental energy saving designs in connection with government funded Go Green development. These energy saving designs must be associated with our natural material, building projects such as doors/windows etc. without effecting the artistic value.</b> This is a not for profit program provided by SAF LLC in hope of advancing new technology in conjunction with arts and crafts as it relates to our contribution to the world of fine art craftsmanship. </div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><div id="red12"><b>We invite corrections and additions to all of this information from qualified professionals, scholars and students from all architectural universities and related studies around the world. We strive to acquire all correct knowledge available related to this subject matter.</div id="red12"></b></div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>We believe through the arts all the lives we touch are elevated to a higher level. </b>Through creating these beautiful hand crafted furnishings we can help you create your dream environment as well as make it possible to pass to your heirs cherished family heirlooms and a little immortality. We believe all of our customers are intellectually sophisticated and understand the real value of creating and appreciating these family heirlooms.</div></br>
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<br /><div><br><b>We understand how difficult it is in todays market place to determine the genuine article from the fake or faux.</b> For this reason we believe when presented with the true facts of how each product is made and the materials it is manufactured from, our customers have the ability to make informed decisions. Decisions that are best for them and their financial investment based upon these facts.<b> When you purchase a quality hand built family heirloom future antiquity, you are investing not wasting your money on a fake future yard sale item.</b></div></br>
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<br /><div><br><b>We believe you will also conclude from this information as we have experienced over our many years, </b>only by using the best natural materials and master handcrafting, can you achieve the creation of a family heirloom investment quality furnishing or door. The use of true solid timber, genuine stones, top grain leathers, fine fabrics, and solid wrought iron in the hands of master craftsmen will never be replaced with modern methods of mass production.</div> <br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Just another way of trying to make a negative into a positive sales tool.</b> There is no substitution for hand hewn, pegged and doweled solid full length timber construction, which is built to stand the test of time.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Many manufacturers have veneered the surface and cored the center all of the premium long lengths of lumber just to keep the cost of materials down and the profits up.</b> Always keep in mind that if it is a veneer or "engineered" it usually means that they are using less quality materials while trying to make it appear and sound better.<b> The expected result is usually reflected in the limited warrantee and is never positive.</b></div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red20"><b>Lets Examine Imported Mahogany Doors And Furniture </b></div id="red20"> </div></center>
<br /><center><div><br><div id="red20"><b>The Doors Shown Below are Scarf Joined Solid Mahogany Doors, Meaning Made Of Small Lengths Of Scrap Mahogany </b></div id="red16"> </div><br/></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>For Example: Many companies make this statement: </b> Honduran or Brazilian Mahogany wood is used to manufacture our premier selection of "Solid Entry Doors Or Furniture". </div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16"><b>Legally These Resellers Are Not Telling A "Lie" </b></div id="red16"> </div></center>
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<br /><div><br><b> Simply Omitting Some Important Negative Facts.</b> These doors are made up of scarf joints <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iCNsEh1qSdk/SkVCKwhFh1I/AAAAAAAAAKs/eEC8GvXhsZU/s1600-h/scarf.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 83px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iCNsEh1qSdk/SkVCKwhFh1I/AAAAAAAAAKs/eEC8GvXhsZU/s200/scarf.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351756484789503826" /></a> and splice joints and glue in order to use scrap materials to make long lumber. The joints are then sanded filled and finished to hide the joints. Sometimes shorter sections of wood inside the door are used to make a frame, and then particle board and a thin mahogany veneered surface is added by a laminating machine. </div><br/>
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iCNsEh1qSdk/SkU6qSlKVCI/AAAAAAAAAIE/sA7TV4mMF5s/s1600-h/fontana.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 163px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iCNsEh1qSdk/SkU6qSlKVCI/AAAAAAAAAIE/sA7TV4mMF5s/s200/fontana.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351748230416323618" /></a>
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<br /><div><br><b>The plain scarf is not preferred when strength is required, so it is often used in decorative situations, such as the application of trim or moulding.</b> The use of modern high-strength adhesives can greatly increase the structural performance of a plain scarf. However when used in exterior products such as doors this method is never used by top quality door builders. The scarf is a method of using scrap pieces of wood to make long lumber. The end results are never positive.</div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><br><div id="red14"><b>Many Manufacturers Use Scarf Joints And Splice joints In Order To Use Exotic Scrap Materials </b></div id="red14"></div></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>Scarf joints and splice joints are used when longer premium lumber is not available or scrap is being used.</div><br/></b>
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<br /><div><br><b>The Doors Shown Below Are Created by Gluing Together Scrap Pieces Of Mahogany Using a Method Known As Scarf Joinery, Combined With CNC Machine Carving And A Hollow Tube Cold Bent Metal Faux Painted Grill. </b></div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red14"><b>Scarfed Joined, And Veneer Always Means Temporary Or Until The Glues Gives Out </b></div id="red16"></div><br/></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>The scarf joint in woodworking, there are two distinctly different categories of scarf, based on whether the joint has interlocking faces or not.</b> A plain scarf is simply two flat planes meeting on an angle relative to the axis of the stock being joined, and depends entirely on adhesive and/or mechanical fastening (screws, bolts, etc.) for all strength. Structured scarf joint includes hooked, keyed, and nibbed scarfs and are some of the many example of interlocking scarfs, offering varying degrees of tensile and compressive strength, though most still depend on mechanical fastening to keep the joint closed.</div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red14"><b>Splice Joint</b></div id="red14"></div><br/></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>A splice joint is a method of joining two members end to end in woodworking.</b> The splice joint is used when the material being joined is not available in the length required. It is an alternative to other joints such as the butt joint and the scarf joint. Splice joints are stronger than unreinforced butt joints and have the potential to be stronger than a scarf joint. They are more visible than a scarf joint but may be preferred when more strength is required.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Splices are therefore most often used when structural elements are required in longer lengths than the available material.</b> The most common form of the splice joint is the half lap splice, which is common in building construction, where it is used to join shorter lengths of timber into longer beams. The splice joint should never be used in quality furniture or door building.</div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red14"><b>Many Unscrupulous Manufacturers Offer Furniture And Doors Made By This Method </b></div id="red14"></div><br/></center>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red20"><b>The Result Is Never Positive</b></div id="red14"></div></center>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red20"><b> There Are Many More Government Reports On Foreign Imports </b></div id="red20"></div><br/></center>
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<br /><center><div><br><div class="cmBody"><div class="left1"><a style="font-size:14px;color:blue;font-weight:normal;" href="http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/nicksbuildingcom-c7344.html"> Customer Mahogany Door Complaints </a> Important details that you should know before you purchase wood imports</center></div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div class="cmBody"><div class="left1"><a style="font-size:14px;color:blue;font-weight:normal;" href="http://www.illegal-logging.info/uploads/eia_no_questions_asked.pdf">Illegal logging and associated trade and criminal activities supported by U.S. demand effecting planets environment </a> Important details that you should know before you purchase wood imports.</center></div><br/>
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<br /><div><br>Source info: EIA US Office P.O. Box 53343 Washington, DC 20009 United States of America info@eia-global.org Tel +1 202 483 6621 Fax +1 202 986 8626 www.eia-global.org</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b> Also using this illegal foreign wood it could also mean bug infestation</b> certificates of origin as well as de-infestation and are required on all imported woods due to the likely hood of bug infestation such as bed bugs. Click this link below for wood imports- Florida Entomologist report.</div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div class="cmBody"><div class="left1"><a style="font-size:14px;color:blue;font-weight:normal;" href="http://www.fcla.edu/FlaEnt/fe89p102.pdf">University of Florida, IFAS, Fort Lauderdale Research & Education Center 3205 College Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314 Bug Infestation Information Facts: </a> Important details that you should know before you purchase wood imports- Florida Entomologist 89(1) Report </center></div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div class="cmBody"><div class="left1"><a style="font-size:14px;color:blue;font-weight:normal;" href="http://sites.securemgr.com/folder9374/index.cfm?id=39715&fuseaction=browse&pageid=53"> More Bug Infestation Information Facts: </a> Important details that you should know before you purchase wood imports</center></div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red18">All Scottsdale Door Factory Doors Are Solid Full Length American Grown Timber </div id="red18"> (not scarf joined or paste board and veneer) and hand built in America by master craftsmen to stand the test of time.</div><br/></center>
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<br /><center><div><br><div class="cmBody"><div class="left1"><a style="font-size:16px;color:blue;font-weight:normal;" href="http://www.artfactory.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=15&chapter=10">Guaranteed "Forever" No questions asked, </a>Backed by over nine decades of fine American craftsmanship. </div><br/></center>
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<br /><center><div><br><b><div id="red20">Door Terminology </div id="red20"></b> in simple terms that everyone can understand. These diagrams are aids so that you may educate yourself and your client on door terminology. Many furniture and cabinet terms are also similar </div></br></center>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red20"><b>History Of Joinery And Terminology</b></div id="red20"></div><br/></center>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16"><b>Mortise And Tenon Joints, Simple And Strong </b></div id="red16"></div><br/></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>Mortise and tenon, simple and strong- The mortise and tenon joint has been used for thousands of years by woodworkers around the world to join pieces of wood, usually when the pieces are at an angle close to 90°. </b>Although there are many variations on the theme, the basic idea is that the end of one of the members is inserted into a hole cut in the other member. The end of the first member is called the tenon, and it is usually narrowed with respect to the rest of the piece. The hole in the second member is called the mortise. The joint may be glued, pinned, or wedged to lock it in place. This joint is also used with other materials and, for example, is a traditional method for Stonemasons and Blacksmiths.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>A mortise is a cavity cut into a timber to receive a tenon.</b> There are several kinds of mortises.</div><br/>
<br /><div><br><b>Open mortise</b> - A mortise that has only three sides. (See Bridle joint).</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Stub mortise or "suicide" joint</b> - A shallow mortise, depth depends on the size of the timber; also a mortise that does not go through the work-piece (as opposed to a "through mortise"). the back is wider, or taller, than the front, or opening. The space for the wedge initially allows room for the tenon to be inserted, the presence of the wedge, after the tenon has been engaged, prevents its withdrawal. Sometimes called a "suicide" joint - since it is strictly a "one way trip".</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Through wedged half-dovetail </b>- A wedged half-dovetail mortise that passes entirely through the piece.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>A tenon is a projection on the end of a timber for insertion into a mortise. </b>Usually the tenon is taller than it is wide. There are several kinds of tenons.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Stub tenon </b>- A short tenon; depth depends on the size of the timber; also a tenon that is shorter than the width of the mortised piece so the tenon does not show (as opposed to a "through tenon").</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Tusk tenon </b>- A kind of mortise and tenon joint that uses a wedge-shaped key to hold the joint together.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br> <b>Through tenon</b> - A tenon that passes entirely through the piece of wood it is inserted into, being clearly visible on the back side.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Teasel tenon</b> - A term used for the tenon on top of a jowled or gunstock post, which is typically received by the mortise in the underside of a tie beam. A common element of the English tying joint.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Top tenon </b>- The tenon that occurs on top of a post.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Feather tenon </b>- A round-shouldered machined fillet or feather which is glued into a machine (router) made slot or mortise on each side of the joint.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Generally the size of the mortise and tenon is related to the thickness of the timbers.</b> It is considered good practice to proportion the tenon as 1/3rd the thickness of the rail, or as close to this as is practical. The haunch, the cut away part of a sash corner joint that prevents the tenon coming loose, is one third the length of the tenon and one sixth of the width of the tenon in its depth. The remaining two-thirds of the rail, the tenon shoulders help to counteract lateral forces that might tweak the tenon from the mortise, contributing to its strength. These also serve to hide imperfections in the opening of the mortise.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Mortis And tenon is an ancient joint and has been found joining the wooden planks of the "Khufu ship", a 43.6 m long vessel sealed into a pit in the Giza pyramid complex of the Fourth Dynasty around 2,500 BC. It has also been found in archeological sites in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. The 30 sarsen stones of Stonehenge were dressed and fashioned with mortise and tenon joints before they were erected between 2600 and 2400 B.C.</b></div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16"><b>Finger Joint - Box Joint - Comb Joint </b></div id="red16"></div><br/></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>The finger joint - (Also known as "box joint" or "comb joint") is made by cutting a set of complementary rectangular cuts in two pieces of wood, which are then glued.</b> To visualize a finger joint simply interlock the fingers of your hands at a ninety degree angle; hence the name "finger joint." It is stronger than a butt or lap joint, and often forms part of the overall look of the piece.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>The history of the finger joint is believed to have begun with wooden produce boxes or crates in the days before modern, man-made materials.</b> Finger joints were originally cut by hand with saws and sharp chisels. In modern times they are easily and quickly made with a table saw or router and a jig or fixture, which can be shop-made or purchased from a specialty woodworking supply store. A finger joint jig typically consists of a moving fence with an indexing pin that is used to evenly space out the cuts. The fence is moved over a cutting blade making a cut that is then moved over the indexing pin so the next cut can be made.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>The strength of a finger joint comes from the long-grain to long-grain contact between the fingers, which provides a solid gluing surface.</b> The number of contact points also allows for more gluing surface as opposed to a butt joint or a rabbet joint.</div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16"><b>The Dovetail Joint Pre Dates Written History As Shown On This Romanian Church</b></div id="red14"></div><br/></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>A dovetail joint or simply dovetail is a joint technique most commonly used in woodworking joinery.</b> Noted for its resistance to being pulled apart (tensile strength), the dovetail joint is commonly used to join for example the sides of a drawer to the front. A series of pins cut to extend from the end of one board interlock with a series of tails cut into the end of another board. The pins and tails have a trapezoidal shape. Once glued, a wooden dovetail joint requires no mechanical fasteners.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>The dovetail joint pre-dates written history.</b> Some of the earliest known examples of the dovetail joint are in furniture entombed with mummies dating from First Dynasty of ancient Egypt, as well the tombs of Chinese emperors. The dovetail design is an important method of distinguishing various periods of furniture.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br> <b>Dovetails can be cut by hand or by machines, often with an electric router and using one of a range of commercially available jigs or templates.</b> Although it is technically a straight forward process, hand-cutting dovetails requires a high degree of accuracy to ensure a snug fit and so can be difficult to master. The pins and tails must fit together with no gap between them so that the joint interlocks tightly with no movement. Thus the cutting of dovetails by hand is regarded as a mark of skill on the part of the craftsperson.</div> </br>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red14"><b>It Takes A Master Craftsman To Hand Cut Perfect Joints</b></div id="red14"></div><br/></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>The angle of slope varies according to the wood used.</b> Typically the slope is 1:6 for softwoods and a shallower 1:8 slope for hardwoods. Often a slope of 1:7 is used as a compromise - perhaps using a dovetail template for marking out.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>When being cut by hand, there are two schools of thought as to whether the pins or the tails should be cut first.</b> For pins first, the pins are laid out and cut by the chosen method, then the outline of the pins is transferred to the face of the tail board. For tails first, the tails are laid out and cut and then the outline is transferred to the end grain of the pin board. Each has advantages and it is a personal choice as to which is chosen.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Hand cut dovetails can often be distinguished from machine-cut dovetails by the width of the pins.</b> It is possible to have pins that are almost triangular when cut by hand that are not possible when cut with a router, owing to the thickness of the router bit's shank. These narrow pins are known as London Pins.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b> A through dovetail joint </b> (also known as plain dovetail) joint, where the end grain of both boards is visible when the joint is assembled. Through dovetails are common in carcass and box construction. Traditionally, the dovetails would have often be covered by a veneer. However, dovetails have become a signature of craftsmanship and are generally considered a feature, so they are rarely concealed in contemporary work.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>A half-blind dovetail is used when the craftsman does not wish end grain to be visible from the front of the item.</b> The tails are housed in sockets in the ends of the board that is to be the front of the item so that their ends cannot be seen. Half-blind dovetails are commonly used to fasten drawer fronts to drawer sides. This is an alternative to the practice of attaching false fronts to drawers constructed using through dovetails.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>The sliding dovetail is a method of joining two boards at right angles, where the intersection occurs within the field of one of the boards, that is not at the end.</b> This joint provides the interlocking strength of a dovetail. Sliding dovetails are assembled by sliding the tail into the socket. It is common to slightly taper the socket, making it slightly tighter towards the rear of the joint, so that the two components can be slid together easily but the joint becomes tighter as the finished position is reached.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>The full-blind dovetail obscures the mechanics of the joint altogether.</b> This variant is used in fine work when the craftsperson requires the strength of a dovetail but without the visual intrusion of the interlocking pins and tails. Two versions of this joint are the secret double-lapped dovetail and the full-blind mitered dovetail. The former presents a very thin section of end grain on one edge of the joint, whilst the latter does not. When used in drawer construction, a "full-blind dovetail" is known as a "French dovetail."</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Some of these ancient joints and has been found joining the wooden planks of the "Khufu ship", a 43.6 m long vessel sealed into a pit in the Giza pyramid complex of the Fourth Dynasty around 2,500 BC.</b> It has also been found in archeological sites in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. In traditional Chinese architecture, wood components such as beams, brackets, roof frames and struts were made to interlock with perfect fit, without using fasteners or glues, enabling the wood to expand and contract according to humidity. Archaeological evidence from Chinese sites show that by the end of the Neolithic, mortise and tenon joinery was employed in Chinese construction. The 30 sarsen stones of Stonehenge were dressed and fashioned with mortise and tenon joints before they were erected between 2600 and 2400 B.C.</div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16"><b>Butt Joint </b></div id="red16"></div><br/></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>A butt joint is a joinery technique in which two members are joined by simply butting them together. </b>The butt joint is the simplest joint to make since it merely involves cutting the members to the appropriate length and butting them together. It is also the weakest because unless some form of reinforcement is used (see below) it relies upon glue alone to hold it together. Because the orientation of the members usually present only end grain to long grain gluing surface, the resulting joint is inherently weak.</div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16"><b>Bridle Joint </b></div id="red16"></div><br/></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>A bridle joint is a woodworking joint, similar to a mortise and tenon, in that a tenon is cut on the end of one member and a mortise is cut into the other to accept it.</b> The distinguishing feature is that the tenon and the mortise are cut to the full width of the tenon member.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>The corner bridle joint (also known as a slot mortise and tenon) joins two members at their respective ends, forming a corner. </b>This form of the joint is commonly used to house a rail in uprights, such as legs. It provides good strength in compression and is fairly resistant to racking, although a mechanical fastener or pin is often required. The bridle joint is very popular in workbench construction.</div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16"><b>Butterfly Joint </b></div id="red16"></div><br/></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>A Butterfly joint is a type of joint used either to hold two or more wooden boards together or to keep two halves of a board that have already started to split from splitting further.</b> They may also be used to stabilize the core of a knothole, preventing it from dropping out over time. A butterfly joint resembles two dovetails connected at the narrow part. A negative of the hole is cut out of the board the butterfly will be placed in and the butterfly is then fitted, keeping the joint together. The wood used for the butterfly is usually a contrasting wood, often walnut.</div><br/><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iCNsEh1qSdk/SkVEAO_aaQI/AAAAAAAAALc/iMBCWDpvp_k/s1600-h/Butterfly.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 171px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iCNsEh1qSdk/SkVEAO_aaQI/AAAAAAAAALc/iMBCWDpvp_k/s200/Butterfly.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351758503014459650" /></a>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16"><b>Coping Or Scribing Joint </b></div id="red16"></div><br/></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>Coping or scribing is the woodworking technique of shaping the end of a moulding or frame component to fit the contours of an abutting member.</b> Most English speaking countries outside the US use the terms scribe and scribing. Coping is commonly used in the fitting of skirting and other moldings in a room. It allows for clean joints between intersecting members when walls are not square to each other. The other method of fitting these moldings that is commonly used is the mitre joint but this technique relies upon the walls being at 90° to each other for neat results. </div><br/>
