We’ve had the good fortune to connect with the great folks over at Metrofiets, the local manufacturer of incredible cargo bikes. We do all their wood components, and help them customize their options. Along with a steady supply of standard cargo boxes, including the classy logo work carved into the side and back, we have

We recently were asked to be part of the team of makers for the “Evening of Making,” a part of a three day summit called Launch 20/20. Launch 20/ 20 was held at Nike and was put on by a consortium called Launch (Nike, NASA, USAID and the State Department). Launch’s mission is to bring

Here is a fun prototype we have come up with. This is a walnut and oak housing for a very versatile Bose Soundlink speaker system. Just pair the speaker and your bluetooth device, and it goes wherever you do for music when you want, where you want. Use it in the office, on a camping

We were thrilled to be asked by local artist Suzy Root for help with her submission for the Portland Youth Philharmonic Painted Violin Project. Suzy came up with a design and we created a digital file, painstakingly dismantled the violin, and then carefully routed the design. We set the CNC to its slowest feed rate

With the Podpad, it seems the possibilities for customizing the doors are almost endless. We recently painted up a set and then routed an image of the St. John’s Bridge into them. It came out pretty sweet, and we’re already brainstorming more ideas. Images and colors can be customized for each client to match interior furnishings

We’ve begun to develop a relationship with a company in town called Metrofiets.

They build custom cargo bikes, and they are awesome. We’ve been helping them out by building the wooden carrier boxes that attach to their beautiful frames and can be filled with whatever suits your fancy: beers, kids, tools or almost anything you can think of. It’s been a fun project for us and it’s good to team up with a great local business

A client came in with some designs and wanted us to build a matching set of furniture.

He requested that they be made from Madrone. I’ve never really worked with Madrone, but I have heard that it’s got a mind of its own. I headed down to a new place for Ruphus, Sustainable Northwest Wood, to pick through the racks and see what I could find

Fresh from the Show PDX design event in town … is our new series of chairs, called Veer. We were so excited to be a part of the show, and feel lucky to be in such an amazing town with so many amazing builders and designers!

We started construction this summer on a full house on Mt. Tabor. The sunshine was wonderful, that’s for sure. It seems like a long time since we’ve had a summer like that around here. It felt good to be out in the hot sun, rocking tunes in the jambox and framing the house. With the

Posted by Ryan Fitzpatrick, Ruphus Shop Manager. We have been hard at work and enjoying all the sunshine. It’s been hard to get motivated to be inside on the computer, but I took a brief moment from camping and biking and swimming – and work, to give you a glimpse of our latest project: A kitchen