Justin Smith, wood window sash maker and owner of Smith Restoration Sash. |
Smith Restoration Sash is the culmination of 17 years of wood working experience. Owner
Justin Smith graduated from the North Bennet Street School in Boston
where he studied fine furniture design and construction.
Following an early career in period furniture reproduction and restoration,
Justin spent six years at a small, quality-focused sash company in Vermont.
There he designed and reproduced wooden sash and windows. As the shop's
sole sash maker his work became well known under the company name while
at the same time establishing his reputation.
Our commitment to customer service enables clients to control costs and quality. The process begins with an initial consultation and estimate, continues through the development of custom tooling and concludes with timely delivery of a high quality finished product. We form long lasting relationships with architects, restoration contractors and historic commissions. Repeat clients know to consult us early in the design process to assure a successful project. If you have a question about historic windows, contact us and we'll be happy to respond. Contact us by email or call our office at 401.351.1222.
We constantly seek ways to improve the performance of our product. While our joinery is traditional, our manufacturing process utilizes the best of past and present sash and window making technology, wherever we may find it. Our shop is equipped with machines from the U.S., Italy, Germany, Japan and Poland. These range from foot-operated equipment patented in the 1890's, to a twenty-first century briquetting machine. A few of these are portrayed below, just scroll down:
We acquired this Chuet Bioperatice, an unusual French machine that
can rapidly produce blanks flat on one face and square on an adjoining
edge. Unlike a typical moulder, the grooved bed allows it to remove
any bow or twist in the material. This process is crucial to being
able to produce straight and accurate sash parts. |
Our 1947 Oliver Tenoner is designed for simultaneous tenoning
and coping. Its five independently operating cutting heads allow
us to rapidly produce identical tenons. |
The saw is a 1967 Oliver 5 hp machine and was originally owned by the US government. Although it is nearly 40 years old, it hardly shows its age and proves to be a true workhorse on a daily basis. |
This Unitronix planer was built in Poland while industry in that country operated under a centralized command economy. The government demanded that companies meet certain production goals annually, to be measured by weight in tonnes of equipment produced rather than the number of units built. Consequently, this planer is literally built like a tank! As is the case with several of our other basic machines, overbuilding gives this planer a stability and reliability often lacking in newer models. |
Our automatic Greenlee Hollow Chisel Mortiser produces the square
holes, or mortises essential for traditional mortise and tenon joinery. |
Our briquettor transforms our waste sawdust and wood chips into heating fuel. |
Briquettes fire our Danish boiler to provide heat for the shop. This utilizes scrap and reduces our unusable waste to near zero. |
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