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<br /><div><br> <b>Coping is only ever used for internal corners.</b> External corners are always mitered. The main reason that scribed joints are used is that timber shrinks in width far more than it does in length. By using a scribed joint rather than an internal mitre joint the effect of shrinkage is minimized. Also it is possible to arrange the scribed joints pointing away from the most common viewpoint (usually the doorway of a room) and so present the best appearance.</div></br>
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<br /></left><div><b>A scribed joint</b> (right end of sketch) is derived from an internal mitre cut (left end) by cutting along the inside face of the mitre cut at a right angle to the board, typically with a coping saw.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Coping is also commonly used in cabinet making for moldings and frame components.</b> The rails in frame and panel construction are commonly cope cut to fit the profile of the stiles. The technique is also common in the construction of doors and windows.</div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16"><b>Rail And Stile </b></div id="red16"></div><br/></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>Frame and panel construction (also called "rail and stile") is a woodworking technique often used in the making of doors, wainscoting, and other decorative features for cabinets, furniture, and homes.</b> The basic idea is to capture a 'floating' panel within a sturdy frame, as opposed to techniques like slab drawer fronts which are simply single pieces of material with exposed end-grains. Usually, the panel is not glued to the frame - it is left to 'float' within it so that seasonal movement of the wood comprising the panel does not distort the frame.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Frame and panel construction at its most basic consists of five members:</b> The panel and the four members which make up the frame. The vertical members of the frame are called stiles while the horizontal members are known as rails. A basic frame and panel item consists of a top rail, a bottom rail, two stiles, and a panel. This is a common method of constructing cabinet doors and these are often referred to as a five piece door.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>In larger panels it is common to divide the panel into one or more sections.</b> To house the extra panels, dividing pieces known as mid rails and mid stiles or muntins are added to the frame.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Pocket-Hole Joinery, Pocket-Screw Joinery, or Kreg Joinery involves drilling a hole at an angle into one work-piece, and then joining it to a second work-piece with a self-tapping screw. </b>The technique, in addition to doweling, has its roots in ancient Egypt. Egyptians clamped two work-pieces together and bored a hole at an angle from the outside work-piece into the second work-piece. They then inserted a dowel with glue, and cut it off flush with the outermost surface.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>A rabbet (also known as rebate) is a recess or groove cut into the edge of a piece of machinable material, usually wood. When viewed in cross-section, a rabbet is two-sided and open to the edge or end of the surface into which it is cut.</b> The spelling rabbet is probably a derivation of rebate, the latter being more common outside of North America. An example of the use of a rabbet is in a glazing bar where it makes provision for the insertion of the pane of glass and putty. It may also accommodate the edge of the back panel of a cabinet. It is also used in door and casement window jambs.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Tongue and groove joint </b>A strong joint, the tongue and groove joint is widely used for re-entrant angles. The effect of wood shrinkage is concealed when the joint is beaded or otherwise moulded. In expensive cabinet work, glued dovetail and multiple tongue and groove are used. Tongue and groove or T&G is a method of fitting similar objects together, edge to edge, used mainly with wood: flooring, parquetry, panelling, and similar constructions. Tongue and groove joints allow two flat pieces to be joined strongly together to make a single flat surface. Before plywood became common, tongue and groove boards were also used for sheathing buildings and to construct concrete formwork.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Solid parquet boards with tongues on the right sides of the boards and grooves on the left sides. Grooves are also visible on the near ends; the far ends are tongued.</div><br/></b>
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<br /><div><br><b>Each piece has a slot (the groove) cut all along one edge, and a thin, deep ridge (the tongue) on the opposite edge.</b> The tongue projects a little less than the groove is deep. Two or more pieces thus fit together closely. The joint is not normally glued, as shrinkage would then pull the tongue off. For many uses, tongue and groove boards have been rendered obsolete by the introduction of plywood and later composite wood boards, <b>but the method is still used in good-quality flooring.</b> Plywood may also be tongued all round to fit it flush into a framed structure, and plywood for sub-floors used in platform framing is often supplied with tongue and groove edges.When joining thicker materials, several tongue and groove joints may be used one above the other.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>A dado (US and Canada), housing (UK) or trench (Europe) is a slot or trench cut into the surface of a piece of machinable material, usually wood.</b> When viewed in cross-section, a dado has three sides. A dado is cut across, or perpendicular to, the grain and is thus differentiated from a groove which is cut with, or parallel to, the grain. A dado may be through, meaning that it passes all the way through the surface and its ends are open, or stopped, meaning that one or both of the ends finish before the dado meets the edge of the surface.</div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16"><b>Dougong Chinese: 斗拱; pinyin: dǒugǒng</b></div id="red16"></div><br/></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>Dougong (simplified Chinese: 斗拱; traditional Chinese: 斗拱; pinyin: dǒugǒng) is a unique structural element of interlocking wooden brackets, one of the most important elements in traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian and Singaporian architecture.</b> The use of dougong first appeared in buildings of the late centuries BC and evolved into a structural network that joined pillars and columns to the frame of the roof. </div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Diagram of bracket and cantilever arms from the building manual Yingzao Fashi (published in 1103) of the Song Dynasty.</b></div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Dougong was widely used in the ancient Chinese during the Spring and Autumn Period (770–476 BC)</b> and developed into a complex set of interlocking parts by its peak in the Tang and Song periods. The pieces are fit together by joinery alone without glue or fasteners, due to the precision and quality of the carpentry. After the Song Dynasty, brackets and bracket sets became more ornamental than structural when used in palatial structures and important religious buildings, no longer the traditional dougong.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Dougong inside the East Hall timber hall of Foguang Temple, built in 857 during the Tang Dynasty
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<br /><div><br><b>In traditional Chinese architecture, wood components such as beams, brackets, roof frames and struts were made to interlock with perfect fit, without using fasteners or glues, enabling the wood to expand and contract according to humidity.</b> Archaeological evidence from Chinese sites show that by the end of the Neolithic, mortise and tenon joinery was employed in Chinese construction.
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16"><b>Understanding True Quality Makes All The Difference</b></div><br/></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>When you purchase investment quality furnishings, doors, gates, cabinets, lighting and hardware they will appreciate and keep up with inflation or exceed most other investments.</b> For this reason, becoming wealthy has very little to do with a higher education or having a lot of extra money. It is truly making wise decisions and a state of mind that allows for you to pay once for a good value and continue to grow wealth while enjoying living in your investment. Not to mention this type of investing has many other benefits, such as priceless family heirlooms that have meaning and the ability to pass on your legacy to future generations. </div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><b><div id="red16">Over Ninety Five Percent Of Furnishings Offered In America Today, </b></div><br/></center>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16"><b> The "Brand Name" Rip Off Of The American Consumer </b></div><br/></center>
<br /><center><div><br><b><div id="red14">Why Would Any One Pay 300% - 800% Mark Up For A Cheap Inferior Third World Made Furnishing? - When You Can Purchase Top American Made Quality For Less</b></div><br/></center>
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<br /><center><div><br><b><div id="red14">When You Purchase A Third World Product You Are Working Against The American Economy.</b></div><br/></center>
<br /><div><b> You are thus working against yourself and your future employment or the employment of the customers your business depends upon.</b> In addition, your choice works against employing American workers making quality American products as well as allowing these old brand name American profiteers to take advantage of the American consumer using these slight of hand tactics.</div>
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<br /><br><div id="red14"><b>It is the facts of the furniture and door industry as a whole for past eight to ten years as we are living it. Simply turn on any news channel and see the results in action.</b></div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red14"><b>In Nine Decades Scottsdale Art Factory Has Never Changed Its Policy of "Made In America By American Workers Using American Made Materials". </div><br/></b></div id="red14"></center>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16"><b>Conclusion: If your client is in the market for the best quality hand made in America solid wood doors or furniture or hand forged ornamental iron cabinet knobs, entrance door handles, entrance gates, iron fencing, iron furniture, hand forged lighting etc. commercial or residential</b></div id="red14"></div><br/></center>
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.artfactory.com | 480-483-0170 | 1-800-292-0008</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100685579302226767.post-34184802442533654162009-07-09T14:56:00.014-07:002009-07-10T08:29:52.102-07:00Understanding Leather Furniture<div><br><br><br><br><br><br><div id="red14">H. J. Nick And Scottsdale Art Factory LLC believe in fully educating our dealer representatives, potential customers and future master craftsman in the creative process. We also believe in full transparency and providing the correct information or sources that allows the facts about how each product is made to be evaluated <b>with out bias or sales hype. </b></div id="red16"></div> </br>
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<br /><div><br><div id="red14"><b> "In The Sharing Of Knowledge And Experience We Advance The Arts And Enrich Mankind's High Cultural Environment",</b> H. J. Nick </div id="red14"></br></br></div>
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<br /><div><br><b>Ezekiel,</b> from Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling; in an old joke, "very high culture". High culture is a term, now used in a number of different ways in academic discourse, whose most common meaning is the set of cultural products, mainly in the arts, artifacts and heirlooms held in the highest esteem by a culture or society.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br> <br><b>We provide this information derived from hundreds of years of collective knowledge of the facts as the experts of the worlds major universities, master craftsman and our own extensive experience conclude about wood working and joinery in relation to the creation of investment quality furniture, doors, Etc. </b></div> </br>
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<br /><div><br> <br><b>Much of this information is derived by the study of wood working and master crafting processes from the historical records all around tfv he world0. </b>We have developed relationships with some of the worlds leading architectural universities professors, students and best known experts in the study of lost arts and crafts of all types and cultures. These relationships have been nurtured in the hope of continuing our family tradition of promoting and teaching future master craftsman who will carry on the American Arts and Crafts Movement into the 21st century and beyond.</div></br>
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<br /><div><br><b> We offer use of our facility and the sharing of the experience of our master craftsman in return for these contributions when available.</b>Thus allowing for hands on experience training in the lost arts. We also allow use of our facility for project development in related fields under any accredited school program. Products produced in these programs are sold and proceeds are used to fund the advancement of these programs with no weight to profit.</br></div>
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<br /><div><br><b>We also offer the use of our facility for the advancement of environmental energy saving designs in connection with government funded Go Green development. These energy saving designs must be associated with our natural material, building projects such as doors/windows etc. without effecting the artistic value.</b> This is a not for profit program provided by SAF LLC in hope of advancing new technology in conjunction with arts and crafts as it relates to our contribution to the world of fine art craftsmanship. </br></div>
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<br /><div><br><div id="red12"><b>We invite corrections and additions to all of this information from qualified professionals, scholars and students from all architectural universities and related studies around the world. We strive to acquire all correct knowledge available related to this subject matter.</div id="red12"></b></br></div>
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<br /><center><div><br><br><div id="red14"><b>Through Fine Arts And Master Craftsmanship All Our Lives Are Elevated To A Higher Level</b></div id="red14"></div></center>
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<br /><div><br> <b>We believe through the arts all the lives we touch are elevated to a higher level. </b>Through creating these beautiful hand crafted furnishings we can help you create your dream environment as well as make it possible to pass to your heirs cherished family heirlooms and a little immortality. We believe all of our customers are intellectually sophisticated and understand the real value of creating and appreciating these family heirlooms.</div> </br>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red14"><b>Many Of Histories Finest Designs Have Been Copied By Modern Production Manufacturers </b></div id="red14"></div></center>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red14"><b>Navigating Through The Fake And Faux Can Be A Daunting Task In Todays Market Place </b></div id="red14"></div></center>
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<br /><div><br> <b>We understand how difficult it is in todays market place to determine the genuine article from the fake or faux.</b> For this reason we believe when presented with the true facts of how each product is made and the materials it is manufactured from, our customers have the ability to make informed decisions. Decisions that are best for them and their financial investment based upon these facts.<b> When you purchase a quality hand built family heirloom future antiquity, you are investing not wasting your money on a fake future yard sale item.</b></div> </br>
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<br /><div><br> <b>We believe you will also conclude from this information as we have experienced over our many years, </b>only by using the best natural materials and master handcrafting, can you achieve the creation of a family heirloom investment quality furnishing or door. The use of true solid timber, genuine stones, top grain leathers, fine fabrics, and solid wrought iron in the hands of master craftsmen will never be replaced with modern methods of mass production.</div> </br>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red20"><b> Understanding Leather. </b></div></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>Leather is a material created through the tanning of hides and skins of animals, primarily cattle-hide.</b> The tanning process converts the putrescible skin into a durable, long-lasting and versatile natural material for various uses. Together with wood, leather formed the basis of much ancient technology. The leather industry and the fur industry are distinct industries that are differentiated by the importance of their raw materials. In the leather industry the raw materials are by-products of the meat industry, with the meat having higher value than the skin. </div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>There are a number of processes whereby the skin of an animal can be formed into a supple, strong material commonly called leather.</b></div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Vegetable-tanned leather is tanned using tannin and other ingredients found in vegetable matter, tree bark, and other such sources.</b> It is supple and brown in color, with the exact shade depending on the mix of chemicals and the color of the skin. It is the only form of leather suitable for use in leather carving or stamping. Vegetable-tanned leather is not stable in water; it tends to discolor, and if left to soak and then dry it will shrink and become less supple and harder. In hot water, it will shrink drastically and partly gelatinize, becoming rigid and eventually brittle. Boiled leather is an example of this where the leather has been hardened by being immersed in hot water, or in boiled wax or similar substances. Historically, it was occasionally used as armor after hardening, and it has also been used for book binding.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Chrome-tanned leather, invented in 1858, is tanned using chromium sulfate and other salts of chromium.</b> It is more supple and pliable than vegetable-tanned leather, and does not discolor or lose shape as drastically in water as vegetable-tanned. It is also known as wet-blue for its color derived from the chromium. More esoteric colors are possible using chrome tanning.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Aldehyde-tanned leather is tanned using glutaraldehyde or oxazolidine compounds. </b>This is the leather that most tanners refer to as wet-white leather due to its pale cream or white color. It is the main type of "chrome-free" leather, often seen in shoes for infants, and automobiles. <b>Formaldehyde tanning (being phased out due to its danger to workers and the sensitivity of many people to formaldehyde)</b> is another method of aldehyde tanning. </div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Brain-tanned leathers fall into this category and are exceptionally water absorbent.</b> Brain tanned leathers are made by a labor-intensive process which uses emulsified oils, often those of animal brains. They are known for their exceptional softness and their ability to be washed. Chamois leather also falls into the category of aldehyde tanning and like brain tanning produces a highly water absorbent leather. Chamois leather is made by using oils (traditionally cod oil) that oxidize easily to produce the aldehydes that tan the leather to make the fabric the color it is.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Synthetic-tanned leather is tanned using aromatic polymers such as the Novolac or Neradol types.</b> This leather is white in color and was invented when vegetable tannins were in short supply, i.e. during the Second World War. Melamine and other amino-functional resins fall into this category as well and they provide the filling that modern leathers often require. Urea-formaldehyde resins were also used in this tanning method until dissatisfaction about the formation of free formaldehyde was realized.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Alum-tanned leather is tanned using aluminum salts mixed with a variety of binders and protein sources, such as flour, egg yolk, etc.</b> Purists argue that alum-tanned leather is technically "tawed" and not tanned, as the resulting material will rot in water. Very light shades of leather are possible using this process, but the resulting material is not as supple as vegetable-tanned leather.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Rawhide is made by scraping the skin thin, soaking it in lime, and then stretching it while it dries. Like alum-tanning, rawhide is not technically "leather", but is usually lumped in with the other forms.</b> Rawhide is stiffer and more brittle than other forms of leather, and is primarily found in uses such as drum heads where it does not need to flex significantly; it is also cut up into cords for use in lacing or stitching, or for making many varieties of dog chews.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Leather—usually vegetable-tanned leather—can be oiled to improve its water resistance. </b>This supplements the natural oils remaining in the leather itself, which can be washed out through repeated exposure to water. Frequent oiling of leather, with mink oil, neatsfoot oil or a similar material, keeps it supple and improves its life-span dramatically.
