MEMPHIS
About 25 percent of Old City’s work
is commercial, which tends to be
higher quality with hardwoods,
mouldings, and matched
finishes.
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The Midtown Memphis company has specialized in high-end residential work.
the average casework job.
“Our biggest improvement has been
capturing project information up front,
and we’re able to do that with software
we have written and especially Microvellum,” Johns says. “Once a job is measured we’re able to capture the cutlist for
the casework, drawer sizes and get all
the information up front.”
Moving and upgrading
A new Biesse Artech Skill 300
machining center is fairly new and easier
to program. Johns wants to expand ca-
pabilities with the new Biesse. “We want
to go from just cutting out casegoods
to being able to produce more techni-
cal pieces on it,” he says. “That ties into
being able to create shutters and related
parts.”
The Memphis shop also has a Maggi
boring system, Striebig vertical saw,
Omga FP4000TN cutoff saw, and small
Brandt edgebander.
Keeping busy
“We’d like to work more efficiently
within our existing systems, but we’d
also like to be more responsive to what
the architects need, maintain and improve these relationships,” Hedges says.
