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Stand-Up Computer Workstation

adjustable-height-mobile-sit-stand-computer-workstation-for-stand-up-operatorThe most popular gift for university students, this year, is the standing computer desk.

This ergonomic upright computer desk allows the student to operate the computer while standing, enjoying the health benefits over operating a computer from a sitting position.

MULTI-FUNCTIONAL DESIGN

This unique design offers many options for the student or interior designer, including:

  • sleek design (24.5″ x 46″ x 12″)
  • stack multiples into wall units
  • adjustable shelves
  • use as:
  • bookshelves
  • extra closet space
  • storage
  • moving box
  • dresser

Due to the patented Sing Core material, when used as shelving, each shelf will withstand up to 180lbs of books (or whatever) with no deflection and the upright computer stand’s layout and design takes up little space in a student’s dorm room, while utilizing the shelves beneath to act as storage.

The Sing Upright Computer stand weighs-in at only 18lbs, so it is easy to move from here to there when necessary – and is so light weight, we offer free shipping to you (some assembly required).

People who sit at desks for long periods of time develop health issues similar to those of long-haul truck drivers. Metabolic and digestive systems fail to operate in optimal capacity, leading to weight gain and reduction of overall health, including back pain and higher likelihood of contracting diabetes.

Standing while working at the computer is increasingly the alternative to traditional sitting workstations increasing circulation, reducing blood pressure and promoting better health. Students who use the standing computer work station report greater creativity and less fatigue while working for long hours.

Also by simply using a standing workstation rather than sitting at a desk burns an extra 500 calories a day, just by getting up out of that chair and working at this space-saving alternative that takes up much less real estate than a sitting desk.

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Large Oversized Doors

What can you expect from Sing Core?

The best Large Oversized Doors, oversized pivot door, oversized sliding door or any door of any type, style or size that can be guaranteed not to warp, bend, twist or otherwise fail (including full structure warranty) for 50 years. No door can achieve such high levels of precision, performance or longevity unless it has patented SingCore inside.

How Can I Get a Door with Sing Core Inside?

We are the manufacturers of SingCore. We do not sell retail. We only supply the best architects, builders, manufacturers, millworks and door companies with patented SingCore products that lift and redefine the limitations of weight and strength in building materials such as doors, panels, post and beams.

If you are interested in using patented SingCore in your next project for its Eco-friendly lightweight and high strength characteristics and you are an Architect, Millwork, Trade Professional, or Wholesale/Distributor, please feel free to Click for Pricing.

Homeowners or retail inquiries please contact your local trade professional or favorite door company and tell them you want a door with, “SingCore Inside.”

Large Oversize Doors

 

 Sing Core specializes in custom 1-off high-end large oversized doors, sliding doors and aluminum doors. Why? Because no other door manufacturers does huge Eco-friendly doors better. The Sing Core Door manufacturing plant is set up especially to make panoramic doors that are up to 50 feet tall/wide, yet true flat, lightweight and stronger than steel.

See the Sing Best Door definition

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Huge doors present a variety of complications for designers and installers. Due to structural changes in the materials and changes in the physical environment. A door that appears to be a perfect fit at the time of installation, most likely will be a huge disappointment over time. This causes extraneous maintenance fees, loss of energy, and lack of long life requiring early replacement.

 

True Flat – Guaranteed

3-sliding-exterior-doorsSing Core is the only door manufacturer that can create eco-friendly doors that can be guaranteed true flat regardless of the size, and will not warp, twist or experience extreme deflection under stress. And, thanks to the lightweight properties in comparison to other solid materials available, Sing Core oversized doors though large in size, are lightweight, causing less strain on the structure and hardware. Sing Core doors are available in any height, any width, any thickness.

 

Energy saving doors are becoming more important especially when considering doors of large size. Sing Core large oversize doors are extremely energy efficient due to built-in insulation that adds both energy saving and sound deadening properties.