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16"><b>#1 The Best- Full-Grain Top-Grain Leather </b></div></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>Full-grain leather or top-grain refers to the upper section of a hide that previously contained the epidermis and hair.</b> The hair and the epidermis have been removed from the hide/skin. Full-grain refers to hides that have not been sanded, buffed or snuffed (otherwise known as Corrected) in order to remove imperfections (or natural marks) on the surface of the hide, although is never perfect. The grain remains in its natural state which will allow the best fiber strength, resulting in greater durability.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b> The natural grain also has natural breathability, resulting in greater comfort for clothing. Rather than wearing out, it will develop a natural patina and change in its appearance over time with some cracking and splitting.</b> The finest leather furniture and footwear are made from full-grain leather. For these reasons only the best raw hide are used in order to create full-grain or top-grain leather. Full grain leathers can mainly be bought as two finish types: aniline and semi-aniline.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Corrected-grain leather is any top-grain leather that has had its surfaces sanded, buffed or snuffed in order to remove any imperfection on the surface due to insect bites, healed scars or brands.</b> Top-grain leather is often wrongly referred to as corrected-grain. Although corrected-grain leather is made from top-grain, as soon as the surface is corrected in any way, the leather is no longer referred to as top-grain leather. The hides used to create corrected leather are hides of inferior quality that do not meet the high standards for use in creating aniline or semi-aniline leather. The imperfections are corrected and an artificial grain applied. Most corrected-grain leather is used to make pigmented leather as the solid pigment helps hide the corrections or imperfections. Corrected grain leathers can mainly be bought as two finish types: semi-aniline and pigmented.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Split leather is leather created from the fibrous part of the hide left once the top-grain of the rawhide has been separated from the hide. During the splitting operation, the grain and drop split are separated.</b> The drop split can be further split (thickness allowing) into a middle split and a flesh split. In very thick hides, the middle split can be separated into multiple layers until the thickness prevents further splitting. <b>Split leather then has an artificial layer applied to the surface of the split and is embossed with a leather grain ( Bycast leather ).</b></div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red14"><b>Most Production Sofas Found In Retail Stores "No Matter The Brand Name" Use Substandard Materials Such As Polished Under Belly Sub-straight Hides Or Faux Man Made Materials.</b></div></center>
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<br /><div><br><b> The Unconscionable Use Of Polished Under Belly Sub-straight Hides Or Faux Man Made Materials Are Being Passed Off As Quality Leather In The Name Of Big Profits.</b>These big brand name American companies are using just enough sub standard leather to be able to call the material leather or a variety of leather sounding names. Most of the non touchable parts are faux materials such as Nagahide, Pleather ("plastic leather") slang term for synthetic leather, Vegan Leather, Leatherette, Kydex, Birkibuc, Lorica, or Ocean leather. This type of construction will never stand the test of time.</b></div>
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<br /><div><br><b> Splits are also used to create suede and re-polished leather. The strongest suedes are usually made from grain splits (that have the grain completely removed) or from the flesh split that has been shaved to the correct thickness.</b> Suede is "fuzzy" on both sides. Manufacturers use a variety of techniques to make suede from full-grain. <b>For example, in one operation, leather finish is applied to one side of the suede, which is then pressed through rollers; these flatten and even out one side of the material, giving it the smooth appearance of full-grain.</b> Latigo is one of the trade names for this product. A reversed suede is a grained leather that has been designed into the leather article with the grain facing away from the visible surface. It is not a true form of suede or leather and will not wear well or last over time.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Most Production Sofas Will Break Down If Set In The Same Spot Over And Over </b> most production sofas are built for appearance and only copy the worlds best designs using sub standard materials with little regard for structure, usually resulting in a <b>swallow you up effect and a break down in cushion and frame structure if set in repeatedly in the same place.</b> As the sofa breaks down you work harder to remove yourself. Not only is this type of sofa unattractive-and not a good investment it is uncomfortable. Properly built sofas will stand the test of time and deliver comfort every time as well as durability.</b></div></br>
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<br /><center><div><br><br><br><h1> Understanding Artificial Leather Used As Upholstery Fabric. </h1></div>
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<br /><div><br><b>Artificial leather is a fabric or finish intended to substitute for leather in fields such as upholstery, clothing and fabrics, and other uses where a leather-like finish is required but the actual material is cost-prohibitive or unsuitable.</b> Under the name of artificial leather, (not to be confused with the more modern Pleather) or of American leather cloth, large quantities of a material having, more or less, a leather-like surface were once used, principally for upholstery purposes, such as the covering of chairs, lining the tops of writing desks and tables, and so on.</div><br/>
<br /><div><br><b>There was considerable diversity in the preparation of such materials. A common variety consists of a web of calico coated with boiled linseed oil mixed with dryers and lampblack or other pigment.</b> Several coats of this mixture were uniformly spread, smoothed and compressed on the cotton surface by passing it between metal rollers, and when the surface was required to possess a glossy enamel-like appearance, it received a finishing coat of copal varnish. A grained morocco surface was given to the material by passing it between suitably embossed rollers.
<br />Preparations of this kind have a close affinity to cloth waterproofed with rubber, and to such manufactures as ordinary waxcloth. An artificial leather which was patented and proposed for use as soles for boots, etc., was composed of powdered scraps and cuttings of leather mixed with solution of guttapercha dried and compressed. In place of the guttapercha solution, oxidized linseed oil or dissolved resin could be used as the binding medium for the leather powder.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Synthetic leathers, at times made from plastics, are often used in clothing and fabrics. Artificial leather is marketed under many brands, including "leatherette," "faux leather," "patent leather," "Naugahyde" and "pleather".
<br />Plastic leather</b> The term pleather ("plastic leather") is a slang term for synthetic leather made out of plastic. A portmanteau of plastic and leather, the term can be either descriptive or derogatory, depending upon the user. Pleather is often used as an inexpensive substitute for leather (the derogatory meaning implies use as a substitute for genuine animal hide to cut costs). Pleather, being made of plastic, will not decompose as quickly and is not green planet friendly.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Not all pleathers are the same. Polyurethane is washable, can be dry-cleaned and allows some air to flow through the garment.</b> PVC pleather in contrast does not "breathe" and is difficult to clean. PVC cannot be dry-cleaned because the cleaning solvents can make the PVC unbearably stiff. Vegan Leather is an artificial alternative to traditional leather. It may be chosen for ethical reasons or as a designed material which may have different properties but a similar look to the natural material.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Poromeric Imitation Leather Sometimes referred to as poromerics, poromeric imitation leathers are a group of synthetic 'breathable' leather substitutes made from a plastic coating (usually a polyurethane) on a fibrous base layer (typically a polyester).</b> The term poromeric was coined by DuPont as a derivative of the terms microporous and polymeric. The first poromeric material was DuPont's ill-fated Corfam introduced in 1963 at the Chicago Shoe Show. Newer poromerics include Clarino made by Kuraray Co. of Japan. Corfam was the centerpiece of the DuPont pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair in New York City. Its major advantages over natural leather were its durability and its high gloss finish that could be easily cleaned with a damp cloth. <b>Its disadvantages were its stiffness which did not lessen with wearing and its relative lack of breathability.</b> DuPont manufactured Corfam at its plant in Old Hickory, Tennessee, from 1964 to 1971. After spending millions of dollars marketing the product to shoe manufacturers, DuPont withdrew Corfam from the market in 1971 and sold the rights to a company in Poland. Corfam is mainly remembered as a textbook marketing disaster.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Corfam is still used today in some products, an example being certain types of equestrian saddle girth. </b>Corfam shoes are still very popular in the military and other uniformed professions where shiny shoes are an asset.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Koskin is an artificial leather material commonly found in computer laptop cases.</b> It is commonly used in Hewlett-Packard, Targus and Belkin laptop cases, CD wallets, and other consumer goods. It is made to look and feel like authentic leather. In Swedish, koskinn means cow's skin (ko means cow, skinn means skin), often causing much confusion for consumers.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Leatherette is a form of artificial leather, usually made by covering a fabric base with plastic. </b>The fabric can be made of a natural or a synthetic fibre which is then covered with a soft PVC layer. Leatherette bound books and 20th century cameras are good examples of leatherette. Leatherette clothing of various kinds (including lingeries) also exist. <b>A disadvantage of plastic "leatherette" is that it is not porous and does not allow air to pass through it, thus sweat can accumulate if it is used for clothing, car seat coverings, etc.</b> However, one of its primary advantages, especially in cars, is that it requires little maintenance in comparison to leather and does not crack or fade as easily. During a fire, leatherette may cause additional serious skin damage because it not only burns more vigorously than leather, but can also melt.</div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16"><b>Conclusion : There Is No Substitute For Top Grain Leather If Your Expecting Quality </b></div></center>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16"><b>The Frame Is Equally Important </b></div></center>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red14"><b> The Limited Warrantees Tell The Facts</b></div></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>Many mass production manufacturers have veneered and engineered cored all of the premium lengths of lumber using inferior materials to keep profits up.</b> Always keep in mind that if it is a veneer or "engineered" it usually means that they are using less material and trying to make it seem like more. You should always keep in mind every manufacturer fully understands the quality and life expectancy of their products.<b> The expected result is usually reflected in their limited warrantee. This built in obsolesce is intended and most warrantees are written in the hopes they will never be read or fully understood until after expiration.</b></div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red14"><b>The Use of Exotic Wood Sounding Names Can Be Very Misleading </b></div></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>Many companies make this statement: using a exotic sounding names along with mahogany, oak, walnut, teak, rose wood etc. to name a few woods used to manufacture our premier selection of solid wood furniture or doors etc. <b> What they really mean is blocks of wood spaced inside and glued together by machine to make a long board, particle board or a exotic wood thin veneered surface over particle board. </div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red14"><b>Using Pieces And Veneers Are Not Solid Wood Furnishings Or Solid Hard Wood Frames.</b></div></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>This cheap cost of product production is not only arrived at because of cheap labor it also is the result of total disregard for the quality of materials with little or no guide lines for safety or cleanliness as well as the ecology of our planet.</b> Not to mention the sub-standard human working conditions in these third world unregulated labor nations.</div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red14"><b>Cheap Third World Labor With No Guide Lines For Safety Or Cleanliness</b></div></center>
<br /><div><br><b></b> Also it means bug infestation certificates are necessary, however getting these certificates are almost never in-forced. <b>The result these imported woods, particle boards, and frames are infected with bug infestation as stated on this government web site.</b>
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<br /><center><div><br><div class="cmBody"><div class="left1"><a style="font-size:15px;color:blue;font-weight:normal;" href="http://www.fcla.edu/FlaEnt/fe89p102.pdf">Bug Infestation Information Facts: </a> Important details that you should know before you purchase woods, particle boards, and frame imports- Florida Entomologist
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<br /><center><div><br><div class="cmBody"><div class="left1"><a style="font-size:15px;color:blue;font-weight:normal;" href="http://sites.securemgr.com/folder9374/index.cfm?id=39715n=browse&pageid=53">Bug Infestation Information Facts: </a> Important details that you should know before you purchase woods, particle boards, and frame imports</center></div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Marrakesh Tannery Worker Removing Fat By Hand (processing your imported leather) </div><br/></b>
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<br /><div><br><b>To work in a tannery in Marrakech is to work under some of the harshest working conditions there are.</b> Not only are the workers exposed to the blazing sun, but they are soaked in blood, animal bodily fluids and parts, pigeon poo, and get paid some of the lowest wages on the planet. This is one of hundreds of tanneries that work the same around the world.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>The ancient Moroccan tannery tradition. </b>Legend has it that the tanners are descended from demons who lived under a black king. As they didn't obey his rules, they were condemned to work in the tanneries. </div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Marrakesh Tannery Pits (processing your imported leather) </div><br/></b>
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<br /><div><br><b> Hundreds of concrete vats are used to process animal skins which are bought locally in the souks.</b> The skins (mainly sheep, cow, goat and camel are sometimes used - lions are no longer used as they were hunted to extinction in the region around 1900) are treated far differently to the way leather is treated in America as the process clings to its ancient traditions. </div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Hair and flesh are removed by soaking the skins in quicklime</b> (Calcium Oxide formed when limestone - calcium carbonate - decomposes) and water. After this, the skins are placed in a vat of water and blood, then separated and rung out, before being coloured using a few natural products: Pomegranate for yellow, olive oil for shininess, bark for various colours, presumably brown, saffron for golden yellow, Henna for red/orange, poppy for many other colours including white, pink, yellow, orange, red and blue.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>The skins are stretched out and left to dry for over 20 days in little piles that look rancid.</b> Pigeon poo is used to soften the leather. Pigeon poo has actually been reported to be quite dangerous, with people almost dying after ingesting it. The poo adds to the smell of the pits. </div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>If you want to be a tanner, you need to be born into it,</b> and only men are allowed. Many suffer from arthritis and are forced into an early retirement. And it has been reported that in Bangladesh, half a million people are at risk of serious health issues due to their tanneries emitting toxic chemicals such as sulphuric acid in to the rivers. </div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Even In 1866 Americans run a clean leather processing operation - here are some photos to compare to todays foreign leather tanners.</div><br/></b>
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<br /><div><br><b>It was in 1866 when Maurice M. Schultz erected the Wilcox Tanning Company in Wilcox between the West Branch of the Clarion River and railroad. </div><br/></b>
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<br /><div><br><b>The tannery is said to have employed up to 300 men an additional 400 men to peel bark from the hemlock. </b> As part of the tanning process hemlock bark was required in great quantities. The bark contains valuable chemicals, such as tannin, used to tan the hides. The plant had 13 boilers powered by gas wells located at the site. 732 vats, seven (7) feet wide, nine (9) feet long and five and a half (5 1/2) feet deep were encompassed within the facility, making it the largest leather tanning facility in the world.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>The first stage is the preparation for tanning.</b> The second stage is the actual tanning and other chemical treatment. The third stage, known as retanning, applies retanning agents and dyes to the material to provide the physical strength and properties desired depending on the end product. The fourth and final stage, known as finishing, is used to apply finishing material to the surface or finish the surface without the application of any chemicals if so desired.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Preparing hides begins by curing them with salt.</b> Curing is employed to prevent putrifaction of the protein substance (collagen) from bacterial infection during the time lag that might occur from procuring the hide to when it is processed. Curing removes excess water from the hides and skins using a difference in osmotic pressure. The moisture content of hides and skins get greatly reduced. In wet-salting, the hides are heavily salted, then pressed into packs for about 30 days. In brine-curing the hides are agitated in a salt water bath for about 16 hours. Generally speaking, methods employed for curing greatly make the chance of bacterial growth unfavorable. Curing can also be done by preserving the hides and skins at a very low temperature.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>The hides are then soaked in clean water to remove the salt and mainly to bring back the moisture content to a desirable level so that the hide or skin can be treated with chemicals in an aqueous medium.</b> This process is known as "soaking" and sometimes a hydrating agent is also employed along with water in a very low percentage for hides and skins which have become very dry.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>After soaking, the soaked hides and skins are taken for the next operation where these are treated with milk of lime with or without the addition of sharpening agents like sulfide,</b> cyanides, amines etc. The objective of this operation are mainly to:
