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Named for the flag raised here.

Sonoma, 1846. A handful of settlers raised a homemade flag with a grizzly on it and declared independence. We liked the attitude.

Our Story

California grit, cabinet-grade.

Bear Flag Cabinet Co. takes its name from the flag first raised right here in Sonoma — a symbol of California grit and independence. We set up shop to build for our neighbors: real materials, honest joinery, and a refusal to let "standard sizes" decide what your home looks like.

We're a small shop by design. You talk to the people who build your project, and the person who quotes it is the person who installs it.

Hand work in the Bear Flag shop
The Machine

The ShopSabre IS 408.

We invested in an industrial CNC platform so precision is never the thing that holds a design back. Then our hands take over for the finishing machines can't do.

SPEC / 01

65" × 100"

Cut area big enough for full sheets and one-piece island panels.

SPEC / 02

±0.001"

Repeatability to a thousandth of an inch — cleaner joints, tighter reveals.

SPEC / 03

24,000 RPM

Automatic tool changer keeps edges crisp through every pass.

SPEC / 04

CAD → Cut

Approved drawings become cut files — what you sign is what we build.

What We Believe

Small shop. Serious standards.

  • LocalDesigned, cut, finished and installed from our Sonoma shop.
  • HonestTransparent quotes, realistic timelines, no change-order games.
  • PreciseIf it's off by a hair, it's off. The machine keeps us honest.
  • DurableMaterials and hardware chosen to outlive trends — and us, probably.
Carved mantel detail

Come see what we're building.

We're happy to talk wood, walk you through the process, or just show off the machine.

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