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The latest news and events from Rail Yard Studios.

Starting Small - Scale Models of Our Designs

Starting Small - Scale Models of Our Designs

Posted by Robert Hendrick on Sep 30th 2015

Traveling with our product to shows and events around the country can be a bit of a challenge. For goodness sake, our work is not exactly small.So we take lots of pictures. But even that can gloss ove…
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Stretching Our Thinking - New Designs

Stretching Our Thinking - New Designs

Sep 17th 2015

Some designs take longer to get to than others. Then one is a bit of a vintage concept from 2014 that has been hanging around for the better part of a year. The pieces were fashioned for the projec…
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Timbering: Simple and basic design is timeless.

Timbering: Simple and basic design is timeless.

Posted by Robert Hendrick on Sep 16th 2015

That's a century of doing things pretty much the same way from the Industrial Age through the Digital Age. We spend a great deal of time making our designs simple - classic and timeless.That…
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Porter's Friend Coat Rack

Porter's Friend Coat Rack

Posted by Robert Hendrick on Sep 3rd 2015

Some things just deserve to be seen, like the Stetson hat your father-in-law owned and your gear from Rail Yard Studios (not included) and gear from Mitchell Bat Co (blue cap pictured not in…
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New Home for a Favorite Piece - Woodsmoor

New Home for a Favorite Piece - Woodsmoor

Posted by Robert Hendrick on Sep 1st 2015

We love seeing what our friends do with our work, and our Avant Garde Bench gets that special treatment that makes us want to share.This one found its way to our friends at the applied craft…
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Every Last Scrap - Going Green

Every Last Scrap - Going Green

Posted by Robert Hendrick on Aug 31st 2015

We committed ourselves to being environmentally responsible from the word go. That meant creating an eco-friendly product with a minimal carbon footprint, and that dedication extended itself to our wo…
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Table Tennis Table from Rail Yard Studios

Table Tennis Table from Rail Yard Studios

Posted by Robert Hendrick on Aug 27th 2015

Playing Games We love getting to make things with the water jet. Here's a short clip water-jetting the "netting" for the Click Clack Table Tennis Table headed for Jackson Hole, Wyoming and…
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It's a hard job that they make look easy

It's a hard job that they make look easy

Posted by Robert Hendrick on Jun 1st 2015

These guys spend all day out in the weather - hot or cold. It's a hard job that they make look easy, but truth be told, this is real work. Here we catch them bringing in a small portion of part…
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Railroad Jewelry

Railroad Jewelry

Nov 20th 2014

Yes, we call this work.Not our everyday gig for sure, but we do try new things from time to time that takes us away from the routine.Our jewelry line is a prime example of that. Each of these spi…
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