Sing Core large doors are not only Eco-friendly, lightweight and stronger than steel, they are extremely affordable when compared to other lightweight but strong materials.

This 25 Foot long 10 foot tall door was installed into a Seattle Tech Giant.

25 Foot long 10 foot tall sliding door for a Seattle Tech Giant.

The best-known, oldest, most reliable, high-end millworks in the United States depend on Sing Core to deliver the goods for them when it comes to large, oversize doors. Why? Because Sing Core large doors are the only oversized doors that can outperform any other door in terms of long-lasting satisfaction and guaranteed true flat. Just let us know your expectations and based on our expertise, we will be able to provide you with a solution that we can guarantee.

Challenges of door manufacturing are based on three factors:

1. The skin (surface material)
2. The thickness
3. Door size

Based on years of experience, we know how to manipulate those numbers to your best advantage to make certain that you get the results you desire. If you’re considering an immense large interior or exterior door, you should consider a Sing Core large oversize door that comes with a full 10-year structural warranty.

Large extreme edge pivot swing doors with man door Center for Architecture Design Seattle singcoreSome of our design solutions include very large doors, like large French doors, large church doors, large carriage doors, large closet doors, large cabinet doors and large front doors and in most cases to guarantee true flatness aluminum plays a part in the composite design.

Sing Core oversized entry doors, oversized French doors, oversized front door, oversized interior doors, large glass doors, large patio doors and large entry doors by far exceed the requirements of any other doors available on the market today.

When it comes to large exterior doors, large pocket door, large interior doors, large glass sliding doors, large garage doors or large wooden doors no other door manufacturers can deliver superior results, like Sing Core.

Whether you’re considering a large sliding glass door, large wood doors, large sliding doors exterior, large shop doors, large opening doors or large pivot doors, Sing Core is your one-stop solution for your oversize door, guaranteed.

Lightweight insulated door core 15' length

 

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What is a Sing Panel?

Basically, a Sing Panel is Sing Core sandwiched between two skins with solid wood borders on all edges.

Sing Core Comparisons Based on 2″ x 2″ Grids

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Insulation ✓ ✓ x x x x x
Sound Deadening ✓ ✓ x x x x x
Lightweight ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ x x
Strength ✓ x ✓ ✓ ✓ x x
Solid ✓ ✓ x ✓ x x x
Eco-friendly ✓ x x ✓ x x ✓
Renewable ✓ x x ✓ x x ✓
Oversize ✓ x x x x x x
Dimensionally Stable ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Affordable ✓ x x x x x ✓
Waterproof Upgrade? ✓ ✓ ✓ x ✓ ✓ x
Fire Retardant Upgrade? ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ x ✓
Bullet-proof Upgrade ✓ ✓ x x x x x
Thickness Available ✓ x x x x x x
Skin Options ✓ x x x x x x
Easy to Machine ✓ x x x x x x
Fast Turnaround ✓ x x x x x x

Insulation: Sing Core has built-in insulation value with an R3 to R6.5 rating per inch, depending on client’s needs/specifications.

Sound deadening: Sing Core’s filler material has natural sound-deadening properties. Other sound-deadening options are available at customer request.

Light weight: When compared to other materials Sing Core weighs much less, as much as 50% less, or more, as little as 4 lbs. per sq. ft. yet eco-friendly. This advanced technology used in the aviation industry is now available for use in your home.

Strength: Sing Core based on 3/4″ thick = 660 PSI. For instance, aluminum 3/8″ grids = 30+ PSI (smaller grids should be more strength). Sing Core’s superior strength comes from its advanced torsion box design.

Solid: Sing Core is solid like a rock. While the vertical wood grain torsion box core may be compared to other hollow honeycomb cores, the Sing Core voids are not hollow as they are bonded wall-to-wall and filled with recycled foam for a strong, solid substrate.

Eco-friendly: Sing Core is manufactured using natural wood fibers, no formaldehyde, or toxic chemicals, is created using less energy than any other core material with little or no waste.

