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- Phone 306-374-1335
- Fax 306-374-3622
- 290C RR9
- Saskatoon, Sk, Canada
- S7K 1P3
Here are some details about the company
- Our hope is this will make you more comfortable in dealing with
us.
Back in 1995, Jon Daniels found a webpage that was
selling mild steel rings for making chainmail at $0.03 per rings.He
thought that was a little high and he emailed the company offering
to supply them with rings at $0.01 each. They accepted and he
started manufacturing 1 type of ring. Jon next formed a relationship
with The Chain Mail
Connection and he began to sell rings through this fine webpage.
Over the years the selection has greatly improved and the business
has expanded.
The Ring Lord is now about a 10 person (it varies), 12 +
machine company with access to dozens of maillers for finished
projects. The 5000 + sq ft factory is staffed 7 days a week and operates 24 hours a day 5 out of 7 days.
Virtual Factory Tour
Here's a timeline
- 1987 - Jon learns how to make chainmail.
- 1996 - Jon started manufacturing 1 type of ring for Medieval Menagerie (They are no longer in business)
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1996 - Jon sells rings at Chain
Mail Connection, variety increases.
- 1998 - Jon starts a webpage selling rings
while continuing to sell through Chain Mail connection
- 2000 (July) - TheRingLord.com is born.
A professional webpage is developed.
- 2001 (Jan) - 1 million rings are sold
in January 2001.
- 2001 (Mar) - With 9 employees and increasing
orders TheRingLord.com orders an industrial ring making machine.
- 2001 (July) - The ring machine (Tor) is
operational and the first machine cut rings are sold
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2001 (August) - The Ring Lord - wholesale
division is opened
- 2001 (Sept) - 5 million rings are sold
this month!!
- 2001 (October) - The Ring Lord moves into
a new, much larger facility on a 30 acre property.
- 2002 (Feb) - a 2nd ring machine arrives
(Mithril), Tor is tooled to cut 12g wire
- 2002 (Jul) - a 1300 sq ft building is
constructed to house The Ring Lord's expansion.
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2003 (March) - we hit the local news.
Read
the article here.
- 2003 (April) - The Ring Lord employs over
10 maillers to create 4 huge banners for The Tower of London
in London, England.
- 2003 (April) - a 3rd ring machine (Sam)
begins operation, 3rd full time employee and a part time employee
are hired for the night shift.
- 2003 (October) - a shopping cart is launched
and 1300 more sq ft of wire storage is built.
- 2004 (March) - a full time shipper is
hired to improve shipping speed and customer service.
- 2004 (May) - a 4th Ring machine is purchased
- 2004 (Sept) -an additional 2600 sq ft
facility is built, another manufacturing employee hired and a
punch is ordered for making scales and punched rings.
- 2004 (Nov) -an industrial welded mesh making machine arrives. The machine makes 22 ga 5/32" ID welded fabric
- 2005 (May) -Scale manufacturing is brought in house
- 2005 (July) -a 5th person is added to the manufacturing staff to keep up with production demand
- 2005 (September) -a second industrial welded mesh making machine arrives. The machine makes 24 g 3/32" ID welded fabric
- 2005 (Nov) -a second shipper is hired to keep up with packaging demand
- 2006 (Oct) - a second and larger lathe is purchased to improve tool manufacturing both for in house and for sale.
- 2006 (Nov) - 1300 sq feet of space is converted from wire storage to manufacturing area; 800 sq ft is added for wire storage
- 2007 (Apr) - another full time staff member is added in the manufacturing area.
- 2007 (May) - a third industrial welded mesh making machine arrives. The machine makes 22 g 5/32" ID welded fabric and we call him Biff.
- 2007 (Sept) - a 4th and 5th industrial welded mesh making machines arrive. One makes 24 g 3/32" ID and one makes 22 g 5/32" ID welded fabric
- 2007 (Sept) - 2 welded mesh seeming machines are purchased for the welded machine made fabric
- 2008 (Sept) - 500 sq ft addition is added to the factory for office, lunch room and storage
- 2009 (March) - CAM a CNC ring machine is added to our ring and coil making machines
- 2009 (April) - an automatic weigh and bagging system arrives in house - its being set up to pre-package our rings
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- Company's Legal Name: The Ring Lord
- Location: 6 miles east of Saskatoon, Sk
in Canada Map and Directions
- Saskatchewan (Provincial) Business License:
913187
Provincial Sales Tax: #: 1817592
- Federal Tax Number 860585611RT0001
- Customs Broker - UPS Brokerage
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- Name: Jonathan Daniels (picture)
- Roles: Owner - Marketing, Buyer, R & D, Manufacturing
- email addresses: jd@theringlord.com
- Education: Engineering Physics Degree
(distinction) - 1998 - University of Saskatchewan
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Name: Bernice Daniels (picture)
- Roles: Owner - Customer Service, Web Designer and Programmer, Accounting, Order Processing
- email addresses: bernice@theringlord.com
- Phone (9AM-9PM CST) (306) 374-1335
- Education: Mechanical Engineering Degree
- 1997 - University of Saskatchewan
- Royal Architectural Institute of Canada
- 2000 to 2002
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- Name: Sue Giberson
- Roles: Shipping (order picking, packaging, customer service)
- Name: Kurt Harvey
- Roles: Manufacturing (Machine operation, handcutting rings, weave samples)
- Name: Ian Betz
- Roles: Shipping (Machine operation, saw cutting, anodizing reactive metals)
- Name: Eric Matwe
- Roles: Manufacturing (Machine operation, weaving machine specialist)
- Name: Corbit Giberson
- Roles: Manufacturing (Machine operation, saw cutting, anodizing reactive metals)
- Name: Doug Daniels
- Roles: Machine and building maintenance, manufacturing (machine operation, tool manufacturing)
- Name: Betty Fettes
- Roles: Shipping (order picking, packaging)
- Name: Amber Pooler
- Roles: Manufacturing (Machine operation, saw cutting, anodizing reactive metals)
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- Name: Tor (Ring Machine)
- Roles: Machine Made Ring Manufacturing
- Tooled to work with the following wire guages: 12, 14, 16, 18
- Name:Mithril (Ring Machine)
- Roles: Machine Made Ring Manufacturing
- Tooled to
work with the following wire guages: 16, 18, 20, 22, 24
- Name: Sam (Ring Machine)
- Roles: Machine Made Ring Manufacturing
- Tooled to
work with the following wire guages: 12, 14, 16, 18
- Name: Oli (Ring Machine)
- Roles: Machine Made Ring Manufacturing
- Tooled to
work with the following wire guages: 12, 14, 16, 18
- Name: CAM (CNC Ring Machine)
- Roles: Machine Made Ring Manufacturing and coil making for saw cutting
- Tooled to
work with the following wire guages: 12, 14, 16, 18
- Toy: industrial machine that makes welded chainmail mesh (22 ga 5/32" ID welded mesh)
- Pepe: industrial machine that makes welded chainmail mesh (24 ga 3/32" ID welded mesh)
- Biff: industrial machine that makes welded chainmail mesh (22 ga 5/32" ID welded mesh)
- Quinn: industrial machine that makes welded chainmail mesh (22 ga 5/32" ID welded mesh)
- Grandma: industrial machine that makes welded chainmail mesh (24 ga 3/32" ID welded mesh)
- Unnamed equipment:
- Large chainmail machine: makes 21g 3/16" machine made welded mesh
- Industrial vibratory tumber; chain making lathe; anodizers; various saw cutting setups; wire drawing equipment,heat treating oven etc.
- We also contract several maillers that make the
finished projects.
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