Your Catskill Craftsmen piece is made of choice domestic hardwoods, which are harvested locally in the heart of the Catskill Mountains in Upstate New York.

All the species we use are self-sustaining. None are endangered.

Sawn boards are air dried, then kiln dried for weeks down to 6-8% moisture content. When dry, boards enter the factory through our dimension plant where they are defected, cut to length, planed, run through straight line saws to assure good glue seams, sorted again with defects thrown out, and glued panels on our clamps with an industrial glue that dries harder than the wood. Each stick is handled and searched for defects at least four times before it is glued. The glue is non-toxic.

Panels then move to the finishing plant where they are shaped, dovetailed, slotted, bore, etc. Parts are standardized as to length, width and thickness with strict tolerances. Male and female dovetails, mortises, whole sizes and depths, etc., are all standardized with numerous quality control checks during operation.

Finished pieces are then sent to the packing department where they are dipped in oil, fired, and packed for shipment. Each table is packed on an assembly line with a place in the carton for each piece.