Renewable: The structure of Sing Core is 100% renewable (nature-grown) clean fiber and/or recycled material.

Oversize: Sing Core excels in area of large oversize products due to its unique properties and can be up to 50 foot length.

Dimensionally stable: Sing Core is the most dimensionally stable building material allowing us to create large, oversize products (i.e., doors, up to 50 ft.) that are true flat exceeding AWI standards and can be guaranteed to be true flat. Large oversize panels can be truly dimensionally stable without any movement due to temperature and moisture change.

 

Waterproof upgrade: Sing Core is available in waterproof upgrade, to accommodate your specific water resistant requirements.

Fire retardant upgrade: When used in fire retardant applications, the Sing Core fire retardant door is the lightweight, super-strong, eco-friendly alternative.

Bullet-proof upgrade: In high-security end products, most cores used in bullet-proof applications are heavy in weight, causing strain on the infrastructure, unlike Sing Core.

Thickness available: Sing Core is readily available in many thicknesses, up to 6 inches in standard thickness, with custom thicknesses available.

Skin options: Available in many different exteriors including (but not limited to) aluminum, cement board, cold roll steel, concrete, ceramic tile, fiber glass, galvanize metal, glass, MDF, metal, plastic, plywood, solid wood, stainless steel, etc…

Easy to machine: Sing Core is easy to work with in the shop or on-site for sawing, sanding, adding solid wood implants, gluing, cutting and fastening.

Fast turnaround: In you’re in a rush, only Sing Core can be custom made within 24 hours and is proudly manufactured for you in the USA.

frp-fiberglass-panelsEco-friendly: Sing Core is manufactured using natural wood fibers, no formaldehyde, or toxic chemicals, is created using less energy than any other core material with little or no waste.

Renewable: The structure of Sing Core is 100% renewable (nature-grown) clean fiber and/or recycled material.

Dimensionally stable: Sing Core is the most dimensionally stable building material allowing us to create large, oversize products (i.e., doors, up to 50 ft.) that are true flat.

Strength: Sing Core based on 2″ x 2″ grids and 3/4″ thick = 660 PSI. For instance, aluminum 3/8″ grids = 30+ PSI (smaller grids should be more strength)

Light weight: When compared to other materials Sing Core weighs much less, as much as 50% less, or more, as little as 4 lbs. per sq. ft. yet eco-friendly.

Oversize: Sing Core excels in area of large oversize products due to its unique properties and can be up to 50 foot length.

Dimensionally stable: Sing Core exceeds AWI standards for flatness and can be guaranteed to be true flat. Large oversize panels can be truly dimensionally stable without any movement due temperature and moisture change.

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Insulation: Sing Core has built-in insulation value with an R3 to R6.5 rating per inch, depending on client’s needs/specifications.

Sound deadening: Sing Core’s filler material has natural sound-deadening properties. Other sound-deadening options are available at customer request.

Waterproof upgrade: Sing Core is available in waterproof upgrade, to accommodate your specific water resistant requirements.

Fire retardant upgrade: When used in fire retardant applications, Sing Core is the lightweight, super-strong, eco-friendly alternative.

Bullet-proof upgrade: In high-security end products, most cores used in bullet-proof applications are heavy in weight, causing strain on the infrastructure, unlike Sing Core.

Thickness available: Almost any thickness

Skin options: Available in many different exteriors including (but not limited to) aluminum, cement board, cold roll steel, concrete, ceramic tile, fiber glass, galvanize metal, glass, MDF, metal, plastic, plywood, solid wood, stainless steel, etc…

Easy to machine: Sing Core is easy to work with in the shop or on-site for sawing, sanding, adding solid wood implants, gluing, cutting and fastening.

Fast turnaround: In you’re in a rush, only Sing Core can be custom made within 24 hours and is proudly manufactured for you in the USA.

 

 

Multiple Sing Panels can be joined together to achieve the results you desire, including on-site multi-panel projects. large doors or trade show booths.

