Spring is just round the corner here in Saskatchewan! The yard in the shop is starting to show some gravel that was hidden under the layers of ice and snow for the past several months and we have had a few +5 days. Whew!
The second item arriving this spring is the looming tariffs by USA and Canada which we are trying to navigate our way through. As you may or may not know half of our raw lumber is imported from the US and the other half is Canadian, tariffs would take a toll on our business for sure as 85 percent of our product is purchased by American customer. However, with our Canadian dollar so low, our products are still a great deal.
On a happier note. Our son Ruslan came down from Saskatoon for a long weekend and together we managed to get the HolzHer CNC router all levelled and it computer and vac pump into place. Last piece of the puzzle is the step-up transformer arriving from Toronto in the next week. Once all hooked up to power by our trusty electrician Darren at C&D Electric we begin the long learning curve to figure out how to run it and what it can do.
We are hoping this will add precision and speed to complex solid wood shaping for our upcoming designs in solid wood!