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25 Jan

Products

How Much Does A Hollow Box Beam Weigh?

• October 25, 2019
• Posted by Richard Ourso

We want to use this opportunity to talk about one of the greatest advantages of our custom made beams and mantels-- their weight. Unlike...

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22 Jun

How-To

DIY Ceiling Beams

• October 25, 2019
• Posted by Richard Ourso
• Ceiling Beams, DIY, Do It Yourself

Our ceiling beams will save you money, and are just about the easiest way to get real antique wood beams into your house. Our...

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24 May

Behind the Scenes, How-To

How to Remove Nails From Reclaimed Beams

• October 25, 2019
• Posted by Richard Ourso

Denailing is the first step in making our hollow box beams for ceilings. When we get our stock lumber (100+-year-old antique pine), it is...

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20 Apr

Behind the Scenes, Products

Why You Can’t Beat Hollow Beams and Mantels

• October 25, 2019
• Posted by Richard Ourso

Nobody makes custom hollow ceiling beams and fireplace mantels like we do at The Olde Mill, a new wood shop working out of Baton...

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04 Mar

Behind the Scenes, Design, Products

Truss System Basics

• October 25, 2019
• Posted by Richard Ourso

Like the inner working of quantum physics or high-level strategy in basketball, I think I was aware of trusses without ever really actively thinking...

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26 Feb

Behind the Scenes

2014 Habitat Home Expo Show

• February 26, 2014
• Posted by Richard Ourso

We at Ourso Designs and The Olde Mill were excited to participate in 2014's Habitat Home and Garden Show in Baton Rouge last weekend. We...

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14 Feb

Design

Designing seamless box beams

• October 25, 2019
• Posted by Richard Ourso

Over at the Ourso Design Blog, The Olde Mill's sister company, I talked about how the WikiHouse project is using computer guided mills (CNC mills...

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24 Jan

Behind the Scenes, How-To

How to Fold a Saw Blade

• October 25, 2019
• Posted by Richard Ourso

These are the blades that we use on our Timberking 1600, a pretty great sawmill that we are still learning all the tricks to: We...

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