Chris Smith

After declining precipitously in the housing collapse, woodworking and carpentry jobs are finally starting to stabilize.  Are you interested in where the best paid jobs are?  Are you interested in which woodworking and carpentry occupations pay the most?  Would you like to know how woodworkers have fared relative to the rest of the country?  Find […]

Guest Post by Pat Mullery I have been fortunate to be in a business I really enjoy for more than 25 years and I have generally found that being more inclusive in scoping a job rather than less inclusive has gotten me more work and more profitable (and interesting) work as a result. Sometimes we

Guest Post by Pat Mullery I worked primarily with the Monarch MF-375 Z-Clip System for a year or so before I realized they made other sizes and shapes. I also only used them for hanging removable panels on vertical surfaces until I discovered some “magic” numbers embedded in their design. Let’s look at the MF-375

Guest Post by Pat Mullery This is the inaugural installment of what is likely to become a regular feature so the first thing I would like to do in this first article is address why the Monarch Z clip system make sense. 25 years ago I started my millwork career and the way to attach veneer

2 inch diameter stainless steel glass spacers, also known as standoffs, are very common today as architects increasing incorporate glass into their designs. One frequent question we receive is how to protect the glass from the stainless steel. We carry a few different products at Monarch to help with this. First is a plastic washer that

I thought I would share some pictures from a recent sharp corner stainless channel job we did here at Monarch Metal.  The piece had a 8 inch base with a 2 1/2 inch leg and was 20 feet long.  We finished the outside faces and base of the piece.            

In follow up to our post from last week, we wanted to give customers an idea of what a mirror polished or brushed finished stainless steel sharp corner structural would look like.  We took those same rectangular stainless tube cuts and the stainless t bar and applied a #8 mirror polish to once face and

Sharp Corner Stainless Structural Angle & Channel Now Available Monarch has recently added a new product that we are excited to share with our customers.  Monarch is now providing sharp corner stainless shapes.  Generally, the only options for customers when using stainless steel in architectural applications was using hot rolled or cold rolled stainless structural

Even though we typically recommend stainless steel for outdoor applications, we are often asked how well other materials hold up.   It is hard to answer this question because it depends on the environmental factors of the application (climate, humidity, temperature, direct exposure to elements vs. shielded, etc.)  At a minimum though, we thought it