Latest news from Hammersmith

At Hammersmith's we have 2 timber moulders that we use to make our handrail on, as well as timber mouldings and dressing timber for our own production needs.These 2 machines are not always in use, so we are happy to dress other peoples timber, for a fee of course ! Read more...

When handrail is required for use in aged care facilities and hospitals; the Australian Standard 1428.1 states that when terminating the handrail (eg: when reaching a doorway), the handrail must return towards the wall, which is where a 90 degree bend comes into play. Read more...

American Oak has become a very popular timber over the last couple of years, so it came as no surprise when an existing customer of ours asked if we could produce a round stool seat that we had already been making for them in this timber. Read more...

We recently had a request from an event hire company interstate to produce for them a extra long turned table leg. They wanted to make 75 tables at a taller than normal height. We showed them some of our standard designs that we have existing tooling for and after selecting one we then set about modifying the tooling so that we could increase the height of the leg by about 300mm. Read more...