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Adhesives Forum:   Discussing the proper use of woodworking glues, contact cements, epoxies, and other bonding agents

Architectural Woodworking Forum:   Quality standards and production of wood mouldings, doors, windows, and other types of architectural work

Business and Management Forum:   Lively conversations on topics like starting your woodworking business, sales and marketing, project management, legal issues and accounting

Cabinet and Millwork Installation Forum:   Solve tricky field installation problems with help from other professionals

Cabinetmaking Forum:   32mm, frameless, and face-frame cabinet design, construction

CAD Forum:   Beat the Computer Aided Design learning curve with help from experienced CAD users

Commercial Kiln Drying Forum:   Discuss issues facing commercial drying operations that process at least 750,000 bd. ft. of lumber per year

CNC Forum:   Learn and share information about Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) woodworking equipment, software, and automated manufacturing

Dust Collection, Safety, and Plant Operation Forum:   Plant layout, dust collection systems, and other ideas for maintaining a safe, productive working environment

Professional Finishing Forum:   Discuss water-based finishes, polyesters, conversion varnishes, lacquers, stains, spray equipment

Forestry Forum :   Discuss timber management, silviculture, tree planting, diseases and harvesting

Professional Furniture Making Forum:   Helping professional furniture makers improve quality, save time, and increase profits

Laminating and Solid Surfacing Forum:   Solid surface and plastic laminate fabrication in cabinetry, countertops, and other applications

Sawing and Drying Forum:   Your best source of technical and practical advice on sawmilling, kiln drying, and primary processing

Solid Wood Machining Forum:   Proper tool sharpening, equipment setup, care and maintenance, and correct lumber feed rates for moulders, saws and planers

Value Added Wood Processing Forum:   Learn how to improve your output, find new markets, and boost sales of your lumber products

Veneer Forum:   Reliable advice for novices and experts who work with this beautiful yet technically demanding material

WOODnetWORK:   The woodworker's worldwide "town square," where any professional wood-related topic is fair game



Resources           return to top

Video Library:   Index of industrial woodworking related digital videos on the web

Software Connection:   Fully functional applications, shareware and demos including plywood and panel optimizers, CAD and CNC software

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Industry News:   Late-breaking news from all sectors of the wood industry

Woodworkers Directory:   Create a free web page for your cabinet, architectural millwork, finishing, boatbuilding or wood products manufacturing company, or search the directory to locate the professionals you need

Sawing and Drying Directory:   Create a free listing for your sawing, drying or lumber grading company, or search the directory to locate the professionals you need

The Wood Doctor:   Read Dr. Gene Wengert's many wood engineering and processing articles

Woodworking Machinery Finder:   No-fee "super database" of used woodworking equipment offered by machine dealers

Bookstore:   Extensive list of cabinetmaking, furniture design, boatbuilding, forestry and wood engineering books for sale at discount prices

Lumber Buying Guide:   Hardwood lumber pricing for the Western, Midwest, and Eastern distribution markets

Tradeshow Directory:   Get dates, locations and travel information to help plan your next wood industry trade show visit

Newsstand:   Descriptions and links to key woodworking industry trade magazines

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Using Bending Rail
Knowledge Base Article || Posted here 2/9/2010

How to fit strips of wood to a steel rail on a steel staircase? Here's some advice on using the steel as a form for clamping flexible strips for laminated glue-up.



R&R Drummond
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 02/08/2010

Since 1986, R&R Drummond has provided cutting optimization software for wood, plastic, glass, sheet metal and other fabricators.


Understanding Wood Movement
Knowledge Base Article || Posted here 2/6/2010

WOODWEB's Carl Hagstrom and Wood Doc Gene Wengert supply a scientific and practical explanation of wood moisture content and seasonal movement, for the finish carpenter.



Nyle Dry Kiln Systems
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 02/05/2010

Celebrating 32 years of business, Nyle Dry Kiln Systems is an industry leader in the development and manufacture of dehumidification products and controls.


Dialing in a CNC
Forum Discussion || Posted here 2/4/2010

Simple test routines for CNC accuracy are under review here. Have one that works? Add it to the list.



QuickScribe
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 02/03/2010

Invented by a cabinetmaker with over 30 years in the industry, QuickScribe scribing systems are helpful tools in installing and building countertops, cabinets, furniture, wall paneling, flooring and more.


How Much Wood Can a Woodchuck Stack...
Forum Discussion || Posted here 2/2/2010

How much room does 20,000 board feet of stickered lumber take up? This recent question at the Sawing and Drying Forum has garnered answers from a handful of pros, along with the Wood Doc...



QuickScrews International Corporation
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 02/01/2010

A front-runner in the fastener industry, QuickScrews provides a line of products that are case-hardened and heat treated, outperforming dry wall and tapping screws in most wood manufacturing applications.


