Embossed mouldings can make your house, office, room addition stand apart
from the crowd. Any type of moulding can be further enhanced by embossing.

Embossing is added to wood by pressing and burning a pattern into the
wood with a metal die.  The resulting pattern is all wood; it works, stains
and looks like wood because it is wood.  We have hundreds of embossing
wheels to offer a wide variety of patterns.  Poplar is the ideal wood for
embossing because it is soft and takes the patterns very distinctly.
Basswood is also an excellent choice.

Harder woods, like oak can be embossed, but the impression is not as deep.
Same with Maple and Cherry.  Mahogany takes embossing very well but is
expensive when used as crown moulding or a chair rail.  If it is used for
a picture frame, the cost can be easily justified.

Picture frame moulding is probably our specialty.  We can run small
quantities, but the price will be higher than if run with some volume.
The labor to run small quantities is what drives up the price.  Each piece
of equipment has a specific amount of time required to setup prior to
running.  If it takes an hour for example to set up a moulder to run a
given pattern, then that time must be allocated to the amount of material
that is run through it.  If you only need twenty feet, the moulder can do
that in less than an minute.  If you ordered two thousand feet, the moulder
could process it in about a half an hour.

The same goes for the embossing machine.  Set up time is required.  You
have to find the wheel for the specified pattern and install it on the
machine.  Time is money in the woodworking business as it is in any business.
The lumber yard has to locate and then handle the raw material used to make
embossed mouldings.  Then comes shipping charges to the mill that makes the
finished product.  All these charges add up, so don’t expect to order enough
moulding to make one small frame out of, as the price will floor you.  Buy a
small piece from someone who makes picture frames for a living and you will
pay much less as they always buy in bulk.

Embossing can be applied to all types of mouldings.  Used as an accent on
Architectural mouldings or apply as a pattern to part of a crown moulding.
The uses are endless.  Small mouldings can really dress up kitchen cabinets.
Rope type mouldings have been poplar for the last decade in both kitchens
and bath room cabinets, as well as furniture.

Dentil moulding is also very poplar.  I have seen it used as fascia board on
older houses, used as trim on both crown moulding and chair rail moulding.
It is very versatile.

Send me a picture of what you are looking for and I will either have the
exact pattern or suggest one that is very close.

 E-mail inquiries to Bob@HarrellWP.com

Harrell Wood Products Company is a company that specializes in making custom wood products. Whether it is custom parts for furniture or cabinet manufacturers, we guarantee quality parts, on time, to your specifications and at competitive prices.

Since 1980 we have been supplying furniture manufacturers edge-glued panels, squares, turnings, carvings, embossed mouldings, dowels, drawer components, bun feet, frames, rails and stiles, etc. We specialize in custom wood products.

The same goes for kitchen and bathroom cabinet manufacturing companies. We supply drawer fronts, drawer sides, door parts or complete doors, blanks, panels, turnings, corbels, anything that you can’t make or don’t want to make yourself. Just send us a drawing or describe what you need and we will make samples for your approval. If you need parts of any kind, in almost any species, we can supply it at competitive prices.

Upholstery manufacturers, we can supply you with almost any kind of bun foot
imaginable. We probably already have the lathe head built to turn it or else
we will make a new one. Need spindles, or carved legs, or fluted legs, we have
them all. All are made to order, however, as we do not inventory anything. Only custom orders are accepted.

Species that we can supply include: Alder, Cherry, Hard and Soft or Wormy Maple, Red and White Oak, Poplar, Pine (both Southern Yellow Pine or White Pine), Hickory, Ash, Mahogany, and others as required.

We supply stair components such as treads, risers, handrails, newel posts,
balusters, starter step mouldings, stair skirts, etc. We also make parts for
spiral stairs.

Custom flooring whether standard strip flooring, or plank flooring or something
out of the ordinary. We don’t supply bamboo, or other imported species. We
specialize in North American Lumber products.

Please e-mail all inquiries to:  Bob@HarrellWP.com

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