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Greetings to our customers and friends,
We wanted to update you as to the status of our project of relocating the hardwood lumber business and factory store, formerly of Harris Woodworking a division of Harris Enterprises Corp. We have been dealing with the normal hurdles that go along with starting a new company, and feel we can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. Our anticipated opening date will be somewhere around mid September.
Our first task was choosing a name for our new company which truly represents the full variety of products being offered and also makes use of an historic name from the Manchester area. As you may or may not know, we temporarily used the name of Harris Wood Products, Inc. while determining an appropriate direction and business name. We have selected Parkerville Wood Products, Inc. as our company’s name. This is derived from the area rich in history in which our new facility will be located. Our address of 580 Parker Street, accessible only from Mitchell Drive off Sheldon Road, is an area originally referred to as the Parkerville Section of the Town of Manchester. The building was built in 1901 and was used as one of the original paper mills for the Lydall and Foulds Paper Company. We are pleased to be settling in a part of Manchester known for the location of historical businesses.
Our plan is to continue to offer the core group of products that the Harris retail store built its reputation on. Our number one priority is selling premium grades of domestic and exotic woods. We will continue to offer hardwood and marine grade plywood, Behlens finishing materials, Systems Three epoxies, magazines and Amana router bits, as well as many new products. In addition, we will continue to offer stock and custom moldings, custom flooring thresholds or transition strips, wood and furniture repair, mantles and other woodworking in general. Our expertise and technical advice will also be available to you. We will have a better selection than ever.
The research and selection of the new items to be offered has been the focus of our efforts over the last few months. We will be creating a unique and diverse product offering yet will maintain one that is all linked to wood fabrication or wood material usage. We are expecting to offer the following new items:
- Stock line of turned table legs in a few different styles and species
- Custom Cabinet doors with many selections yet offered with a quick lead time.
- Custom designed and fabricated Home Storage Systems (closets, pantries, home office, etc.)
- Imported burls and blanks
- Kitchen refacing supplies and tools.
- Flooring
- Increased inventory of highly figured lumber
- Aircraft plywood, plans and epoxies for the homebuilt aircraft enthusiast.
- An artisan gallery area to allow for purchase of wood items from around the world.
- Woodworking kits ranging from clocks and music boxes to Windosr Chairs, Grandfather clocks and reproduction furniture
- Post and beam shed kits
- Custom Furniture
- Steam bent parts
We have purchased the following equipment that will be available for service in our shop:
- Powermatic #225 – 24” planer
- Diehl #75 straight line rip saw with laser guide light
- Butfering 42” wide belt sander
- Delta sliding table saw with 3.2 meter capacity
- Scmi CNC Tech 90 Super machining center and cad/cam software
- Ramarch semiautomatic case clamp
- Hoffman dovetail routing machine
- Hoffman beaded face frame trimmer
- Holzher 1402SF automatic edgebander
- Northfield radial arm saw
- Oliver 20” jointer
- Progress edgesander
- Blum Mini press hinge drilling and insertion machine
- Copemaster crown molding coping machine
- Laminate slitter
- Overhead router
- Smaller table saws
- Oliver 36" band saw w/22'' resaw capacity
- Hersaf manual panel router
- Oliver shaper
- Sand Pro downdraft sanding table
- W and H molder
- Nyle DH lumber drying kiln with 3000 bd. ft. capacity
- Rotary screw air compressor with refrigerated air dryer.
- Sternvent cyclone dust collection system with after filters and material transfer blowers
- (Future plans for Molder)
We very much look forward to serving your woodworking requirements and regret that we have not been available to provide lumber and products to you for the past few months. We hope that you will find our new venture worth waiting for. You will be notified of our grand opening when it is scheduled. Please keep an eye on our website for the latest news and information. www.parkervillewoodproducts.com
Thank you. See you soon, David Harris and Chris Paulhus
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