<br />Remove the hairs, nails and other keratinous matters
<br />Remove some of the interfibrillary soluble proteins like mucins
<br />Swell up and split up the fibers to the desired extent
<br />Remove the natural grease and fats to some extent
<br />Bring the collagen to a proper condition for satisfactory tannage</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>The weakening of hair is dependent on the breakdown of the disulfide link of the amino acid called cystine,</b> which is the characteristic of the keratin class of protein like hair and wools. The hydrogen atoms supplied by the sharpening agent reduce the cystine molecule to cystine and the covalent links are ruptured.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>The majority of hair is then removed using a machine,</b> with remaining hair being removed by hand using a dull knife, a process known as scudding. Depending on the end use of the leather, hides may be treated with enzymes to soften them in a process called "bating." But before bating, the pH of the collagen is brought down to a lower level so that enzymes might act on it. This process is known as "deliming." Once bating is complete, the hides and skins are treated with a mixture of common salt and Sulphuric acid in case a mineral tanning is to be done. This is done to bring down the pH of collagen to a very low level so as to facilitate the penetration of mineral tanning agent into the substance.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b> This process is known as "Pickling." </b>The common salt penetrates the substance twice as fast as the acid and checks the ill effect of sudden drop of pH.
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<br /><div><br><b> Two men pressing the leather near the end of the tanning process in an American tannery. </div><br/></b>
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<br /><div><br><b>This Is The Facts And The Photos Tell The Untold Story Behind Gloss And Glimmer Of Foreign Made Leather Products In American Showrooms Everywere.</div><br/></b>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16">Its Always your Choice - Buy American And Insure Your Economic Future</b></div></center>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16">Understanding True Quality Makes All The Difference</b></div></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>When you purchase investment quality furnishings, doors, gates, cabinets, lighting and hardware they will appreciate and keep up with inflation or exceed most other investments.</b> For this reason, becoming wealthy has very little to do with a higher education or having a lot of extra money. It is truly making wise decisions and a state of mind that allows for you to pay once for a good value and continue to grow wealth while enjoying living in your investment. Not to mention this type of investing has many other benefits, such as priceless family heirlooms that have meaning and the ability to pass on your legacy to future generations. </div></br>
<br /><center><div><br><div class="left1"><a style="font-size:16px;color:blue;font-weight:normal;"href="http://www.artfactory.com/page.html?chapter=10&id=39">Why The Rich Get Richer </a></br></br></div></center>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16">Over Ninety Five Percent Of Furnishings Offered In America Today, </b></div></center>
<br /><center><div><div id="red16">" No Matter The Brand Name" </b></div></center>
<br /><center><div><div id="red16"> Are Foreign Made For Profit Only</b></div></br></br></br></br></center>
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<br /><center><div><br><br><div id="red16"><b> The "Brand Name" Rip Off Of The American Consumer </b></div></center>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red14">Why Would Any One Pay 300% - 800% Mark Up For A Cheap Inferior Third World Made Furnishing? - When You Can Purchase Top American Made Quality For Less</b></br></br></br></br></div></center>
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<br /><center><div><br><br><br><div id="red18"> It's A Simple Fact</div></b></br></center>
<br /><center><div><br><div id="red14">When You Purchase A Third World Product You Are Working Against The American Economy.</b></div></center>
<br /><div><b> You are thus working against yourself and your future employment or the employment of the customers your business depends upon.</b> In addition, your choice works against employing American workers making quality American products as well as allowing these old brand name American profiteers to take advantage of the American consumer using these slight of hand tactics.</div></br></br></br>
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<br /><div><div id="red14"><b>It is the facts of the furniture and door industry as a whole for past eight to ten years as we are living it. Simply turn on any news channel and see the results in action.</b></div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red14"><b>In Nine Decades Scottsdale Art Factory Has Never Changed Its Policy of "Made In America By American Workers Using American Made Materials". </b></div></center>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16"><b>Conclusion: If your client is in the market for the best quality hand made in America solid wood doors or furniture or hand forged ornamental iron cabinet knobs, entrance door handles, entrance gates, iron fencing, iron furniture, hand forged lighting etc. commercial or residential</b></div id="red14"></div></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>We believe through the arts all the lives we touch are elevated to a higher level. </b>Through creating these beautiful hand crafted furnishings we can help you create your dream environment as well as make it possible to pass to your heirs cherished family heirlooms and a little immortality. We believe all of our customers are intellectually sophisticated and understand the real value of creating and appreciating these family heirlooms.</div></br>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red14"><b>Many Of Histories Finest Designs Have Been Copied By Modern Production Manufacturers </b></div id="red14"></div><br/></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>We understand how difficult it is in todays market place to determine the genuine article from the fake or faux.</b> For this reason we believe when presented with the true facts of how each product is made and the materials it is manufactured from, our customers have the ability to make informed decisions. Decisions that are best for them and their financial investment based upon these facts.<b> When you purchase a quality hand built family heirloom future antiquity, you are investing not wasting your money on a fake future yard sale item.</b></div></br>
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<br /><div><br><b>We believe you will also conclude from this information as we have experienced over our many years, </b>only by using the best natural materials and master handcrafting, can you achieve the creation of a family heirloom investment quality furnishing or door. The use of true solid timber, genuine stones, top grain leathers, fine fabrics, and solid wrought iron in the hands of master craftsmen will never be replaced with modern methods of mass production.</div> <br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red14"><b>Natural Materials & Master Craftsmanship Cannot Be Replaced By Mass Production Methods</b></div id="red14"></div><br/></center>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16"><b>"We Still Hand Build To Investment Quality Like They Used To" </b></div id="red16"></div><br/></center>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16"><b>The Joinery, Material And Craftsmanship Determine Quality</b></div id="red16"></div><br/></center>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16"><b>Although Many Doors Appear To Be Quality, Don't Be Fooled By Pretty Door Photos, </b></div id="red16"></div><br/></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>Note: Warp-Resistant Engineered Core</b> usually translates into; "How can we use paste board and veneered materials and make them sound better than the tried and tested solid wood doors?" </div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Just another way of trying to make a negative into a positive sales tool.</b> There is no substitution for hand hewn, pegged and doweled solid full length timber construction, which is built to stand the test of time.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Many manufacturers have veneered the surface and cored the center all of the premium long lengths of lumber just to keep the cost of materials down and the profits up.</b> Always keep in mind that if it is a veneer or "engineered" it usually means that they are using less quality materials while trying to make it appear and sound better.<b> The expected result is usually reflected in the limited warrantee and is never positive.</b></div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16"><b>This Laminated Method Of Exterior Door Building Will Never Stand The Test of Time </b></div id="red16"></div><br/></center>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16"><b>Laminated Always Means - "Until The Glue Gives Up"</b></div id="red16"> </div><br/></center>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red20"><b>Lets Examine Imported Mahogany Doors And Furniture </b></div id="red20"> </div></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>For Example: Many companies make this statement: </b> Honduran or Brazilian Mahogany wood is used to manufacture our premier selection of "Solid Entry Doors Or Furniture". </div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b> Simply Omitting Some Important Negative Facts.</b> These doors are made up of scarf joints <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iCNsEh1qSdk/SkVCKwhFh1I/AAAAAAAAAKs/eEC8GvXhsZU/s1600-h/scarf.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 83px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iCNsEh1qSdk/SkVCKwhFh1I/AAAAAAAAAKs/eEC8GvXhsZU/s200/scarf.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351756484789503826" /></a> and splice joints and glue in order to use scrap materials to make long lumber. The joints are then sanded filled and finished to hide the joints. Sometimes shorter sections of wood inside the door are used to make a frame, and then particle board and a thin mahogany veneered surface is added by a laminating machine. </div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>The plain scarf is not preferred when strength is required, so it is often used in decorative situations, such as the application of trim or moulding.</b> The use of modern high-strength adhesives can greatly increase the structural performance of a plain scarf. However when used in exterior products such as doors this method is never used by top quality door builders. The scarf is a method of using scrap pieces of wood to make long lumber. The end results are never positive.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Scarf joints and splice joints are used when longer premium lumber is not available or scrap is being used.</div><br/></b>
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<br /><div><br><b>The Doors Shown Below Are Created by Gluing Together Scrap Pieces Of Mahogany Using a Method Known As Scarf Joinery, Combined With CNC Machine Carving And A Hollow Tube Cold Bent Metal Faux Painted Grill. </b></div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>The scarf joint in woodworking, there are two distinctly different categories of scarf, based on whether the joint has interlocking faces or not.</b> A plain scarf is simply two flat planes meeting on an angle relative to the axis of the stock being joined, and depends entirely on adhesive and/or mechanical fastening (screws, bolts, etc.) for all strength. Structured scarf joint includes hooked, keyed, and nibbed scarfs and are some of the many example of interlocking scarfs, offering varying degrees of tensile and compressive strength, though most still depend on mechanical fastening to keep the joint closed.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>A splice joint is a method of joining two members end to end in woodworking.</b> The splice joint is used when the material being joined is not available in the length required. It is an alternative to other joints such as the butt joint and the scarf joint. Splice joints are stronger than unreinforced butt joints and have the potential to be stronger than a scarf joint. They are more visible than a scarf joint but may be preferred when more strength is required.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Splices are therefore most often used when structural elements are required in longer lengths than the available material.</b> The most common form of the splice joint is the half lap splice, which is common in building construction, where it is used to join shorter lengths of timber into longer beams. The splice joint should never be used in quality furniture or door building.</div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red20"><b> There Are Many More Government Reports On Foreign Imports </b></div id="red20"></div><br/></center>
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<br /><center><div><br><div class="cmBody"><div class="left1"><a style="font-size:14px;color:blue;font-weight:normal;" href="http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/nicksbuildingcom-c7344.html"> Customer Mahogany Door Complaints </a> Important details that you should know before you purchase wood imports</center></div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div class="cmBody"><div class="left1"><a style="font-size:14px;color:blue;font-weight:normal;" href="http://www.illegal-logging.info/uploads/eia_no_questions_asked.pdf">Illegal logging and associated trade and criminal activities supported by U.S. demand effecting planets environment </a> Important details that you should know before you purchase wood imports.</center></div><br/>
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<br /><div><br>Source info: EIA US Office P.O. Box 53343 Washington, DC 20009 United States of America info@eia-global.org Tel +1 202 483 6621 Fax +1 202 986 8626 www.eia-global.org</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b> Also using this illegal foreign wood it could also mean bug infestation</b> certificates of origin as well as de-infestation and are required on all imported woods due to the likely hood of bug infestation such as bed bugs. Click this link below for wood imports- Florida Entomologist report.</div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div class="cmBody"><div class="left1"><a style="font-size:14px;color:blue;font-weight:normal;" href="http://www.fcla.edu/FlaEnt/fe89p102.pdf">University of Florida, IFAS, Fort Lauderdale Research & Education Center 3205 College Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314 Bug Infestation Information Facts: </a> Important details that you should know before you purchase wood imports- Florida Entomologist 89(1) Report </center></div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div class="cmBody"><div class="left1"><a style="font-size:14px;color:blue;font-weight:normal;" href="http://sites.securemgr.com/folder9374/index.cfm?id=39715&fuseaction=browse&pageid=53"> More Bug Infestation Information Facts: </a> Important details that you should know before you purchase wood imports</center></div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red18">All Scottsdale Door Factory Doors Are Solid Full Length American Grown Timber </div id="red18"> (not scarf joined or paste board and veneer) and hand built in America by master craftsmen to stand the test of time.</div><br/></center>
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<br /><center><div><br><b><div id="red20">Door Terminology </div id="red20"></b> in simple terms that everyone can understand. These diagrams are aids so that you may educate yourself and your client on door terminology. Many furniture and cabinet terms are also similar </div></br></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>Mortise and tenon, simple and strong- The mortise and tenon joint has been used for thousands of years by woodworkers around the world to join pieces of wood, usually when the pieces are at an angle close to 90°. </b>Although there are many variations on the theme, the basic idea is that the end of one of the members is inserted into a hole cut in the other member. The end of the first member is called the tenon, and it is usually narrowed with respect to the rest of the piece. The hole in the second member is called the mortise. The joint may be glued, pinned, or wedged to lock it in place. This joint is also used with other materials and, for example, is a traditional method for Stonemasons and Blacksmiths.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>A mortise is a cavity cut into a timber to receive a tenon.</b> There are several kinds of mortises.</div><br/>
