One shed, fifteen makers, no middlemen
Auditgear Woodcraft has occupied the same industrial lot in Balakong since 2011. This page is the tour we give every visitor, in words.
Started at a single bench in 2011
Our founder, Lim Wei Sheng, spent nine years building furniture for export factories before renting a corner of a Balakong warehouse with two second-hand machines. The first commission was a dining table for a neighbour; the neighbour still eats at it.
We grew slowly and on purpose. Every hire spends six months paired with a senior maker before touching a client's timber, and we cap active commissions so nothing waits in a queue getting rushed at the end.
Today the team is fifteen: nine at the bench, two in the spray room, two on drawings, and two who measure, deliver and install. Nobody sells — the work does that.
The rules every piece is held to
These are not marketing lines. They are the checklist pinned above the finishing bay.
- Timber rests before it is cut. Minimum two weeks in our store after kiln-drying, checked with a moisture meter to 10–12%.
- Joinery before fasteners. Mortise-and-tenon, dovetails and dominos carry the load; screws only where a joint must come apart.
- Movement is designed in. Solid tops float on buttons or slotted screws so tropical humidity swings never split a panel.
- Finish both faces. Undersides and backs are sealed the same as show faces — unequal sealing is how tabletops cup.
- One bench team per commission. The people who start your piece are the people who finish it and sign the underside.
What lives inside the shed
Roughly 8,000 square feet, split into a timber store, machine hall, bench room, spray room and a small showroom corner where finished pieces wait for delivery. The machine hall does the honest heavy lifting — sawing, planing, thicknessing — but shaping, fitting and finishing happen by hand at the bench.
Clients are welcome to visit at any stage of their commission. Saturdays are the quiet days if you want a proper look around; weekday visits see the shop at full noise, which some people prefer.
Read the walking tourThe people behind the sawdust
Wei Sheng — founder
Draws every commission, prices every job, still cuts dovetails on Fridays.
Azlan — bench lead
Twenty-two years of joinery. Runs the bench room and trains every new maker.
Mei Fong — finishing
Owns the spray room. Nothing leaves without her initials on the checklist.
Ravi — site & install
Measures your home, delivers your piece, and scribes built-ins to crooked walls.
Come and kick the sawdust
The workshop is twenty minutes from KL city centre. Message ahead and we will put the kettle on.