Save Your Hands with SwitchSafe (Sawmill Safety Solution)
Replacing knives on a chip n’ saw shaft or chipping canter can be a difficult and time consuming job. Rotating the shaft to replace the extremely sharp blades that cut through gloves and hands can make it a dangerous job as well. The Redco™ CNS Knife Tool,...
When To Choose A High Performance Plastic
There are so many choices for performance plastics it can be overwhelming to choose what you require for your application. What complicates things further is that often several grades of plastic may be able to “do the job” but plastics also vary widely in...
Flexible PVC Strip Door – More Versatile Than You Think
It goes by many names: “strip door”, “strip curtain”, “freezer door”, etc. But most people know what a plastic (PVC) strip door is under one name or another. It’s just a door made from clear pieces of plastic that hangs from an open doorway, correct? Actually no – the...
Talking About Tolerances
A major consideration on most parts we work on is tolerances, IE. how far can our fabrication work deviate from the dimensions on the drawing. Several issues keep coming up with tolerances and it’s something you need to actively think about for your application. The...
UHMW vs. PTFE
There are few questions we dread more than the customer asking about a PTFE truck liner. While the error is understandable – in natural form both UHMW polyethylene and PTFE are white colored plastic, if PTFE were ever used as a truck liner the cost would be many 10s...
3 Tips For An Easy Rubber Purchase
Purchasing rubber would seem to be a simple thing: everyone knows what “rubber” is and most people think of it as one hegemonic product where even if different rubber types exist, they’re all more or less similar. That is actually untrue and the rubber family is...
Pile Driving Cushions
Redco IRG (impact-resistant grade) nylon pile driving cushions are one of our core products for the construction industry. These pads are hand-made to fit into each customer’s pile stacks and absorb the impact of the hammer, dissipating the energy as heat. Unlike...
5 Things You Need To Know For Your Twin-Wall Polycarbonate Install
Twin-wall polycarbonate is a long-lasting and cost effective product that can provide years of enjoyment in a greenhouse or roof awning application. The product is durable, UV-resistant, and relatively inexpensive. However, there are some very important things you...
Plastic Angle
Out of the many parts and plastic profiles requested of Redwood Plastics and Rubber, plastic angle keeps coming up. This is typically plastic bent at a 90 degree angle halfway. This is primarily used for protection of a surface or object if machined out of UHMW or...
