Different Cuts of Lumber: Plain, Quarter, and Rift Sawn Wood
When it comes to choosing the hardwood to build McClure’s handcrafted shuffleboard tables and butcher block products, there are three standard cuts of lumber ...
The Pool Cue Test
What could pool cues possibly have to do with shuffleboard tables? Well, there is actually a striking comparison that helps explain why wood quality matters s...
Knowing the Difference Between Hardwood and Softwood
Comparison of Sugar Maple, Soft Maple, and Beech Wood. Sugar maple (also known as hard maple) is often compared to soft maples (such as red maple and sil...
Made In China Shuffleboard Tables
Shuffleboard Tables Made in China Consumers know the phrase “Made in China” so well that they react with surprise whenever they learn tha...
Hardwood Trees: Know Your Hardwood
Food and fire. Shade and shelter. Quality furniture and sturdy tools. Life without trees, especially hardwood trees, is unimaginable. Yet, when lost in the ...
Not All Shuffleboard Tops are made with Pure Michigan Hard Maple?
Handcrafted Shuffleboard Tops Made with Pure Michigan Hard Maple When I tell people what kind of business I am in, the first question they ask is," Where do y...
Where is the Maple?
I awoke this last day of 2011 to discover something interesting about syrup and the marketing and advertising of such a simple product. I have always been in ...