Stirling from the Windsor Plywood head office built a house number sign to attach to the new siding on his house. He used purpleheart from the Windsor Plywood Langley location for mounting the Taymor 6″ LED-backlit numbers. Mounting on board minimizes the amount of hardware needed to attach the sign to the hardboard siding. The … Continued
The fine folks over at Kreg tools have provided many free project plans for every level of woodworker, on their website. Please follow this link and make sure to send photos and information about your finished project to us at Windsor Plywood and we will feature you on our Blog. Projects can be submitted to … Continued
STARS (Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service) is an Air Ambulance Service that serves the three prairie provinces. They are a non-profit organization that is primarily supported by public donations. Recently they have chosen to update their 30-year-old helicopters with the new AIRBUS H145 helicopters, nine in total, at a cost of $13 million Canadian each. … Continued
“We were honoured to be asked to be part of this special project made by Angela’s Attic. Specially constructed, designed, and donated to the Canadian Cancer Society Daffodil Campaign in April 2021. She did an amazing job repurposing a vintage head and footboard into a sitting bench that will now live in the Kordyban Lodge. … Continued
By: Wanda Kurchaba (Photos submitted) Above and beyond. That’s the type of service you get when you visit the Windsor Plywood store on 18th Street North in Brandon. With experienced, knowledgeable and loyal employees ready to assist you, your projects can start and end with confidence. Windsor Plywood has been part of the retail landscape, … Continued
Ancient Kauri Trees capture last collapse of Earth’s magnetic field By: Paul Voosen | Feb. 18, 2021 , 2:00 PM Several years ago, workers breaking ground for a power plant in New Zealand unearthed a record of a lost time: a 60-ton trunk from a Kauri tree, the largest tree species in New Zealand. The … Continued
Ken Saumure of Calgary, AB just finished another project. A TV stand that he designed and built with materials and hardware from the Windsor Plywood Airdrie location. It’s just 3/4″ Birch plywood and milled Pine but it turned out really well. It was his first time applying a finish (Benjamin Moore water based latex paint) … Continued
James Christensen of AB, Canada recently acquired this massive burl from the Windsor Plywood Edmonton South store and wanted to share his project: A Yellow Cedar Burl Pedestal Bowl. He had this to say: I bought this beautiful Yellow Cedar burl from Edmonton Southside Store. It was a bit bigger than I thought, so I … Continued
As the challenging year 2020 winds down, the Windsor Plywood stores and their crew have put together some needed Christmas cheer. The COVID-19 pandemic and its profound effects have brought upon us unprecedented challenges. With careful regard, the staff from each store, as well as their loyal customers and partners in businesses, are finding all … Continued