<br /><div><br><b>Open mortise</b> - A mortise that has only three sides. (See Bridle joint).</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Stub mortise or "suicide" joint</b> - A shallow mortise, depth depends on the size of the timber; also a mortise that does not go through the work-piece (as opposed to a "through mortise"). the back is wider, or taller, than the front, or opening. The space for the wedge initially allows room for the tenon to be inserted, the presence of the wedge, after the tenon has been engaged, prevents its withdrawal. Sometimes called a "suicide" joint - since it is strictly a "one way trip".</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Through wedged half-dovetail </b>- A wedged half-dovetail mortise that passes entirely through the piece.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>A tenon is a projection on the end of a timber for insertion into a mortise. </b>Usually the tenon is taller than it is wide. There are several kinds of tenons.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Stub tenon </b>- A short tenon; depth depends on the size of the timber; also a tenon that is shorter than the width of the mortised piece so the tenon does not show (as opposed to a "through tenon").</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Tusk tenon </b>- A kind of mortise and tenon joint that uses a wedge-shaped key to hold the joint together.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br> <b>Through tenon</b> - A tenon that passes entirely through the piece of wood it is inserted into, being clearly visible on the back side.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Teasel tenon</b> - A term used for the tenon on top of a jowled or gunstock post, which is typically received by the mortise in the underside of a tie beam. A common element of the English tying joint.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Top tenon </b>- The tenon that occurs on top of a post.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Feather tenon </b>- A round-shouldered machined fillet or feather which is glued into a machine (router) made slot or mortise on each side of the joint.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Generally the size of the mortise and tenon is related to the thickness of the timbers.</b> It is considered good practice to proportion the tenon as 1/3rd the thickness of the rail, or as close to this as is practical. The haunch, the cut away part of a sash corner joint that prevents the tenon coming loose, is one third the length of the tenon and one sixth of the width of the tenon in its depth. The remaining two-thirds of the rail, the tenon shoulders help to counteract lateral forces that might tweak the tenon from the mortise, contributing to its strength. These also serve to hide imperfections in the opening of the mortise.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Mortis And tenon is an ancient joint and has been found joining the wooden planks of the "Khufu ship", a 43.6 m long vessel sealed into a pit in the Giza pyramid complex of the Fourth Dynasty around 2,500 BC. It has also been found in archeological sites in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. The 30 sarsen stones of Stonehenge were dressed and fashioned with mortise and tenon joints before they were erected between 2600 and 2400 B.C.</b></div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16"><b>Finger Joint - Box Joint - Comb Joint </b></div id="red16"></div><br/></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>The finger joint - (Also known as "box joint" or "comb joint") is made by cutting a set of complementary rectangular cuts in two pieces of wood, which are then glued.</b> To visualize a finger joint simply interlock the fingers of your hands at a ninety degree angle; hence the name "finger joint." It is stronger than a butt or lap joint, and often forms part of the overall look of the piece.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>The history of the finger joint is believed to have begun with wooden produce boxes or crates in the days before modern, man-made materials.</b> Finger joints were originally cut by hand with saws and sharp chisels. In modern times they are easily and quickly made with a table saw or router and a jig or fixture, which can be shop-made or purchased from a specialty woodworking supply store. A finger joint jig typically consists of a moving fence with an indexing pin that is used to evenly space out the cuts. The fence is moved over a cutting blade making a cut that is then moved over the indexing pin so the next cut can be made.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>The strength of a finger joint comes from the long-grain to long-grain contact between the fingers, which provides a solid gluing surface.</b> The number of contact points also allows for more gluing surface as opposed to a butt joint or a rabbet joint.</div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16"><b>The Dovetail Joint Pre Dates Written History As Shown On This Romanian Church</b></div id="red14"></div><br/></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>A dovetail joint or simply dovetail is a joint technique most commonly used in woodworking joinery.</b> Noted for its resistance to being pulled apart (tensile strength), the dovetail joint is commonly used to join for example the sides of a drawer to the front. A series of pins cut to extend from the end of one board interlock with a series of tails cut into the end of another board. The pins and tails have a trapezoidal shape. Once glued, a wooden dovetail joint requires no mechanical fasteners.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>The dovetail joint pre-dates written history.</b> Some of the earliest known examples of the dovetail joint are in furniture entombed with mummies dating from First Dynasty of ancient Egypt, as well the tombs of Chinese emperors. The dovetail design is an important method of distinguishing various periods of furniture.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br> <b>Dovetails can be cut by hand or by machines, often with an electric router and using one of a range of commercially available jigs or templates.</b> Although it is technically a straight forward process, hand-cutting dovetails requires a high degree of accuracy to ensure a snug fit and so can be difficult to master. The pins and tails must fit together with no gap between them so that the joint interlocks tightly with no movement. Thus the cutting of dovetails by hand is regarded as a mark of skill on the part of the craftsperson.</div> </br>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red14"><b>It Takes A Master Craftsman To Hand Cut Perfect Joints</b></div id="red14"></div><br/></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>The angle of slope varies according to the wood used.</b> Typically the slope is 1:6 for softwoods and a shallower 1:8 slope for hardwoods. Often a slope of 1:7 is used as a compromise - perhaps using a dovetail template for marking out.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>When being cut by hand, there are two schools of thought as to whether the pins or the tails should be cut first.</b> For pins first, the pins are laid out and cut by the chosen method, then the outline of the pins is transferred to the face of the tail board. For tails first, the tails are laid out and cut and then the outline is transferred to the end grain of the pin board. Each has advantages and it is a personal choice as to which is chosen.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Hand cut dovetails can often be distinguished from machine-cut dovetails by the width of the pins.</b> It is possible to have pins that are almost triangular when cut by hand that are not possible when cut with a router, owing to the thickness of the router bit's shank. These narrow pins are known as London Pins.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b> A through dovetail joint </b> (also known as plain dovetail) joint, where the end grain of both boards is visible when the joint is assembled. Through dovetails are common in carcass and box construction. Traditionally, the dovetails would have often be covered by a veneer. However, dovetails have become a signature of craftsmanship and are generally considered a feature, so they are rarely concealed in contemporary work.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>A half-blind dovetail is used when the craftsman does not wish end grain to be visible from the front of the item.</b> The tails are housed in sockets in the ends of the board that is to be the front of the item so that their ends cannot be seen. Half-blind dovetails are commonly used to fasten drawer fronts to drawer sides. This is an alternative to the practice of attaching false fronts to drawers constructed using through dovetails.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>The sliding dovetail is a method of joining two boards at right angles, where the intersection occurs within the field of one of the boards, that is not at the end.</b> This joint provides the interlocking strength of a dovetail. Sliding dovetails are assembled by sliding the tail into the socket. It is common to slightly taper the socket, making it slightly tighter towards the rear of the joint, so that the two components can be slid together easily but the joint becomes tighter as the finished position is reached.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>The full-blind dovetail obscures the mechanics of the joint altogether.</b> This variant is used in fine work when the craftsperson requires the strength of a dovetail but without the visual intrusion of the interlocking pins and tails. Two versions of this joint are the secret double-lapped dovetail and the full-blind mitered dovetail. The former presents a very thin section of end grain on one edge of the joint, whilst the latter does not. When used in drawer construction, a "full-blind dovetail" is known as a "French dovetail."</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Some of these ancient joints and has been found joining the wooden planks of the "Khufu ship", a 43.6 m long vessel sealed into a pit in the Giza pyramid complex of the Fourth Dynasty around 2,500 BC.</b> It has also been found in archeological sites in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. In traditional Chinese architecture, wood components such as beams, brackets, roof frames and struts were made to interlock with perfect fit, without using fasteners or glues, enabling the wood to expand and contract according to humidity. Archaeological evidence from Chinese sites show that by the end of the Neolithic, mortise and tenon joinery was employed in Chinese construction. The 30 sarsen stones of Stonehenge were dressed and fashioned with mortise and tenon joints before they were erected between 2600 and 2400 B.C.</div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16"><b>Butt Joint </b></div id="red16"></div><br/></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>A butt joint is a joinery technique in which two members are joined by simply butting them together. </b>The butt joint is the simplest joint to make since it merely involves cutting the members to the appropriate length and butting them together. It is also the weakest because unless some form of reinforcement is used (see below) it relies upon glue alone to hold it together. Because the orientation of the members usually present only end grain to long grain gluing surface, the resulting joint is inherently weak.</div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16"><b>Bridle Joint </b></div id="red16"></div><br/></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>A bridle joint is a woodworking joint, similar to a mortise and tenon, in that a tenon is cut on the end of one member and a mortise is cut into the other to accept it.</b> The distinguishing feature is that the tenon and the mortise are cut to the full width of the tenon member.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>The corner bridle joint (also known as a slot mortise and tenon) joins two members at their respective ends, forming a corner. </b>This form of the joint is commonly used to house a rail in uprights, such as legs. It provides good strength in compression and is fairly resistant to racking, although a mechanical fastener or pin is often required. The bridle joint is very popular in workbench construction.</div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16"><b>Butterfly Joint </b></div id="red16"></div><br/></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>A Butterfly joint is a type of joint used either to hold two or more wooden boards together or to keep two halves of a board that have already started to split from splitting further.</b> They may also be used to stabilize the core of a knothole, preventing it from dropping out over time. A butterfly joint resembles two dovetails connected at the narrow part. A negative of the hole is cut out of the board the butterfly will be placed in and the butterfly is then fitted, keeping the joint together. The wood used for the butterfly is usually a contrasting wood, often walnut.</div><br/><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iCNsEh1qSdk/SkVEAO_aaQI/AAAAAAAAALc/iMBCWDpvp_k/s1600-h/Butterfly.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 171px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iCNsEh1qSdk/SkVEAO_aaQI/AAAAAAAAALc/iMBCWDpvp_k/s200/Butterfly.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351758503014459650" /></a>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16"><b>Coping Or Scribing Joint </b></div id="red16"></div><br/></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>Coping or scribing is the woodworking technique of shaping the end of a moulding or frame component to fit the contours of an abutting member.</b> Most English speaking countries outside the US use the terms scribe and scribing. Coping is commonly used in the fitting of skirting and other moldings in a room. It allows for clean joints between intersecting members when walls are not square to each other. The other method of fitting these moldings that is commonly used is the mitre joint but this technique relies upon the walls being at 90° to each other for neat results. </div><br/>
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<br /><div><br> <b>Coping is only ever used for internal corners.</b> External corners are always mitered. The main reason that scribed joints are used is that timber shrinks in width far more than it does in length. By using a scribed joint rather than an internal mitre joint the effect of shrinkage is minimized. Also it is possible to arrange the scribed joints pointing away from the most common viewpoint (usually the doorway of a room) and so present the best appearance.</div></br>
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<br /></left><div><b>A scribed joint</b> (right end of sketch) is derived from an internal mitre cut (left end) by cutting along the inside face of the mitre cut at a right angle to the board, typically with a coping saw.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Coping is also commonly used in cabinet making for moldings and frame components.</b> The rails in frame and panel construction are commonly cope cut to fit the profile of the stiles. The technique is also common in the construction of doors and windows.</div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16"><b>Rail And Stile </b></div id="red16"></div><br/></center>
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<br /><div><br><b>Frame and panel construction (also called "rail and stile") is a woodworking technique often used in the making of doors, wainscoting, and other decorative features for cabinets, furniture, and homes.</b> The basic idea is to capture a 'floating' panel within a sturdy frame, as opposed to techniques like slab drawer fronts which are simply single pieces of material with exposed end-grains. Usually, the panel is not glued to the frame - it is left to 'float' within it so that seasonal movement of the wood comprising the panel does not distort the frame.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Frame and panel construction at its most basic consists of five members:</b> The panel and the four members which make up the frame. The vertical members of the frame are called stiles while the horizontal members are known as rails. A basic frame and panel item consists of a top rail, a bottom rail, two stiles, and a panel. This is a common method of constructing cabinet doors and these are often referred to as a five piece door.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>In larger panels it is common to divide the panel into one or more sections.</b> To house the extra panels, dividing pieces known as mid rails and mid stiles or muntins are added to the frame.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Pocket-Hole Joinery, Pocket-Screw Joinery, or Kreg Joinery involves drilling a hole at an angle into one work-piece, and then joining it to a second work-piece with a self-tapping screw. </b>The technique, in addition to doweling, has its roots in ancient Egypt. Egyptians clamped two work-pieces together and bored a hole at an angle from the outside work-piece into the second work-piece. They then inserted a dowel with glue, and cut it off flush with the outermost surface.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>A rabbet (also known as rebate) is a recess or groove cut into the edge of a piece of machinable material, usually wood. When viewed in cross-section, a rabbet is two-sided and open to the edge or end of the surface into which it is cut.</b> The spelling rabbet is probably a derivation of rebate, the latter being more common outside of North America. An example of the use of a rabbet is in a glazing bar where it makes provision for the insertion of the pane of glass and putty. It may also accommodate the edge of the back panel of a cabinet. It is also used in door and casement window jambs.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Tongue and groove joint </b>A strong joint, the tongue and groove joint is widely used for re-entrant angles. The effect of wood shrinkage is concealed when the joint is beaded or otherwise moulded. In expensive cabinet work, glued dovetail and multiple tongue and groove are used. Tongue and groove or T&G is a method of fitting similar objects together, edge to edge, used mainly with wood: flooring, parquetry, panelling, and similar constructions. Tongue and groove joints allow two flat pieces to be joined strongly together to make a single flat surface. Before plywood became common, tongue and groove boards were also used for sheathing buildings and to construct concrete formwork.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Solid parquet boards with tongues on the right sides of the boards and grooves on the left sides. Grooves are also visible on the near ends; the far ends are tongued.</div><br/></b>
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<br /><div><br><b>Each piece has a slot (the groove) cut all along one edge, and a thin, deep ridge (the tongue) on the opposite edge.</b> The tongue projects a little less than the groove is deep. Two or more pieces thus fit together closely. The joint is not normally glued, as shrinkage would then pull the tongue off. For many uses, tongue and groove boards have been rendered obsolete by the introduction of plywood and later composite wood boards, <b>but the method is still used in good-quality flooring.</b> Plywood may also be tongued all round to fit it flush into a framed structure, and plywood for sub-floors used in platform framing is often supplied with tongue and groove edges.When joining thicker materials, several tongue and groove joints may be used one above the other.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>A dado (US and Canada), housing (UK) or trench (Europe) is a slot or trench cut into the surface of a piece of machinable material, usually wood.</b> When viewed in cross-section, a dado has three sides. A dado is cut across, or perpendicular to, the grain and is thus differentiated from a groove which is cut with, or parallel to, the grain. A dado may be through, meaning that it passes all the way through the surface and its ends are open, or stopped, meaning that one or both of the ends finish before the dado meets the edge of the surface.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Dougong (simplified Chinese: 斗拱; traditional Chinese: 斗拱; pinyin: dǒugǒng) is a unique structural element of interlocking wooden brackets, one of the most important elements in traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian and Singaporian architecture.</b> The use of dougong first appeared in buildings of the late centuries BC and evolved into a structural network that joined pillars and columns to the frame of the roof. </div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Diagram of bracket and cantilever arms from the building manual Yingzao Fashi (published in 1103) of the Song Dynasty.</b></div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Dougong was widely used in the ancient Chinese during the Spring and Autumn Period (770–476 BC)</b> and developed into a complex set of interlocking parts by its peak in the Tang and Song periods. The pieces are fit together by joinery alone without glue or fasteners, due to the precision and quality of the carpentry. After the Song Dynasty, brackets and bracket sets became more ornamental than structural when used in palatial structures and important religious buildings, no longer the traditional dougong.</div><br/>
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<br /><div><br><b>Dougong inside the East Hall timber hall of Foguang Temple, built in 857 during the Tang Dynasty
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<br /><div><br><b>In traditional Chinese architecture, wood components such as beams, brackets, roof frames and struts were made to interlock with perfect fit, without using fasteners or glues, enabling the wood to expand and contract according to humidity.</b> Archaeological evidence from Chinese sites show that by the end of the Neolithic, mortise and tenon joinery was employed in Chinese construction.
