Very old building, been there for almost 100 years. Actually a replacement of a building that burnt down, leaving the machinery behind! :-)

They've been turning out high-quality carpentry for a very very long time. Things like sash windows made with mortise-and-tenon joints with no nails. A lot of the machinery is practically bomb-proof and very very reliable, though there are safety concerns. The carpenters there showed off a machine that makes a tenon in a piece of timber in nothing flat and only slightly longer to do it in a dozen pieces at once. Then he showed one that used a drill bit inside a chisel piece that is used to make the mortise. Very impressive.

Also impressive was the fact that they were young guys! In this day of mass-produced crap, it is encouraging to see carpentry apprenticeships still around and being filled. One fellow said that he was learning modern things at trade college and old techniques in the workshop. They have a 3rd-year project that most of the other apprentices are struggling to do... and it's what they do everyday in the workshop. He clearly loves his job.

The workshop does a lot of restoration work, including custom beadings and profiles on household carpentry. They make their own profile bits to do that, in fact.

Wade.