The Woodsman Serene log burner that I purchased was manufactured by WH Harris. I contacted the company and was invited to visit its factory in central Christchurch. I was conducted around the large manufacturing area by Richard Harris, great-grandson of one of the company’s founders.
The process starts with the loading of a stack of large sheets of 8mm thick steel plate into the computer-controlled laser cutter. The steel is made at Glenbrook, just south of Auckland, by New Zealand Steel, from the North Island’s west coast iron sands and scrap steel. Richard Harris speaks highly of