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<br /><div><br><b>When you purchase investment quality furnishings, doors, gates, cabinets, lighting and hardware they will appreciate and keep up with inflation or exceed most other investments.</b> For this reason, becoming wealthy has very little to do with a higher education or having a lot of extra money. It is truly making wise decisions and a state of mind that allows for you to pay once for a good value and continue to grow wealth while enjoying living in your investment. Not to mention this type of investing has many other benefits, such as priceless family heirlooms that have meaning and the ability to pass on your legacy to future generations. </div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><b><div id="red16">Over Ninety Five Percent Of Furnishings Offered In America Today, </b></div><br/></center>
<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16">" No Matter The Brand Name" </div><br/></center>
<br /><center><div><br><b><div id="red16"> Are Foreign Made For Profit Only</b></div><br/></center>
<br /><center><div><br><div id="red16"><b> The "Brand Name" Rip Off Of The American Consumer </b></div><br/></center>
<br /><center><div><br><b><div id="red14">Why Would Any One Pay 300% - 800% Mark Up For A Cheap Inferior Third World Made Furnishing? - When You Can Purchase Top American Made Quality For Less</b></div><br/></center>
<br /><center><div><br><b><div id="red18"> It's A Simple Fact</div></b><br/></center>
<br /><center><div><br><b><div id="red14">When You Purchase A Third World Product You Are Working Against The American Economy.</b></div><br/></center>
<br /><div><b> You are thus working against yourself and your future employment or the employment of the customers your business depends upon.</b> In addition, your choice works against employing American workers making quality American products as well as allowing these old brand name American profiteers to take advantage of the American consumer using these slight of hand tactics.</div>
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<br /><br><div id="red14"><b>It is the facts of the furniture and door industry as a whole for past eight to ten years as we are living it. Simply turn on any news channel and see the results in action.</b></div><br/>
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<br /><center><div><br><div id="red14"><b>In Nine Decades Scottsdale Art Factory Has Never Changed Its Policy of "Made In America By American Workers Using American Made Materials". </div><br/></b></div id="red14"></center>
<br /><center><div><br><b><div id="red18">We Will Never Sell Our Corporate Soul," Family Name" For A Fast Buck, And We Make No Apologies For Being Proud Flag Waving American Manufacturers.</div><br/></b></center></div id="red18">
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.artfactory.com | 480-483-0170 | 1-800-292-0008</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100685579302226767.post-40827921061968935902008-04-27T07:13:00.002-07:002008-04-27T07:17:26.607-07:0019th Century Barouche Arrives (Project Start To Finish)<div><br><h3>This photo shows the condition of our 160 year old re build project as it arrives our dock. </h3>This rawer calash hand built in Germany in 1860 is one of a kind. It is a originial because it was built to some ones specific specifications fitted with sleigh runners for snow as well as wheels. ( our customer tells us he knows of no other any were in the world ) </div><br/><br /><br /><br /><div><br><b>This Calash was probably built for a wealthy european family or royalty.</b> Evidenced by the fact this type of carriage required a driver. The top of this carriage is hand pitched genuine leather and was hand edged in solid brass. The cushions are probably original 1860, upon our inspection they were filled with straw and horsehair. The button tuck was all hand stitched in the same manor as we upholster today at Scottsdale Art Factory using master seamstress and leather smiths. </div><br/><br /><br /><br /> <div><br><b>All of the wood for the body and fenders </b>is hand steam bent old growth lumber and hand finished ( including 5-8 coats of hand applied paint added over the original oil finish in different colors over the 160 years). Notice the sleigh runners are cut from one piece of old growth timber no joints or seams. The sleigh runners seem to be the original finish. The wheels were hand made from match grained hard wood and the forge iron was hand fitted to the expansion of the wheels.</div><br/> <br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br><h3>All the wrought iron hubs and tread, iron parts,and sleigh runners</h3> were hand forged useing the only methods avaliable at the time in 1860. A anvil, hot forge, and the arm of a master blacksmith in the same way our master blacksmiths work today at Scottsdale Art Factory. Each connecting piece, springs, axles, hubs, breaks and lanterns etc. were also hand forged in the same manor. <h3>Proving once again that when it is built to world class quality it will always stand the test of time.</h3> In this case even though it was not cared for for many years.</div><br/><br /><br /><center><div><br><h3>Our Moto and Promish</div><br/></h3></center><br /><br /><div><br><h3>There was a time when master craftsmen signed their work with pride knowing each furnishing would become a cherished heirloom and antique. Scottsdale Art Factory carries on this tradition!</div><br/></h3><br /><br /> <br /> <br /><center><div><br><h3>Coal Fired, Hammered By Master Blacksmiths “The Old Fashioned Way."</div><br/></h3></center><br /><br /> <br /> <br /><div><br><b>Re Built in America by the hands of American master craftsman using only the finest natural materials. ( no casted copies or foreign sub contract )</div><br/></b><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.artfactory.com | 480-483-0170 | 1-800-292-0008</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100685579302226767.post-87407610241631806642008-04-27T07:13:00.001-07:002008-04-27T07:13:40.186-07:00coaches and carriages: Barouche: The fancy carriage of the early 1800s<a href="http://coachesandcarriages.blogspot.com/2007/11/barouche.html">coaches and carriages: Barouche: The fancy carriage of the early 1800s</a>: "Barouche: The fancy carriage of the early 1800s<br />An open carriage, the fashionable 19th century Barouche came from the earlier Calash (caleche). It was shallow and four-wheeled with two double seats inside facing each other.The collapsible hood folding bellows-like came over the back seat, and outside, driver's box seat stood elevated. Horses of quality led it on summer leisure rides.<br /><br />The terms barouchet or barouchette referred to a light barouche."<div class="blogger-post-footer">www.artfactory.com | 480-483-0170 | 1-800-292-0008</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100685579302226767.post-74359612138809831322008-04-27T07:13:00.000-07:002008-04-27T07:13:29.640-07:00coaches and carriages: Barouche: The fancy carriage of the early 1800s<a href="http://coachesandcarriages.blogspot.com/2007/11/barouche.html">coaches and carriages: Barouche: The fancy carriage of the early 1800s</a>: "Barouche: The fancy carriage of the early 1800s<br />An open carriage, the fashionable 19th century Barouche came from the earlier Calash (caleche). It was shallow and four-wheeled with two double seats inside facing each other.The collapsible hood folding bellows-like came over the back seat, and outside, driver's box seat stood elevated. Horses of quality led it on summer leisure rides.<br /><br />The terms barouchet or barouchette referred to a light barouche."<div class="blogger-post-footer">www.artfactory.com | 480-483-0170 | 1-800-292-0008</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100685579302226767.post-22309009266750167742007-12-10T15:12:00.000-07:002007-12-10T15:12:30.423-07:00Hand Made American Furniture & Doors: A Ferrari Is Not A Yugo "However They Are Both Cars"<a href="http://americanfurniture.blogspot.com/2007/12/ferrari-is-not-yugo-however-they-are.html#links">Hand Made American Furniture & Doors: A Ferrari Is Not A Yugo "However They Are Both Cars"</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.artfactory.com | 480-483-0170 | 1-800-292-0008</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100685579302226767.post-25145852173674299002007-12-10T14:40:00.000-07:002007-12-10T14:49:53.399-07:00A Ferrari Is Not A Yugo "However They Are Both Cars"<div><br><b><h3>A Ferrari Is Not A Yugo "However They Are Both Cars" </h3></b> We are only trying to get your attention. In the market place today the coping of America's and European handmade custom heirloom furniture, doors, lighting, and hardware designs is running ramped. The use of high tech machines and cheap foreign labor make it possible to make paste board and veneers look like good product. There is no investment value in these products and do not compare to hand made investment quality furnishings. In fact, most of the famous name brands we all grew up believing were high quality have sold out in the name of profit to cheap foreign production manufacturing, mostly due to current government trade policy and corporate greed.<div><br/><br /><br /><a href="http://www.artfactory.com">Scottsdale Art Factory</a> Will Never Sell Its Soul To Cheap Foreign Manufacturers For Any Reason.We sill make all of our products in America the old fachisioned way with top quality natural materials and by the American hands of our master craftsman. </h8></div> </div> <script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"><br /></script><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br />_uacct = "UA-2676904-1";<br />urchinTracker();<br /></script><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.artfactory.com | 480-483-0170 | 1-800-292-0008</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100685579302226767.post-20471505365761619702007-12-10T13:08:00.000-07:002007-12-10T20:45:13.860-07:00Made In China Furniture Will BeYard Sale Merchandise Soon<div><b> <h3>Why Production Furnishings Will Never Be Investment Quality</h3></b></div><br /><br /><div>With the introduction of mass production in the early 20th century (and up to the present day) the newfound speed and ease of furniture building has drastically cut production costs. This is a manufacturing concept truly unique to any other time in recorded history. While this has been a grand idea for production in certain key industries, it has become the best thing of all for furniture industry profits because it drives down labor costs. However, with human nature being what it is, it also became the accepted trend to reduce material quality in an attempt to even further reduce cost. Reducing the material quality and embracing automation has been the unfortunate and prevalent trend found in modern furniture manufacturing and as if this was not already fleecing the American public, now we move and destroy further American jobs in the name of human greed. For example: China where a labor force that is paid in cents per-day is coupled with modern technology to further build even poorer quality furnishing under old brand names that used to stand for quality and the pride of American Master Craftsman.</div><br /><div> <br> See why<a href="http://www.artfactory.com">American handmade Furniture</a> will always return your investment and will stand the test of time </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.artfactory.com | 480-483-0170 | 1-800-292-0008</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100685579302226767.post-466767398067314452007-11-30T10:31:00.000-07:002007-12-10T14:35:29.776-07:00California Fire Victims Information / Considerations When Filing Fire Claims<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">When a devastating event happens, such as the fire loss of your property, there is usually a rush to file loss claims. </span><br /><br />This knee jerk reaction can cost you thousands of dollars in unrecoverable loss. Most insurance companies will respond immediately with a adjuster usually under the guise of "we are here to help." <b>The biggest mistakes most insured make is to believe the adjuster is there just to be helpful.</b> He or she is there for two reasons. <br /><br />The insurance company is bound by your insurance contract to respond. <br /><br />The insurance company knows it is in their best interest to get you to settle as fast as possible. His/her real job is to get you to settle and sign off for as little as you are willing to accept. Thus resulting in controlling the amount of loss the insurance will have to pay. <br /><br /><b>The following is a step by step how not to become a victim of your insurance company.</b> <br /><br />1. Make sure you obtain a professional, fire claims experienced, attorney to handle your claim. This will sound expensive however, it will not cost you anything in the long run. A good attorney or firm will accept your case with no up front payment and a fixed fee not based upon the amount of settlement. To find a qualified attorney in your area contact the <a href="http://members.calbar.ca.gov/search/member.aspx" target="_blank" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); ">State Bar of California</a> attorney search.<div><br />2. Separate the replacement of your home from your personal property loss. Keep all claims and settlements separate. This allows you to get the maximum and correct payment for your loss. <br /><br />3. Most insurance polices are for replacement value. This means you have the right to choose your builder even if the bid is the highest one. You do not have to settle for your adjusters recommended contractors. See your attorney for details. <br /><br />4. Many homes that burned were built eight to ten years ago or more, prior to the huge influx of foreign made building, decorating materials and furnishings. For example Home Depot, Lowes, etc., primarily only offer foreign made (mostly in china) interior and exterior lighting, doors, windows and other building items. These items might look the same but the value is not the same that was installed on or in your home back when it was real steel instead pot metals or solid wood doors instead of paste boards and veneers. If you settle for less quality you loose in the long run. You have the right to request these materials be the same.<br /><br />5. Furnishings that were in your home, purchased prior to seven or eight years ago, were probably from a name brand American manufacturer made in America. The further back your furnishings were purchased the better the quality and your investment. If you allow replacement by these same name brands you may not get the quality you once had. Most furniture made by these same manufacturers is now made in china or some country with a less expensive work force. The work force is only part of the problem. In the name of making a larger profit these same manufacturers allowed the use of fake or faux materials such as composition boards, paste boards, and veneers or films that look like the real thing. Furnishings that are made this way will never become antiquities or increase in value. This kind of merchandise and materials is 98% of what is being offered in the market place today. Usually marked up four to five hundred percent for profit. If you settle for this merchandise to replace your investment quality, U.S. made furnishing of a higher value you loose. Many these manufacturers once stood for quality and your furnishings would have become priceless family heirlooms. This foreign made merchandise made with inferior quality materials will only be yard sale fodder in the end. <br /><br />6. <b>Keep in mind it is your insurance companies responsibility to put you back whole.</b> This means replaced as it was and at its true value. True value also means if your items were the real thing and, would have become an antique, the replacement items should be the same otherwise you have lost your future investment value or family heirloom. <b>Also don't fall for the adjusters line on depreciation, good quality furnishings can increase in value every year.</b> <br /><br />7. Doors, windows and other building items are also now being farmed out to foreign manufacturers. Many under big corporate brand names we all recognize, names that once stood for American made quality. Copies of the real thing in faux materials will never stand up to the test of time. This is a major area of concern and you could come up short with out realizing it. Keep in mind a lot of chemical processes are used to manufacture furnishing, doors and other building materials to create composition boards, engineered boards, paste boards and veneers that comprise most of these kinds of manufactured goods. Also the jury is not in on how safe these materials made in china really are environmentally or to our health considering the lead paint in toys and furnishings recently discovered. If your home was not originally built with this low quality of merchandise you do not have to settle for it as replacement. See your attorney for details.<br /><br />8. If you are handling your own claims there are some professionals with impeccable reputations that can be of great help free of charge. If your are replacing vehicles or equipment go to your original dealer and obtain a replacement value statement. Most dealers will be happy to provide this in hopes of getting your business. When it comes to house replacement or other buildings start with a reputable and well known architect. If the original is available this would be first choice if you plan to rebuild the same as before. Also, most builders maintain copies of blueprints which will be helpful in establishing your homes true value and replacement cost to rebuild in todays market. Many architects can also point you the best tried and tested builders and tradesmen. Also, they will be able to provide your insurance company with accurate bids allowing for true replacement value. <br /><br />When it comes to jewelry and other personal effects always go to the experts. When possible return to the original stores of purchase and make a list to obtain the true replacement value of your items. See your attorney for details.<br /><br /><b>The hardest thing to find is an American furniture, door, and lighting manufacturer that still makes the real thing.</b> Here we provide a link to one of the oldest and largest manufacturers of truly handmade investment quality furniture, doors, lighting and hardware still made in the USA. This manufacturer will provide free replacement value statements that most insurance companies will accept and can not dispute. They are located in <a href="http://artfactory.com/" target="_blank" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); ">Scottsdale Arizona</a> and will work directly with your insurance adjuster, builder, designer, or yourself to provide your replacement furnishing timed with your reconstruction. <a href="http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?client=safari&rls=en&q=california+fire+victims&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wb" target="_blank">Do a Google Blog Search on this info!</a> <a href="http://californiafirevictimsinformation.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Or visit here for the latest!