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Hyne Timber partners with Stirling Machinery to establish new GLT plant

Hyne Timber, manufacturer and distributor of high volume industrial, structural and engineered timber products have announced a major expansion of their Glue Laminated Timber (GLT) plant in Maryborough, Queensland. The move has involved the purchase and installation of 14 new machines supplied by Stirling Machinery, part of the Accurate Group.

Cedar Sales Purchase Multiple Machines to Fulfil Exciting New Contract

When Cedar Sales (part of Modinex Group) landed a significant new contract, it called for an extensive capex upgrade to meet the increased output requirements. The company invested in several new machines from Stirling Machinery

World’s Largest Wooden Dome

This title goes to the geodesic Superior Dome in Marquette, Michigan. Constructed in 1991 from 781 Douglas Fir beams, it stands at 14 stories high and, with a diameter of 163 metres, covers a massive 20,619 square metres under its roof.

A Wooden Structure of Biblical Proportions

The biblical story of Noah’s Ark is prime fodder for the woodworker’s mind. Believers and Atheists alike find it fascinating to contemplate the sheer size of the ark and how it could be constructed by a mere mortal and his sons without the aid of technology.

Sculptform’s Australian Embassy Project in Bangkok a Master Stroke

Sculptform (formerly Woodform Architectural) have been achieving great things both here and overseas. Their click-on battens in Blackbutt and Spotted Gum were chosen by architects...

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Oct

Accurate & AceCo land exclusive distribution agreement

AceCo Precision Tools and the Accurate Group have entered into a long-term agreement whereby Accurate will act as the sole distribution agent for AceCo’s precision wood tooling in Australia and New Zealand.

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Oct

Improve your grinding room with CBN (borazon) and diamond

If you want to improve the efficiency of your grinding room and increase productivity and accuracy, then this range of wheels will exceed your expectations...

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Oct

How to dress a grinding wheel

Regardless of whether you are using al-oxide, CBN (borazon) or diamond, grinding wheels need to be dressed to perform successfully..

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Accurate in Australasian Timber

Have you caught this month's Australasian Timber?

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Riding for children's cancer

Our resident lycra man, Chris Roberts is hitting the road in October to ride 450km in the Great Cycle Challenge to fight kids' cancer!

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New production facility underway

You may have heard we've recently secured the adjacent tenancy, which means we're doubling down on our head office facilities...

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WoodTECH 2018 Wrap Up

Throughout the last fortnight we've been in Melbourne and Rotoura attending the 2018 WoodTECH Conference...

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Is the adjustable pencil round cutter the right tool for your job?

At Accurate, we are one hundred per cent about using the right tool for the job. It just makes no sense at all to use a light duty spindle moulder cutter head on a full-blown moulding machine. The Accurate Adjustable Pencil Round Cutterhead has been built for heavy duty...

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We're expanding

We're very excited to announce Accurate Group’s Australian HQ in Brisbane is poised to double in size by the end of 2018 with the securing of the adjacent tenancy. Production and distribution capacity will double, and a new machinery showroom will be installed. New in-house machines have been acquired to provide improved tooling services such as grind to profile, knife balancing, profile templates and cut-to-length knife steel.

Robbo's Roundup 'Let's Torque'

Have you ever had that cutter block that won’t slide on a shaft nicely, or you’ve set the knives on the OMA stand and it won’t come off?

The things you can do with timber #10008

'Wood' you drive a timber car?

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Get up to five times more edge life from your knife steel

Have you discovered the benefits of upgrading to ST-1 steel?

Jul

Table Lube Substitutions Create a Slippery Slope to Problems

We’d like to draw your attention to the importance of table lube for keeping your machine lubricated and clean. We've heard some pretty wild stories about what people are using instead of specific table lube designed for this application.