Glacial Wood Products recently launched a new line of Architectural Millwork. The new line features hundreds of millwork designs and accents to enhance cabinet, furniture and woodworking projects.

“The new line allows our customers to add extra touches of style and detail that normally aren’t cost effective”, said Dick Johnson, President of Glacial Wood Products.

These Architectural Millwork pieces come in a variety of wood species such as Alder, Cherry, Mahogany, Maple, Red Oak and many more. The line includes:
• Carved Crown Moulding
• Rosettes & Plinth Blocks
• Appliques & Onlays
• Capitals & Bases
• Brackets
• Corbels
• Ceiling Medallions
• Finials
• Mantels & Surrounds

For more details, see our complete catalog online along with select items in our online store.

As one of the largest, most reliable, custom wood turning manufacturers in North America, we pride ourselves in our ability to allow designers to create custom looks at our “same size, same price” direct custom pricing. This allows you to add a personalized look to any project that you would pay a premium for anywhere else.

SKILLED CRAFTSMEN
Glacial Wood’s skilled craftsmen manufacture high quality, custom wood columns and capitals, stair posts and cabinet parts. We use only the best glues and woods to create strong, long lasting products.

TAILOR-MADE FOR YOUR PROJECT
Not only are our products beautiful, they are tailor-made for each project. You select the wood species to best fit your budget and design. As a Glacial Wood client, we will guide you through the design process and make sure that you get the exact custom column you need.

DESIGN YOUR OWN
Visit our column builder page, online store, or download one of our catalogs. Then request a quote to see how Glacial Wood Products can meet your custom wood column, stair posts, or cabinet parts needs.

CUSTOM WOOD TURNING
Glacial Wood Products can meet the needs of even your most complicated custom wood turning designs. Whether it’s tight tolerances and fast turnarounds, our craftsmen create accurate and high quality wood balusters, newel posts, finials, columns, base blocks, stair parts, cabinet components, furniture parts and an unlimited variety of wood turnings for our clients.

STOCK WOOD TURNING COMPONENTS
Glacial Wood Products also offers a line of stock wood turning components featuring standard sizes for stair parts, novelty items, cabinet components and furniture parts. For exact specifications and dimensions, please go to our stock product catalog. Whether your project needs custom wood pieces or stock items, make Glacial Wood Products your wood component supplier of choice. We offer a large variety of wood species for:

Balusters
Stair Parts
Newel Posts
Finials
Cabinet Parts
Furniture Legs
Table Legs
Columns
Post Caps
Rosettes
Millwork
Base Blocks
Novelty Items
Specialty Items
Store Fixtures
Construction Projects

In the July 2011 of CWB Magazine, Glacial Wood Products was featured for our collaborative project with European artist Andrzej J. Olejniczak. See the article below or link to it here.

“CNC Gets Wood Ball Turning at Glacial Wood Products”

International artist, Andrzej J. Olejniczak, and wood turning manufacturer, Glacial Wood Products (GWP), recently completed a unique geometric work of art that will be displayed in a European art show in November of 2011. Images courtesy Andrzej

European artist Andrzej J. Olejniczak and Glacial Wood Products, Brooten, MN, have completed a unique geometric work of art for a November 2011 European art show — a 10-inch wood ball (and matching box) turned on a CNC lathe, using laminated slabs of maple and walnut. The project, says Olejniczak, results from “searching for the unexpected within simplicity in the world of geometry.” Olejniczak, based in Lodz, Poland, says his approach merges applied arts to fine arts. His precision-styled work is a natural for a custom woodworker, but Olejniczak said it was hard to find a woodshop to do it.

“Many times the collaborating party would show little interest in production of a single piece that required so much attention to detail and precision in execution,” he said. “I’m known to be very particular,” he adds, so “it was a very new experience for me to work long distance without the ability to oversee every stage.”

Johnson says Olejniczak’s art “utilized many of our skills in high tech wood turning capabilities.”

Johnson notes that his firm is well equipped to handle unique and short run projects. “We cater to the custom world; we do a lot of short run things,” Johnson says. “But it doesn’t mean we can’t do long runs.” One example of a long run: the official Harry Potter wand.

“We supply a lot of large companies,” Johnson says. “Cabinet manufacturers are our core. Cabinet companies are going more to furniture-like items.” Adding custom-turned or specialized wood components “add that furniture look.”

For Olejniczak’s project, the ball had to fit precisely in the convex box, yet spin freely. Glacial Wood Products first made a laminaed box from the maple and walnut boards, then turned them precisely into the 10-inch ball.

Olejniczak said the final piece “not only met all my expectations, it surpassed them. It was peerlessly executed.” Glacial will show Olejniczak’s work online in November. It also has launched techniques for using multiple species in one part and laser engraving and square post design.

More pictures will be available after Olejniczak’s European Art show this coming November and will proudly be displayed on both Olejniczak’s website and Glacial Wood Products’ site.