</a><br /><br />This devastating time in your life is very emotional, however, keep in mind your insurance company realizes this. Not to sound like all insurance companies are out to take advantage of your situation, it is simply the nature of their business. Insurance companies are there to collect premiums and to keep losses to a minimum. The very nature of this system is never in your best interest. Like with your health care you must be pro-active in this process. No one will take care of you like you will. <b>This call will <a href="http://scottsdaledoorfactory.com/" target="_blank" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); ">save you thousands of dollars </a></b><br />1 800 292 0008 </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.artfactory.com | 480-483-0170 | 1-800-292-0008</div>American Hand Made Furniture Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809093837042412025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100685579302226767.post-3999897510868525672007-11-30T09:09:00.000-07:002007-11-30T09:10:36.416-07:00FURNITURE AND DOOR MANUFACTURER<center><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Jka2B5jWX-E&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Jka2B5jWX-E&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object></center><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.artfactory.com | 480-483-0170 | 1-800-292-0008</div>American Hand Made Furniture Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809093837042412025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100685579302226767.post-10134781191753850782007-11-30T09:07:00.000-07:002007-11-30T09:08:11.049-07:00Doors, Lighting, Furniture and Hardware Handmade in USA<center><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fhBuhsM-S_A&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fhBuhsM-S_A&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object></center><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.artfactory.com | 480-483-0170 | 1-800-292-0008</div>American Hand Made Furniture Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809093837042412025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100685579302226767.post-65456646476298942962007-11-30T09:05:00.000-07:002007-11-30T09:06:41.726-07:00Art Factory.com Furniture High Style Show Airing On ABC<center><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pvrSb1TIWTI&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pvrSb1TIWTI&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object></center><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.artfactory.com | 480-483-0170 | 1-800-292-0008</div>American Hand Made Furniture Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809093837042412025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100685579302226767.post-73242485485367449052007-11-30T09:04:00.000-07:002007-11-30T09:05:04.549-07:00High Style Furniture, Doors, Lighting, And Hardware<center><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UmEkKWJKK1k&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UmEkKWJKK1k&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object></center><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.artfactory.com | 480-483-0170 | 1-800-292-0008</div>American Hand Made Furniture Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809093837042412025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100685579302226767.post-74270161992368906122007-11-30T08:52:00.000-07:002007-11-30T08:57:46.742-07:00Handcarved Doors Are Still Being Created In USA<center><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WIEoZavTRDY&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WIEoZavTRDY&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object></center><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.artfactory.com | 480-483-0170 | 1-800-292-0008</div>American Hand Made Furniture Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809093837042412025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100685579302226767.post-72011705007075616402007-11-30T08:45:00.000-07:002007-11-30T08:47:33.057-07:00Doors aren't made like this any more! well... except by us!<center><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZTQkXZFtXmM&rel=0&color1=0xd6d6d6&color2=0xf0f0f0&border=0"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZTQkXZFtXmM&rel=0&color1=0xd6d6d6&color2=0xf0f0f0&border=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object></center><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.artfactory.com | 480-483-0170 | 1-800-292-0008</div>American Hand Made Furniture Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809093837042412025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100685579302226767.post-77045683959950485172007-11-29T14:54:00.001-07:002007-11-29T15:23:57.309-07:00Scottsdale Art Factory Built On American Arts And Crafts Foundation<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW1Rhyphenhyphenlq_6LfF28s-ThV5SliP62oDN8wF4uqNHpLiROI02GPmRGSP1ydDg0e2skIi0OLc-xx7lmwLazxDG5cLdU2Fv603Hbihenn72uS7kUGtede4NSpKRyfZP_wz5SSRBRn_FcIRjj9A/s1600-h/William-Morris.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW1Rhyphenhyphenlq_6LfF28s-ThV5SliP62oDN8wF4uqNHpLiROI02GPmRGSP1ydDg0e2skIi0OLc-xx7lmwLazxDG5cLdU2Fv603Hbihenn72uS7kUGtede4NSpKRyfZP_wz5SSRBRn_FcIRjj9A/s320/William-Morris.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5138388219277406402" /></a><br />William Morris (1834-1896 ) Was the driving force behind the English Arts and Crafts movement. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS4ACVWjrs5VZj4KM_WvGL2MJr2nCaCuFv1H9FWWCuZbzhd6LcfA29fl0MJEm9WtJ_CnCcK8d0G_6yCSUPJ3hTppdhoiA7cm_1bwGX1198HviquStur6MRG3AislKCcBseXkTpIjq2P7Q/s320/John-Ruskin.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5138388326651588818" /><br /><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>John Ruskin (1819-1900) Was an early proponent of Arts and Crafts ideals. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh33cEw2ZqwKj4fw9EqeguxZ9Pf_E5PW20LH61SjWMyzHMKBbC0xVDbNYmV8WupXv8Jj9WU2AC6ryCf2FSSPY6I18xdMbUNmsOqioFaDb8vaMQLEUOxMcUhGDel7l0u9zYhyphenhyphenz3HLxgTNYk/s320/Gustave-Stickly.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5138388545694920930" /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Gustave Stickley (1858-1942) Known as the father of the American Arts and Crafts movement. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiNByWGQpweA7LM3Y3aL96CpQQSmIuq5-0q5zm69vI452qrcn3NYmOwABgyNWtAl-EFUsvQHGmADwrZeb71o7h4rXUXwRCy3PSOy0q7Yk1S0YZmk2-frIeG-9-17ttm_GMVOqh4v61FsU/s320/Joseph-Marabella.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5138388640184201458" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Joseph Marbella (1867-1947) Inspired Italian master craftsman. <br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Also inspired by these pioneers of craftsman style furniture was Charles Greene (artist), Henry Greene (engineer) and John and Peter Hall master craftsman from Stockholm Sweden. Beginning in Pasadena California, around 1904 the Green's got the contract to build the Gamble house and its furnishings. The teaming of their talents using these pioneers designs as a foundation to build from allowed the Greenes and Halls to produce furnishings that were a higher quality than Gustave Stickley's mass produced designs. The Greenes and Halls designs were all one of a kind furnishings. No unfinished backs or bottoms. Attention to detail was the order of the day. Function and style was kept in mind but foremost the focused was on the highest quality. These furnishings were mostly built for the privileged few such as the Gambles, Fords, Blackers, and Robinsons to name a few of the famous and ultra rich of the time period. This allowed Greene and Greene to be able to build what was called the Ultimate Bungalows. Not only were these vacation homes state of the art in their time but the furnishing were also custom built to fit each customers wants and needs with no thought of them ever being mass produced. This allowed the Greenes to build investment quality furnishing that would stand the test of time. Today you will find Stickly furnishings in many antique stores around the country. However a Greene & Greene can only be found in museums or in the homes of wealthy collectors.<br /></div><div><br />Just a few miles away in Riverside County the <a href="http://www.artfactory.com/excellence.aspx">Marbella brothers</a>, master craftsman in their own right,are influenced by these builders, designers, and master craftsman. They notice they are practicing their craft in a way consistent to their own family values taught to them in Italy. These Italian immigrants with meager finances and no big money connections had a parcel of land and began to process lumber and manufacture in Arizona.<br /><br />Every creative enterprise is always built on a foundation that was laid down by its predecessors. People who themselves were in turn dependent on the groundwork laid down by those who came before. Gustave Stickley's impact was felt far and wide at the time, he became a major factor in American furniture design. Gustave Stickly and the Greene's and Halls were the greatest early influence on the Marbella brothers concepts. These pioneers had laid down the foundation that the Marbella brothers would build upon in America. <br /><br />Still building upon this foundation,is a direct decedent of the Marbella brothers. World renown artist, master craftsman in his own right and designer <a href="http://artfactory.com/">H.J.Nick</a> carries on to this day the same ideals, methods and master craftsmanship. <br /><br />Today known as <a href="http://artfactory.com/">Scottsdale Art Factory </a>located in Scottsdale Arizona this factory is currently building some of the worlds finest handmade entrance doors, hand carved theme doors, custom investment quality furniture, hand-forged lighting chandeliers and hardware. All built to world class standards set down by these predecessors. <br /><br />H.J.Nick's <a href="http://artfactory.com/">Scottsdale Art Factory</a> is one of the largest handmade in America manufacturers. Featuring a state of the art design department headed by H.J.Nick himself. Designs built today are a joint collaboration between the customer and their design department. Using high tech and low tech these investment quality designs are limited only by the customers imagination. <br /><br />Staying true to Gustave Stickly's American arts and crafts principals. Using Greene and Greene and Halls philosophy of raising the bar to the finest investment quality <a href="http://artfactory.com/">Scottsdale Art Factory</a>has been able to continue to raise the bar even more. By training the nearly lost art of the master craftsman. Scottsdale Art Factory is able to maintain a consistent staff of the finest blacksmiths, woodcarvers,stone smiths, wood-rights and the many other tradesman necessary to build investment quality products. Without compromising the true sprite of the American Arts and Crafts movement each product is built by hand with attention to detail in the age old tradition(no paste boards, plywoods, or faux materials). No matter your if need is a custom door, lighting chandelier, furnishing, or piece of hardware it is guaranteed to stand the test of time . Recommended reading <a href="http://www.furnituremaker.com/purchase.htm">Darrell Peart's book on Greene & Greene</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.artfactory.com | 480-483-0170 | 1-800-292-0008</div>American Hand Made Furniture Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809093837042412025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100685579302226767.post-31929824187186406152007-11-29T14:51:00.000-07:002007-11-29T14:54:12.632-07:00Your Home Should Create Memories.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(41, 48, 59); font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><h3 style="font-size: 140%; color: rgb(27, 4, 49); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(41, 48, 59); font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Memory is such an interesting tool. We can, given the right stimulus, recall with clarity a moment in time, long past. There are times, when moving through a crowd when I catch a scent and will be catapulted back in time to my Grandmother’s house on Clear Lake on a Saturday morning. Sometimes it’s just a simple smell, like fresh berries,cut grass or fried fish that brings back vivid memories of my childhood. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></h3><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br />At Grandma's house we would begin our day by looking out at the lake and consider the possibilities. My Mother and Uncles would all be getting ready to water ski, fish or pick black berries. Sometimes all I have to do is look at Grandma's old hand carved cedar chest where she kept, what she called, the most important things. <br /><br />One of my most vivid memories was when Grandma decided she needed a new front door. The entrance to her home was always unremarkable so we all chimed in and encouraged her to get something unique. Then the question, "what would make it special?" We began on-line and stumbled upon a wonderful website </span><a href="http://www.artfactory.com/prodIndex.aspx?category=2" style="color: rgb(149, 104, 57); text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">artfactory.com.</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> We then chose a style that reflected the ambiance of the lake home and its surroundings. With all the possibilities they offered we then all agreed that it should reflect our lifestyle and the things we all enjoyed doing while we were together. We got out a lot of our old photos of fishing, the woods and all the moments we loved when Grandpa and Grandma were together. <br /><br />We were excited to work with Scottsdale Art Factory because of their reputation and their ability to use our family photographs in the hand carvings on the door. Grandma was so pleased with her new custom door! The rest is history (see the photo included of our door of memories). <br />It has been several years and Grandma is no longer with us but every time we get together at the lake house warm memories overwhelm me. <br /><br />It has been said that all we ever really have in life is our memories. If that is the case then I suggest we make memories that last. I once heard that it’s better to be looked over than overlooked and in the context of making lasting memories I believe this to be true. Why go through life in beige if chartreuse will linger in the memory? Why opt for basic black if tangerine will seal the moment? Why be boring if bold will cause you to stand out and be noticed?<br /><br />As with all theories, there are exceptions; </span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">however, when it comes to our homes, making a lasting first impression is a must.<br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br />Speaking of lists, have you been adding to yours? Last week we were standing on the threshold of your home trying to assess what small projects we could undertake that would make your home a bit more beautiful. What did you accomplish in this regard? How did you make your home more beautiful? <br /><br />Please write and let me know how you’ve improved on the impression your home makes on others and how it will be remembered.<br /><br />For ideas and actions I suggest an American manufacturer with a long reputation of being able to create hand carved doors, handmade lighting, and top quality furnishings of all styles. This company has many designers that make interior decorating a no-brainer and at prices most can afford. Visit </span><a href="http://artfactory.com/" style="color: rgb(71, 54, 36); text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Art Factory</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> to see examples.</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.artfactory.com | 480-483-0170 | 1-800-292-0008</div>American Hand Made Furniture Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809093837042412025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100685579302226767.post-36483666109462994832007-11-29T14:49:00.000-07:002007-11-29T14:51:40.142-07:00How To Do Your Own Home Inspection<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(41, 48, 59); font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">Let’s take a walk through your home and see if there may be an item or two worth changing in favor of something more beautiful. At the end of the day that's what we all want for our homes. We want to provide a beautiful environment for our family and friends to enjoy their time while under our roof.<br /><br />Beauty in the home does not just happen, it takes great effort to create specific beauty throughout your home. Honestly,few of us are gifted with an eye for scale, proportion and balance as to guarantee effortless decorating and a lovely home. Most of us work diligently, reading, researching and asking questions. We are always searching for he next idea that will make our home more appealing.<br /><br />Let’s begin at the beginning. Walk out your front door and as you do switch hats. Become a guest seeing your home for the first time. Approach the door with new eyes what do you see? How does what you see make you feel? What can you do today to improve the view and the experience? It was Theodore Roosevelt who said, “Do what you can…with what you have…where you are.”<br /><br />This is my suggestion for you today. On a note pad, jot down two small projects that will enhance the experience of approaching your front door. They may be as basic as sweeping the porch, touching up the paint or putting up the new house numbers that have been collecting dust in the trunk of your car.<br /><br />The point is to do something! Set goals for yourself that you are sure to achieve and then proceed. You will feel great and take the first step towards creating a more beautiful home.<br /><br />If you feel you could use a little help, let me recommend a wonderful custom manufacture that offers free interior or exterior design help.<a href="http://artfactory.com/" style="color: rgb(71, 54, 36); text-decoration: underline; ">Scottsdale Art Factory</a> H.J.Nick is a world class artist, designer with credits extended to interior designing some of the worlds finest homes. H.J.Nick's design team will provide design ideas at no cost to you. Simply order your items to be built by <a href="http://artfactory.com/" style="color: rgb(71, 54, 36); text-decoration: underline; ">Scottsdale Art Factory.</a> This company has been designing and manufacturing furniture, doors, gates, lighting and hardware for some of the worlds finest interior designers for over nine decades. All handmade in America to family heirloom investment quality standards at what I find to be very reasonable prices.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.artfactory.com | 480-483-0170 | 1-800-292-0008</div>American Hand Made Furniture Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809093837042412025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100685579302226767.post-47497167582896674412007-11-29T14:44:00.000-07:002007-11-29T14:49:20.288-07:00Become A High End Interior Designer<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(41, 48, 59); font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Scottsdale Art Factory promotes and contributes to the education of new persons interested in interior design. We also promote the further education of currant interior designers.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br />American handmade furniture and the art of master wood workers, master craftsman, master blacksmiths, and what their skills contribute to architecture and engineering elements that make top designers excel. Regarding such design elements as grand entrance doors, hand carved windows and doors, interior furnishings,iron elements, stair railing, fencing, door hardware,chandeliers and other structural and decorator design elements of American and the worlds architecture.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The tradition of fine art, master craftsmanship and design will live on for future generations to enjoy. These master craftsman and their skills provide the very elements of design that make the difference in how designer's are regarded by their clients. This difference translates to the clients perception as to what level of design services you are capable of providing.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The basic stock and trade of a interior designer is perception of quality and the ability to know the difference. Scottsdale Art Factory feels the better educated each designer becomes the better suited he or she is in genuinely providing each client with the environment of their dreams.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><div><a href="http://scottsdaledoorfactory.com/" style="color: rgb(71, 54, 36); text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Scottsdale Art Factory</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> feels that it is of utmost importance that each interior designer should be informed in the difference between genuine materials such as: stone, marble, granite, master hand crafted solid wood furnishings, hand forged and master crafted iron gates, fencing, stair rails,chandeliers, lighting, hardware, fine leathers, and fabrics and the many other materials that make up fine quality design.