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06/17/2026

Old School Wooden Toys - Look at what can be accomplished when you avoid watching TV! These throw-back wooden toys were made by the late Brice Gamble, an electrical engineer by trade who started making toys as a hobby in the mid-1970’s after leaving the corporate world.
He made the toys for his children and sold them at arts & craft shows around the country, as well as museums including the American Folk Art Museum in New York City. Many times, these arts & craft shows became a good reason to travel with his family all over the US.
Most of the toys shown in the photos were based on old-fashioned toy designs, well before the addition of plastics and electronics, when only gravity or kid-power were used to create the toy’s action.

12/05/2024

The Cathedral Notre Dame de Paris will be reopening on 8 December 2024, five years after a horrific fire in April
of 2019. It will reopen to the public after two initial masses are held. The French chose to rebuild the cathedral
back to its original design using the same original materials from the beginning of its construction in the
12th century, while making the structure more durable. As detailed in a previous post, the church has been rebuilt using lumber from the same forest and stone from
the same quarries as was used in the original construction. The spire has been rebuilt using the same, original
primitive truss designs from the 19th century when it was added to the 1 4th-century-built main structure.

Preventive measures such as a sprinkler system and
fireproof partitions above the vaulted ceilings have been added to avoid another disastrous fire.

In addition, the stained glass and murals had to be carefully cleaned before they could be restored. Of eight
finalists, one French artist will be chosen to create new stained-glass designs which will be included in several
chapels. The murals in the many chapels within the church had not had the paint re-touched since the 1850's.

The result of this methodical restoration is that the interior of the cathedral is now bright with various colors
bouncing from windows across stone, from ceiling to floor, and the colors of the paintings and stained glass
found closer to eye-level really pop.

11/28/2024

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A microcosmic story of Wood Tech Systems and their commitment to best suit customer's needs through changing times, trends and technologies. An ever-going c...

10/08/2024

Yet another update on the repairs to Notre Dame de Paris: the target date for completion is 8 December '24. Here is what the nave will look like. The stonework has been cleaned, repaired, and the murals restored, so this is very close to what it looked like back in the 14th century, when it was initially completed, except for the modern basin shown in the foreground. The second photo was taken by the Paris fire department just after the fire.

07/07/2023

Good reminder about safety on construction sites:
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Hard hats, safety glasses, gloves, and steel-toed boots—you’ve probably seen construction workers adorned with these and other personal protective equipment (PPE) on various job sites. But why are …

06/14/2023

Our experience comes from a firm, familiar grasp of machinery and component assembly, grown from 36-plus years in the business. Our family involvement in construction goes back even further, to 1934.

06/12/2023

So many glass office towers seem to be close copies of each other, at least from the outside. Read our new blog for an example of a different approach:
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These two photos feature Cube Berlin, located on the same plaza as Berlin’s central train station. The architects, 3XN, used reflective glass installed at various planes in their curtain wall design. So instead of a boring glass box, it gives facades that change based on the angle you approach the...

06/09/2023

There are Frank Lloyd Wright projects and homes throughout the country, some in spots that are little known. One of those is in the College Hill section of Wichita, Kansas. See our link here:
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One of our customers told us of this Frank Lloyd Wright project found in the College Hill section of Wichita, Kansas. We had no idea it existed and decided to check it out while still in town.

05/20/2023

Our own Joe Halteman checking out new tech for the structural wood component industry at LIGNA.

05/19/2023

Direct from the LIGNA show floor we have (left to right) Joe Halteman, Jim Mavrakes, Jess Lohse (Executive Director at SBCA) and Jay Halteman. 👍

Wood Tech Systems uses our solid knowledge of machinery and component assembly that has grown from over 25 years in the component business.