c.r. onsrud

WMS Video

C.R. Onsrud: What's New and Exciting at WMS 2015?

Matt Jenkins and Mike Schwartz of C.R. Onsrud mention some of the new products that C.R. Onsrud will be demonstrating at WMS 2015, and why the company is excited to attend this year. C.R. Onsrud, Inc. specializes in high quality CNC machinery designed for the aerospace, woodworking, plastics, and composites industries.

Video

Building Guitars: Inverted Routers vs. CNC

Custom guitar manufacturer BILT Guitars, Des Moines, IA, built its shop around the CR Onsrud Inverted Router. The high-end boutique shop has been crafting instruments by hand since it was founded in 2011, and explains the advantages of an Inverted Router in produce custom guitar body silhouettes. Using unique jigs and templates, hand selected lumber is machined into instruments that resonate with authentic sounds that is sought after by performers.

Magazine

Charles Onsrud Continues Family's Woodworking Machinery Legacy

2015 marks 100 years of the Onsrud family in the woodworking machinery business. Along with Charlie Onsrud, continuing the family legacy are Tom, president, John, executive vice president and Bill, vice president. Tom’s children, Jeff and Alyson are the fifth generation involved in the woodworking industry.

Custom

Cherry Wood Makes the World Go Round

For the past seven years, WMIA's Wooden Globe awards have been produced by students from the four year wood college program at Pittsburg State University in Kansas. The process usually includes three kids and takes roughly two days to produce the Globes.