Company Profile

Company Background

 

Our lighting line now consists of more than 2,000 products in over 280 unique styles. Each light is handcrafted in our factory. Some lights have a more three-dimensional, structured quality about them. They require the most handiwork in that the patina is hand applied, the bark paper is handmade and metal-working is extensive. Other lights are more two-dimensional with almond or amber colored mica setting off the art.

All of our lights are thoughtfully designed for maximum functionality, durability, ease of installation and care. Each light meets or exceeds the standards and requirements of the Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL) for both USA and Canada. Our desire is to provide rustic lodge lighting and cabin lighting products for our customers whose lifestyles reflect their love for the outdoors. We're creating designs that meet the needs of home owners from border-to-border, and mountains to oceans.

Below are some of the steps we follow and the outstanding people (aka "Ranch Hands") we employee located in our Ferndale, Washington Craftory.

Our Production Process

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  Steel Cutting

  
  

  All of our lights begin their life as a flat piece of steel. Using 16 and 18 gauge mild steel in 4 x 8 foot sheets, the are loaded onto our CNC plasma cutting table for cutting in the various parts for the lights. Typically, only the outside edges are machine cut, as the "inside lines" are cut with a handheld cutting torch. This hand cutting gives each part a unique one of kind look.

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  Steel Forming

  
  

  All of our steel forming is done by hand. Wall lights have backplates which are bent into shape using a hand brake. Animals, trees and pine cone parts are pounded into shape using hammers and special jigs. We also have hand rollers, small benders, pliers, etc. Handmade, that is what we are all about.

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  Welding

  
  

  Okay, so the next step is to take the parts cut and formed above and begin the welding process. Our welding team has a long history working at the "Ranch". Through the years, we have created welding jigs and the product knowledge to make a light consistently from one production day to the next. Working from production list and a master template, each light is hand welded into the final product. If the fixture is a custom light, or has modifications from the original design, the welder person refers to detailed shop drawings to make the light.

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  Finishing

  
  

  Once welded, the light fixture and all of its parts are brought over to the finishing department, ie the powder coating area. Each finish color has its on bin or rack, and one crucial step is to put the light fixture in the right bin, because, at this point, only the welder person knows what color any particular light is to be finished. We use a 7 to 9 step process for finishing our products. Lights are dipped into three liquid tanks for the surface preparation, heat dried, powder is electrostatically sprayed on the light and then baked in a 400 degree oven. Once cooled, the lights are taken to the assembly department. Some colors require multiple steps through the spraying-oven to achieve our special look. Other colors require hand painting of details with a final lacquer coat.

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  Assembly

  
  

  Lighting parts that are through the finishing department are now ready for assembly. We have multiple work areas set up for assembly, one for each category of light fixtures, such as chandeliers, pendants and wall lights. It takes many months of training for one of our assemblers to master just one of these categories. Full knowledge of the assembly procedures need to be learned: Which sockets to use, how to hand cut the mica or hand bend the mica, how to use the glass making kiln, which hardware pack to use and how to perform the various UL tests required.

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  Boxing and Shipping

  
  

  Completed lights are placed in plastic bags and are given to the boxing and shipping department. Some orders are master packed together to save on shipping. Other lights require large crates to be built. Care is taken with each light to make sure it arrives at the customers location in one piece.