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Contrasting with the fake, faux materials, and mass produced furnishings, doors, lighting and wrought iron products of inferior quality mostly from cheap labor force countries flooding the marketplace as of this publication 2007.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Every high end designer must understand investment quality verses production grade furnishings that are build with intended obsolescence. ( future yard sale items). It is also important the each interior designer should understand that hand made high quality design elements are cost effective as well as a good investment. Further design elements and furnishings handmade in America to world antiquity standards allows each client not only a return on investment but through family heirlooms enriches life style and family memories and cohesiveness. Most mass produced products as described above will not yield a return on investment and will never become family heirlooms or valuable antiques, thus resulting in great lose to your client. Not only will your client loose investment value the greater loss is the family heirlooms and the memories associated with these design elements. <br />It is Imperative these design elements such as furniture, doors, lighting, and hardware stand the test of time.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">See details on how to </span><a href="http://www.artfactoryllc.com/otherIndex.aspx?id=52&category=352" style="color: rgb(71, 54, 36); text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">become a world class interior designer</span></a></div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.artfactory.com | 480-483-0170 | 1-800-292-0008</div>American Hand Made Furniture Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809093837042412025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100685579302226767.post-34559819234446812202007-11-29T14:35:00.000-07:002007-11-29T14:42:45.339-07:00Cedar Door Built By Viking Craftsman cir 1185<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA3ZHMl_7dqER0gCE0ouKaBjktLimdt9wAFOa0TycSQ3U9dKwWybovpjtv1q4BSOSFYM7KBLUUPUiw3qrBTp6WysnrlWtV08GopGr1Asuo4e9BLrSKhuXMJhWoVSk0wIBwi999k7XUQHA/s1600-h/Old-Entrance-Door.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA3ZHMl_7dqER0gCE0ouKaBjktLimdt9wAFOa0TycSQ3U9dKwWybovpjtv1q4BSOSFYM7KBLUUPUiw3qrBTp6WysnrlWtV08GopGr1Asuo4e9BLrSKhuXMJhWoVSk0wIBwi999k7XUQHA/s320/Old-Entrance-Door.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5138380574235619506" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiin4gqfB58kCE9SNn45xSjZt_csh00BuLPAXQfV2RzmLkpFnZwPi21jG2dOFhi_C9eIw89HbkOHdPYCg2nYbeLKIdb80bUigqPoaRr9K5pn-vNbK3bReqUevXOY9SGVg46kmkCq0zb6qs/s1600-h/Old-Entrance-Door.jpg"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(41, 48, 59); font-size:13px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This church entrance for Stillingfleet Church in Yorkshire dates from 1185. The solid wood door is famous for its Viking ironwork and representations of a viking ship and other signs meant to act as charms. The exterior door is 4" thick solid cedar and is "still" being used today.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />Scottsdale Art Factory builds entrance doors today in the very same way they did in the 12th. century. We harvest from the North wood's tall stands of Northern cedar. We air dry all of our timber naturally on the dessert floor for a year or more prior to the final milling of your exterior or interior door project. Once you have placed your order, we mill again to final dimensions required by your custom door order. After this final milling we let it cure dry again. This is to insure that when we join and press these solid wood planks together they never warp, bow or split after the door has been joined together to make a solid wood door slab or blade.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />Most materials used today are fast kiln dried. This is performed by force drying the material to a percentage of humidity level then joining. The rest of the drying time occurs after the product is delivered to your home. Usually warping and bowing and always shrinking all in the name of production speed and profit.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We at Scottsdale Art Factory (also known as </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/scottsdaledoorfactory.com%20" style="color: rgb(71, 54, 36); text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">scottsdaledoorfactory.com) </span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">do not rush anything we produce in the name of profit. We have the attitude that our reputation is on the line with each product produced so we simply build the old fashioned way, much like this door that was built in the 12Th century. By using the finest materials, the best master craftsman, along with methods and technology not much different from when the Vikings built this entrance door has stood in working order for some 800 or so years. Proving as we always say, "if you build it right with pride of craftsmanship it will never need a warranty and will stand the test of time."</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />We at Scottsdale Art Factory </span><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"guarantee all of our products forever"</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">no questions asked. All backed by our over nine decades of fine craftsmanship. We also have on staff some of the worlds best blacksmiths. Using these same techniques as the Vikings did on this door hardware. We still hand make fine hardware in any style. All finishes are patinas not faux or paint. See hundreds of door examples and our blacksmiths at work using hammer,anvil and forge at </span><a href="http://www.artfactory.com/prodIndex.aspx?category=2" style="color: rgb(149, 104, 57); text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://www.artfactory.com/prodIndex.aspx?category=2</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> all built to these specifications.</span></div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.artfactory.com | 480-483-0170 | 1-800-292-0008</div>American Hand Made Furniture Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809093837042412025noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100685579302226767.post-61624360393032212652007-11-29T14:16:00.000-07:002007-11-29T14:19:31.081-07:00Moroccan Entrance Door History<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(41, 48, 59); font-size: 13px; "><div>Morocco wooden doors, Moorish double doors, wood Morocco gateways and Moorish carved doors! Moroccan doors are the best sign that a Moroccan house is about. Moroccans say a beautiful house is known by its beautiful door. We offer a wide range of Moroccan style doors, an unique art of Moroccan living, which makes it possible to recreate the warmth of hospitality and the cultural elegance of Mediterranean design right for your own home or office!</div><div><br /><a href="http://scottsdaleartfactory.com/" style="color: rgb(71, 54, 36); text-decoration: underline; ">Scottsdale Art Factory:</a> Offers Anglo Indian style doors with large bases in unique original design. Indian carving with European influence. Antique style door from the once French enclave in India, Pandacheri. Perfect for wine cellar or to give character to any house. Fine flower carvings on frame sides and over and under lintel. South India. Gujarat temple style doors, carved in solid cedar, inset with iron or copper plaques are avaliable. We can make you a pair of doors with massive carved frame ideal for your wine cellar. Spectacularly deep carved framed door. You may order huge hand forged iron hinges. Install these on your guest house and "Shahrazad" will come.</div><div><br />Berbers The early Berbers were unmoved by the colonizing Phoenicians, and even the Romans did little to upset the Berber way of life after the sack of Carthage in 146 BC. All the same, the Romans ushered in a long period of peace during which many cities were founded, and the Berbers of the coastal plains became city dwellers. Christianity turned up in the 3rd century AD, and again the Berbers asserted their traditional dislike of centralized authority by following Donatus (a Christian sect leader who claimed that the Donatists alone constituted the true church).</div><div><br />Morocco officially Kingdom of Morocco, Arabic Al-Maghrib, or Al-Mamlakah al-MaghribYyah country of northwestern North Africa that lies directly across the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain. It borders Algeria to the east and southeast, Western Sahara to the south, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north. It is the only African country with coastal exposure to both the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. With the Western Sahara's 97,344 square miles (252,120 square km), Morocco occupies a total area of 274,461 square miles (710,850 square km). Casablanca is the largest city, primary seaport, and commercial and industrial hub. Rabat is the capital and the country's second largest city.</div><div><br />Because of its lack of natural harbors, its rugged mountainous interior, and its distance throughout its history from imperial centers in the east, Morocco remained relatively free from foreign invasion until the early 20th century. This enabled it to preserve a proud traditional character, which is a rich blend of Berber, Arab-Islamic, Iberian, and African cultural influences. Those traits were joined by an infusion of European cultural elements during the colonial period (1912–56) when Morocco was a protectorate of both France and Spain.</div><br /><b>Brief History:</b><div><br />Unlike other North African nations, Morocco has been largely occupied by one group of people for as long as recorded history can recall. The Berbers, or Imazighen (men of the land), settled in the area thousands of years ago and at one time controlled all of the land between Morocco and Egypt. Divided into clans and tribes, they have always jealously guarded their independence. It's this fierce spirit that has helped preserve one of Africa's most fascinating cultures.</div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.artfactory.com | 480-483-0170 | 1-800-292-0008</div>American Hand Made Furniture Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809093837042412025noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100685579302226767.post-4686086423022696872007-11-29T14:12:00.000-07:002007-11-29T14:16:36.300-07:00Hand Made Custom Hardware Can Make A Difference<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Georgia; color: #2b303a; background-color: #fcf3de">A blacksmith is a person who creates objects from iron or steel by "forging" the metal; i.e., by using hand tools to hammer, bend, cut, and otherwise shape it in its non-liquid form. Usually the metal is heated until it glows red or orange as part of the forging process. Blacksmiths create such products as wrought iron gates, grills, railings, light fixtures, furniture, sculpture, tools, decorative and religious items, cooking utensils, and weapons. A skilled blacksmith can, with minimal effort, make a sophisticated product that looks good and demonstrates ingenuity.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Georgia; color: #2b303a; background-color: #fcf3de; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Georgia; color: #2b303a; background-color: #fcf3de">A blacksmith who works primarily with horses, especially making and fitting horseshoes, is called a farrier. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Georgia; color: #2b303a; background-color: #fcf3de; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Georgia; color: #2b303a; background-color: #fcf3de">Prior to the industrial revolution, a "village smithy" was a staple of every town. Mass production techniques have reduced the marketplace for blacksmith work except in Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and South America where large numbers of artisans continue to do traditional work. In more industrialized regions, an increasing demand for custom metalwork has given rise to a new breed of smiths commonly known as Artist-Blacksmiths.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Georgia; color: #2b303a; background-color: #fcf3de; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Georgia; color: #2b303a; background-color: #fcf3de">In recent years the forging of stainless steel has given rise to a fresh approach to architectural blacksmithing.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Georgia; color: #2b303a; background-color: #fcf3de; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Georgia; color: #2b303a; background-color: #fcf3de">Hephaestus (Latin: Vulcan) was the blacksmith of the gods in Greek and Roman mythology. A supremely skilled artisan whose forge was a volcano, he constructed most of the weapons of the gods, and was himself the god of fire and metalworking.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Georgia; color: #2b303a; background-color: #fcf3de; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Georgia; color: #2b303a; background-color: #fcf3de">In America the largest producer of products made in this age old tradition is Scottsdale Art Factory. Scottsdale Art Factory offers a <a href="http://www.artfactoryllc.com/info.aspx?id=52"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; color: #433627">apprentice program</span></a> that offers to train individuals in the age old art of true blacksmithing. <a href="http://www.artfactory.com/prodIndex.aspx?category=17"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; color: #433627">Scottsdale Art Factory</span></a> has been producing products such as iron gates, furniture, door hardware, custom lighting and much more for over nine decades in the United States of America. They can also <a href="http://www.artfactoryllc.com/excellence.aspx"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; color: #433627">trace their roots</span></a> to Italy were the founding of their company began.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.artfactory.com | 480-483-0170 | 1-800-292-0008</div>American Hand Made Furniture Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809093837042412025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100685579302226767.post-84920735031041071372007-11-06T07:26:00.000-07:002007-11-06T07:42:29.965-07:00How To Measure & Install Your New Exterior Door<div><b><a href="http://www.artfactoryllc.com/otherIndex.aspx?id=22&category=322">Installing door casing:</a></b> casing, as the trim around doors (and windows) is called, has a strong impact on the overall style, appearance, and proportion of an opening as well as the overall style of your home's interior. On the practical side, it conceals the gap between the door frame (called a jamb) and the rough opening and helps to hold the frame in the opening. Casing can be relatively plain, such as the popular clamshell design or square-edge design, or detailed, such as colonial-style molding. By far the most popular casing joint design is the mitered picture-frame casing. Our structural casing/ jamb will fit any wall 4" thick or better and does not require double two by' or a header thus allowing for a taller and wider entry door. </div><br/><br /><br /><br /><div>1. Remove existing casing: if you are re-trimming an existing door, pry off the existing casing carefully so you won't damage the wall or the doorjamb.</div><br/><br /><br /><br /><div>Tip: If a film of paint or bead of caulk bridges the joint between the casing and the wall, cut the seal with the point of a utility knife before attempting to pry the trim. This makes prying easier and eliminates the chance that you will pull off some of the wall finish or surface paper when you pry the casing.</div><br/><br /><br /><br /><div>2. Mark the reveals: the inside edge of the casing is typically placed back from the inside edge of the jamb by about 3/16 inch. To mark this reveal, set the blade position in a combination square so it protrudes 3/16 inch and mark jambs at the top corners, the midpoint of the head jamb, and several points along the side jamb. To make the mark, position the body of the square against the face of the jamb with the blade extending over the edge and mark at the end of the blade.</div><br/><br /> <br /><br /><div>3. Cut all miters: measure the distance between your marks on the side jambs at the upper corners (frame opening plus 2 times the reveal) and miter-cut your head casing at 45 degrees on both ends so the short dimension equals your measurement. Cut miters on one end of each piece of side casing. Remember that one will be left-handed and one right handed.</div><br/><br /><br /><br /><div>4. Prime or stain: before you install the casing: if you intend to paint, apply a primer, or if you plan a natural finish, apply a stain and first topcoat. Cover the sides and both faces to seal the wood and prevent warping. Pre-finishing is also easier than painting in place, especially if you don't intend to paint the walls when the installation is complete. If you stain before assembly, you also avoid the problem of stain not taking over any glue spots at the joints. Or order your pre-hung door completely pre finished.</div><br/><br /><br /><div>5. Tack head casing: lightly tack the head casing into the jamb so it just covers your pencil marks. If the casing is being installed on the exterior you must use weather-resistant fasteners, such as hot-dipped galvanized nails.</div><br/><br /><br /><br /><div>6. Cut and test-fit side casings: stand the left side casing upside down next to the left jamb with its long side against the point of the head casing, and mark its desired length directly. Alternatively, measure from the floor to the top left-hand edge of the head casing and transfer that measurement to the casing. Square-cut at your mark and test the fit.</div><br/><br /><br /><br /><div>7. Make adjustments: If the miter does not meet without a gap, which can happen if the jamb is not square or if it sits slightly below or above the plane of the wall, the casing miter may need re-cutting.</div><br/><br /><br /><div>8. Secure casing: apply glue to the end of the side casing and position it so it fits tightly with the head casing. (and not too worry about lining it up with the reveal marks on the rest of the jamb yet.) Secure it to the jamb. Position the nail about 1 inch from the end and near the outside edge of the casing. Then secure the inside edge of the casing to the jamb. Once the miter is tight, continue nailing the rest of the casing. Work your way from the top down, nailing at five equally spaced positions. Repeat for the opposite side and then complete nailing the head casing at the two ends and midpoint.</div><br/><br /><br /><br /><div>9. Cross-nail miters: to prevent miters from opening, drive a 4d finishing nail through the edge of the head and side casings about 3/4 inch from the outside corner. This will lock them together.</div><br/><br /><br /><div>10. Finishing touches: wipe off any excess glue immediately with a damp cloth, drive all nail heads slightly below the surface with a nail set and hammer, and hand-sand as needed to make casings flush with each other and to eliminate any splinters. If you plan to paint, fill nail holes with wood putty or acrylic caulk first; if you will stain, fill them with colored wax putty sticks after you complete finishing.</div><br/><br /><br /><br /><div><b>When Installing a <a href="http://www.artfactoryllc.com/prodIndex.aspx?category=2">Scottsdale Art Factory Pre hung Door</a> you may skip steps 2 through 10.</b> When you order a Scottsdale Art Factory door, every item orderd comes installed by our factory master craftsman. If you order locks, hinges door pulls or any other hardware it will already be installed on your new door. Also your door will come completely custom finished to your specifications. The finish will be hand rubbed to heirloom furniture standards.</div><br/><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.artfactory.com | 480-483-0170 | 1-800-292-0008</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1