Wood turnings, stair balusters, columns, handles and furniture from our own wood-turning shop with sawmill and wood drying
Drechslerei Schulz - Heino Schulz Drechslermeister
Diesdorf, Altmark (DE)New on Amplifa
About Drechslerei Schulz
Drechslerei Schulz in Diesdorf (Altmark, Saxony-Anhalt) has been producing wood turnings using manual and automatic wood turning since 1958. The portfolio includes stair balusters and newel posts, CNC-turned columns and posts up to 3.50 m in length, capitals, half-columns and rosettes for windows and front doors, cover caps, wooden balls up to 500 mm in diameter, tool handles, small furniture, play equipment and garden furniture. The company operates its own sawmill (block band saw up to 115 cm log diameter and 12.90 m length, horizontal gang saw from 1911 with up to 120 cm log diameter), a wood drying kiln in a longitudinal-flow dryer up to 7.20 m in length, and deep-hole drilling over 1 m deep. Wood species processed include spruce, larch, Douglas fir, oak and iroko (kambala). Customers come from stair construction, window and door manufacturing, furniture and garden furniture manufacturing, and the food sector (including rollers for Salzwedeler Baumkuchen). The company produces with its own eco-power from photovoltaics and is heated with untreated wood and solar thermal energy.
- Site
- Diesdorf
- Processes
- Manual wood turning (turning by hand), CNC turning, CNC turning of columns, Pattern lathe turning (pattern turning shop), Turning of discs and rings with mechanical support, Copy turning (cam-controlled copy lathes), Automatic lathe turning (hydraulically controlled automatic lathes), Wood-turning copy milling machines (PLC controlled)
- Materials
- Spruce, Douglas fir, Oak, Iroko (Kambala), Larch
- Founded
- 1958
- Industries
- Stair construction, Window/door manufacturing, Furniture manufacturing, Garden furniture, Play equipment, Food sector
- 01
Log sawing (block band saw/horizontal gang saw)
- 02
Wood drying (steamed on request)
- 03
CNC-/copy-/manual turning
- 04
Deep-hole drilling
- 05
Assembly (furniture, play equipment)
- 06
Delivery
Wood Species and Processes
Spruce
Used, among other things, for garden furniture and general turned goods.
Larch
Weather-resistant wood for garden furniture.
Douglas fir
For garden furniture and turned parts for outdoor use.
Oak
Robust wood for furniture, columns and turned goods.
Iroko (Kambala)
Tropical wood for high-load garden furniture and turned parts.
Locations
Diesdorf
DEProduction, sawmill, wood drying, administration
- Part weight / size
- Columns up to 3.50 m length / 25 cm diameter (CNC);
- Lot size
- Single pieces to series production (automatic lathes)
- Materials
- Spruce, larch, Douglas fir, oak, iroko
- CNC lathe
- Pattern lathe (up to 60 cm diameter, 2 m length)
- Copy lathe Walter Hempel
- Fully automatic copy lathe Walter Hempel
- Lathes/automatic lathes Hemco
- Cam-controlled copy lathes Zuckermann
- PLC-controlled wood-turning copy milling machine
- Block band saw (up to 115 cm log diameter, 12.90 m)
- Horizontal gang saw Mägdesprunger Eisenhüttenwerk (1911, up to 120 cm, 8.60 m)
- Longitudinal-flow dryer (up to 7.20 m)
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manual wood turning (turning by hand)Machining | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| CNC turningMachining | – | 3,50 m | – | – | Wood |
| CNC turning of columnsMachining | – | 3 m × 25 cm diameter | – | – | Wood |
| Pattern lathe turning (pattern turning shop)Machining | – | 2 m × 60 cm diameter | – | – | Wood |
| Turning of discs and rings with mechanical supportMachining | – | 1 m diameter | – | – | Wood |
| Copy turning (cam-controlled copy lathes)Machining | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| Automatic lathe turning (hydraulically controlled automatic lathes)Machining | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| Wood-turning copy milling machines (PLC controlled)Machining | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| Deep-hole drilling (e.g. cable penetrations, iron rod pass-through in wooden rollers)Machining | – | over 1 m depth | – | – | Wood |
| Timber sawing with block band sawMachining | – | 12,90 m × up to 115 cm log diameter, max. | – | – | Wood |
| Timber sawing with horizontal gang sawMachining | – | 8,60 m × up to 120 cm log diameter | – | – | Wood |
| Wood drying (longitudinal-flow dryer, steamed on request)Heat treatment | – | up to 7,20 m | – | – | Wood |
| Production of stair balusters, newel posts, columns, grips, cover caps, rollers, knobs,Machining | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| Production of tool handles (broom, shovel, spade and axe handles, scythe snaths, etc.)Machining | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| Manufacture of garden furniture (benches, tables, armchairs, chairs)Assembly | – | – | – | – | Spruce, Douglas fir, Oak, Iroko (Kambala), Larch |
| Production of capitals, half-columns and rosettes for windows and front doorsMachining | – | – | – | – | all common wood species |
| Manufacture of small furniture (stools, footstools, bar stools) and play equipmentAssembly | – | – | – | – | Wood |
11 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNC lathe | – | 1 | – | – | Diesdorf |
| Pattern lathe | – | 1 | up to 60 cm diameter, 2 m length; discs/rings up to 1 m diameter | – | Diesdorf |
| Copy lathe | Walter Hempel GmbH, Nuremberg | – | – | 1990 | Diesdorf |
| fully automatic copy lathe | Walter Hempel GmbH, Nuremberg | – | – | 1991 | Diesdorf |
| Lathes / automatic lathes | Hemco GmbH, Herzogenaurach | – | – | – | Diesdorf |
| Copy lathes (cam-controlled) | Zuckermann, Vienna | – | – | – | Diesdorf |
| Block band saw | – | 1 | up to 115 cm log diameter, 12.90 m length, max. 90 cm cutting width | – | Diesdorf |
| Horizontal gang saw | Mägdesprunger Eisenhüttenwerk, Harz | 1 | up to 120 cm log diameter, 8.60 m length | 1911 | Diesdorf |
| Longitudinal-flow dryer (wood drying) | – | – | up to 7.20 m length | – | Diesdorf |
| Wood-turning copy milling machine (PLC controlled) | – | – | – | – | Diesdorf |
| foot-operated manual turning bench (historic) | – | – | – | – | Diesdorf |
Additional services
History
- 1958
Founding of the wood-turning shop by Hans-Joachim Schulz in November, initially in two wooden sheds.
- 1966
Establishment of a sawmill (saw gate); processing of round timber; tool and shovel handles become a mainstay.
- 1979
Construction of a larger production hall (1979/80), which still forms the workshop today after conversions and extensions.
- 1988
Withdrawal from mass production of handles (most recently approx. 100,000 handles/year); focus on stair balusters, shelf columns and small furniture; approx. 10,000 scythe snaths leave the company.
- 1990
Purchase of the first new copy lathe after reunification.
- 1991
First fully automatic copy lathe from Walter Hempel GmbH, Nuremberg.
- 1999
Son Heino Schulz takes over the management of the wood-turning shop.