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Gary Houtsma’s design would eventually be coined the MIL-STD 1913. It was adopted by the various branches of military in 1995, and has since become a standard found across most firearms and a wide swathe of accessories.

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The symmetrical art of woodturning is still in demand for traditional and modern designs. Whether replicating turned balusters for heritage properties, or making simple cylindrical legs for modern furniture, our turning equipment suits all aspects of this craft.

Our timber is selected from environmentally responsible sources. We take every step to minimise the impact of our operations on the environment.

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Making full use of our CAD and CAM software, our experts carefully draw, model, analyse and program each part. At each level of programming we aim to maintain accurate machining techniques to achieve the best possible surface finish with reduced wasted for eco-friendly production.

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In the 1980s, an engineer at Picatinny Arsenal (New Jersey) started working on a more standardized version of the Weaver system. It had to have regular spacing and compatibility with Weaver-compatible rings. Rings (and other accessories) designed for the new system did not need to be backward compatible with Weaver systems. The irregular spacing of the channels would prevent that.

Picatinny. The Pic Rail. MIL-STD 1913. Known by a few names and used on more than a few weapons platforms, the ubiquitous Picatinny Rail has made itself quite comfortable across an ever-expanding list of firearms and accessories. How did such a thing come to be?

After the somewhat widespread adoption of Unertl’s mounting blocks, the Weaver mounting system became popular. For all of the Weaver System’s popularity, it had a few drawbacks. The spacing on the blocks was never standardized. The positions of the blocks on a rifle might allow one scope to fit, though that same scope might not fit on another rifle with differently spaced blocks. This posed a problem for its widespread adoption by the military.

As it turns out, that was the whole story. Boiling it down, there are only a few key points to how this industry standard came to be:

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From one-off bespoke projects to production runs of machined components, we can be your solution for the manufacture of timber components.

Making full use of our CAD and CAM software, our experts carefully draw, model, analyse and program each part. At each level of programming we aim to maintain accurate machining techniques to achieve the best possible surface finish with reduced wasted for eco-friendly production.

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Timber is carbon neutral, a natural and renewable resource that suits many structural applications but has tremendous aesthetic appeal. Clive Durose brings out the best in wood with our knowledge and expertise.

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We have CNC lathes for precision and repetition, fluting and twisting equipment to produce intricate design features and more recently we invested in an 8 axis CNC machine for the most demanding of components.

Bringing bespoke ideas and designs to reality in several woodworking disciplines, including CNC routing, turning, linear profile moulding, curved work, solid wood and panel machining.

Our highly skilled CAD technicians’ use leading industrial design software to generate 3D models of each product prior to production; thoroughly testing each component through virtual simulation to ensure precise accuracy, resulting in unrivalled excellence in all that we make.