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As we start 2025 we look back on our accomplishments for 2024 and we can finally take some time and reflect on how our small business is doing and the changes that we have made along the way. February 2024 we purchased a CNC pod and rail HolzHer router which was a big step as we have no idea how to run the thing, BUT we know we needed one.  A shop in Regina was closing as the owners were retiring and no one wanted to take over the business after 103 years and 3 generations of skilled woodworkers. Sad...

A good friend of mine came into the shop last winter wondering if we could help him make a paddle for himself as he and his wife are avid paddlers in northern Saskatchewan. He had a paddle from another manufacturer but wanted something unique for himself.  Well here we go - Fast forward 6 months and here it is, our Bitz Laker paddle.  We have an enormous amount of old growth BC fir beams which we reclaimed from the demolition of the Weyburn train roundhouse.  From what I can gather the building went up in 1907 and was used a...