NOW HIRING! SHOP PRODUCTION ASSOCIATE

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Heartland Wood Products is seeking applicants to fill a Shop Production Associate position.

Job duties include:

Prepare and set up machines and tooling for woodwork manufacturing.
Operate woodworking machines, including saws and milling and sanding machines.
Cut, shape, and smooth wooden parts.
Verify dimensions using caliper or rule.
Apply adhesives to connect pieces to form a complete unit.
Ability to lift 50+ pounds occasionally.
Lumber experience is preferred but, we are willing to train the right candidate.

•-40 hr. per week permanent position.
•-Mon-Thur. 6:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. and Fri 6:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
•-Paid major holidays
•-Health Insurance
•-Competitive wages

Heartland Wood Products is a drug free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

Apply in person at: 1315 E Bridge St. Redwood Falls, MN 56283

COVID-19 ESSENTIAL BUSINESS

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UNDER THE GOVERNOR’S EXECUTIVE ORDER 20-20 ISSUED ON MARCH 25, 2020, GRILL WORKS AND HEARTLAND WOOD PRODUCTS ARE DEEMED ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES. WE WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE TO FULFILL OUR CUSTOMER’S NEEDS. WE ARE TAKING PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT OUR STAFF AND CUSTOMERS PER CDC GUIDANCE. BEST WISHES TO YOU, YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR BUSINESS.

The glue that binds us to you!

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Heartland Wood Product’s edge gluing capabilities open up a whole world of opportunities. Edge gluing, the process of ripping and gluing lumber to create wider material, has a multitude of applications. Common, custom wood products that Heartland Wood Products produces using these techniques are, cabinet door panels, wider raw lumber, stair treads, stair skirt boards and post and beam caps.

One of our most popular edge glued products is our butcher block. Our customers come to us with some great ideas and uses for butcher block. They will mix species and colors for counter tops, back splashes, island tops and bars. One even had an idea for a headboard and night stand tops for a bedroom set. Butcher block care can be as simple as a rubbed mineral oil finish. This makes for easy maintenance of dings and scratches as you can simply sand them out and re-oil the surface.

Our high quality edge gluing techniques help us to deliver a wider variety of custom woodwork and millwork to our customers. Not all edge gluing is created equal, however. In our shop, your project will not be ripped if it can’t be glued and clamped that day. This is an important policy to keep in the edge gluing process. The reason being, when a fresh edge is cut on any given piece of lumber, it exposes a fresh section of that board. That fresh section and the pores in that part of the wood, immediately start wicking minerals and saps. These minerals and saps clog those pores that you want the glue to penetrate to insure a quality glue joint. This is the kind of knowledge that all of our craftspeople have acquired over the years.

Quality edge gluing, yet another skill that makes Heartland Wood Products the best in custom wood product manufacturing. “You should see what we saw!”

Fine wood working equipment

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Planer-sander

Planer-sander

Belts

Belts

We love to show off our state of the art shop here at Heartland Wood Products. So check out this beauty! It’s a Time Savers Hero, planer-sander and it’s one of the workhorses of our company.

For those of you who are not aware of what a planer-sander is, it’s just that. It planes and sands a flat smooth surface. As a board or other flat, wood, product passes through, it first passes under the planer portion of the machine. The planer is not long flat blades you might have seen on smaller planers, rather it is made up of some 500 14 mm square inserts. The inserts are sharpened on all four side so when a fresh cutting edge is needed we go in and give each insert a ¼ turn.

Then the product runs under two sanding drums much like the common belt sanders we’ve all seen. To be more technical, the first is a drum and the second is referred to as a polishing platen. Currently set up with 120 grit finish belt, she puts out that professional finish Heartland Wood Products is known for.

As you can see, it is a large machine. For safety and efficiency, it is fitted with cameras and screens so the operators can see what’s going on, on the other side.

It has a million and one uses from planning lumber for raw stock to door panels to butcher block tops. With a 43” wide capacity, we are able to put a smooth surface on larger products like island tops, counter tops and doors in minutes.

Skilled craftspeople, the finest equipment and quality lumber continues to be the winning formula for us at HWP! It’s why we say, “You should see what we saw!”

What is this?

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This is the kind of custom work that keeps us all excited and proud of our work here at Heartland Wood Products!

It’s called a lock miter. It makes mitering down the length of two boards easier, quicker and more accurate for us and our customers.

Applications for this joint are endless. Our customers like it for things like quick and easy assembly of post and beam caps. Glue and clamp them on site. The corner seams come out sweet!

Other common uses are newel post construction, cabinet corners and jambs.

What would you do with it?

Lock miter

Lock miter

Lock miter newel

Lock miter newel

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Building a New Home or Remodeling?

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If you are building a new home or remodeling your existing home, you have to listen to this!!

Heartland Wood Products offers affordable custom made mill work whether your building new or remodeling.
The woodwork you use can either enhance or diminish the style and design of your home. It can tie everything together or make it stick out like a sore thumb.

The folks at Heartland Wood Products have been making custom millwork for over 20 year and with over 1000 patterns available; that means they can manufacture virtually any style wood moulding, trim, doors or more!

They are not a box store with rows and rows of cookie cutter trim and mouldings, they match, design and even custom make your wood work they hand pick the wood for your project.
Heartland Wood Products affordable custom mill work made with traditional craftsmanship and today’s technology.

Contact Us to Get Started

Manufacturing, Purchasing & Distribution

1315 East Bridge St.
Redwood Falls, MN 56283
507.637.5355