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2×12 New Bamboo-style 2×12

sing-core-lightweight-wood-beams-are-eco-friendlySing 2×12 Lumber, Metal and much more….

The Sing 2×12 is not any type of soft wood or hardwood that you’ve ever known before; it is a basic material to build almost everything we use in our daily life.

1 Sing 2 x 12 x 1.5 inch panel

Why have we developed the Sing 2 x 12 x 1.5 inch thick Sing Plank?

  1. The Sing 2×12 is a superior match having the greatest amount of flexibility in diverse applications.
  2. Sing 2x12s can be produced in train load quantities. It has all the features of Sing Panels but at a lower cost. Sing 2 x 12 planks could use as substrate. Sing 2x12s can be edge-glued or end-glued to join and create any length or width. It is easy to append with any skin to accommodate any thickness. It is the most lightweight (1.5 lbs. per linear ft.), true flat and strongest insulated lumber ever invented.

Click here to see our Sing 2x12s in action in our 2×12 Photo Gallery.

2 Bamboo-style Sing 2×12 plank.

Why have we developed the Bamboo-style Sing 2 x 12 x 12 inch?

The only drawback when cutting 2 x 12 Sing Planks is exposing a portion of the Sing Core. When cutting the Sing 2×12 you need to remove a portion of the Sing Core and add insert a solid edge to end cap the exposed end. We have developed the solution by adding solid wood implants to create a Sing 2 x 12 like bamboo, providing cut points which will not expose Sing Core. It will have solid wood pre-installed at end of the Sing Panel cut point.

Due to the feedback of woodworkers who have heavy production schedules, we developed a new and improved Sing 2×12, that we call the Bamboo 2×12.

In much the same way that bamboo’s strength-cut-points occur naturally, Sing has scientifically redesigned the Sing 2×12 into its most prominent advancement, The Bamboo-style 2×12.

Sing-Bamboo-2x12-drawing-1You can see in the drawing (above) that 2 bamboo-like nodes have been put in place in the Sing 2×12 interior in the center-foot-area.
Cutting areas are precisely marked for your convenience. This allows for easy cross-cutting into lengths that are predetermined by the woodworking artist.

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For instance, when cutting lengths of 1’, 3’, 4, 5’ or 8’ the nodes (or wood stiles) are pre-installed for convenient cross-cutting into these standard lengths.

Using the standard Sing 2×12, cutting an 8 foot length into two 4 foot lengths, would require the production team or woodworker to install wood styles at the cross-cut point, which may slow-down the production time.

Now, with the new and improved Bamboo-style 2×12, these challenges have been resolved, streamlining the production process

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In the example (above) you can see how easy it is to edge-glue (using standard carpenter’s glue) Sing Bamboo 2x12s together into a large panel that could be used as a tabletop, counter, door, etc…

Question: If I need to build a door or table at 36 inch wide x 84 inch x 1.75 inch, what should I use Sing 2×12 plank or Sing Bamboo-style plank?

Answer: The Sing 2×12 Plank, because the Sing Bamboo-style 2×12 added cut-points would be superfluous (plus, the Sing 2×12 is less expensive).

Aesthetically, the Bamboo-style 2×12 and the Sing 2×12 look the same. If you require the Bamboo-style 2×12, you must specify when ordering.

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Strength Demo Photos

strong enough to hold more than 250 lbs with almost 7' span
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Photo (above) features sing sandwich panel only (no wood edge)
for extremely lightweight (less than 1 lb per sq ft) yet extremely
strong. Skin is .020 inch Luan

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Birch plywood .020 inch on both sides total thickness
1.5 inch nearly 8 foot span, 16″ wide almost zero deflection
Sing Panel w/1.5 inch solid wood on both outside edges

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The strongest lightweight drawer in the world
weight 15 pounds can hold two men 600 lbs
with almost zero deflection. The measurement
of the drawer is 44″ wide 9.5 inch height, 20 inch deep
and the whole drawer can be disassembled in minutes.

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