Four-Head Moulder Feed Problems
Forum Discussion || Posted here 1/30/2010

A small gremlin with a monkey wrench: that's who is being accused of creating feed problems with this four-head moulder. If you've got a better idea of what's to blame, do share...



Quick Machinery Company
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 01/29/2010

Providing high quality, reasonably-priced industrial gluing equipment to the N. American woodworking industry, Quick Machinery Company offers clamp racks and carriers, pod presses, large panel/beam presses, conveyorized glue applicators and roller coater glue spreaders.


Outsourcing Drafting Work
Knowledge Base Article || Posted here 1/28/2010

Contracting outside your company for CAD drawings creates a management challenge. Here's a discussion of how to handle the complications.



Quality VAKuum Products
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 01/27/2010

Providing a wide variety of vacuum pressing equipment, Quality VAKuum Products offers both air-powered and electric vacuum systems, 27 stock vacuum bags, 6 stock frame presses, and veneering and clamping accessories.


Wet and Dry Streaks in Air-Dried Walnut
Knowledge Base Article || Posted here 1/26/2010

A mystery is presented in the form of strongly contrasting streaks in big slabs of partially-dried walnut. Sawyers troubleshoot moisture and color variations here.



Marking Up Materials
Forum Discussion || Posted here 1/23/2010

This discussion on materials markup includes a surprisingly wide range of percentages, along with reasons behind these varying values.



NexGen
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 01/22/2010



Scheduled for February 8-12, 2010, the NexGen Event allows participating companies to showcase their products at their facilities - 2010 participants include Biesse, Cefla, Costa & Grissom, C.R. Onsrud, Delmac, Holz-Her, Holzma, Stiles, Superfici and Weinig America.



A Decade of Innovation
Forum Discussion || Posted here 1/21/2010

A look at wood industry innovation over the past decade is underway in this thread. And with an optimistic eye to the future, ideas are being sounded on what the most important innovation in the next ten years might be...



Tritec/GANNOmat
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 01/20/2010

Founded in 1984, Tritec is the exclusive importer and distributor of standard and special woodworking and panel processing equipment by Gannomat, including single and multi-spindle, CNC drilling and insertion machines, case clamps, gluing equipment and much more.


Radiused Top Rail
Forum Discussion || Posted here 1/19/2010

Methods for processing a full radiused top rail for a cabinet door are under review at the Architectural Woodworking Forum. Add your own techniques.



Featured Shop
Shop Gallery || Posted here 1/16/2010

In business for 20 years, Mitch Suber Custom Shutters of Bainbridge, GA has put their workspace on display at the Shop Gallery...





Professional Machinery Group
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 01/15/2010

A one-stop source for new and used woodworking machinery, Professional Machinery Group prides itself on providing outstanding financing and product options for their customers, along with comprehensive before and after market customer service.


Refrigerated Wine Cabinet
Featured Project || Posted here 1/14/2010

A refrigerated wine cabinet combines elegant form with practical function in this recent post at the Project Gallery.



Professional Hardware and Supply
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 01/13/2010

In business since 1997, Professional Hardware and Supply Co. offers internet sales of thousands of woodworking products such as saws, blades, hand tools, router and drill bits, clamps and many more items.



Optimizing Materials Versus Speed
Knowledge Base Article || Posted here 1/12/2010

Wasted time is pitted against wasted material in this article on optimization when cutting parts on a slider.



Pro100
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 01/11/2010

A design tool for a multitude of industries, Pro100 can be used to produce 3D renderings, floor plan elevations, custom cabinetry and much more, for any interior design job.


Finish Frustration
Forum Discussion || Posted here 1/9/2010

A makeshift spraybooth plus a set of complex bookcases equals overspray frustration for this finisher... Can you help troubleshoot?



Preparing a Takeoff for a Commercial Job
Forum Discussion || Posted here 1/7/2010

A cabinetmaker who deals primarily with residential work asks about preparing a professional-looking takeoff for a commercial job ... add your advice.



Pro.Woodworker.com
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 01/06/2010

With over 25,000 products for the expert woodworker, Pro.Woodworker.com offers a huge selection of tools, hardware, abrasives, router bits, adhesives, clamps, machinery and much more.


MC From Coast to Coast
Forum Discussion || Posted here 1/5/2010

Knowing that humidity levels range widely across the country, a custom millworker wonders which moisture content specs he should abide by when shipping his product far and wide...



Prime Estimating and Software Services
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 01/01/20109

With over 40 years of estimating experience, Prime Estimating and Software Services provides estimating services and software to the architectural woodwork, millwork and casework industry.


The Tool Nut
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 12/30/2009

A power tool and equipment supply house, The Tool Nut offers discount pricing on their extensive inventory of tools, pneumatics, equipment, nails, blades and much more in their 10,000 square foot facility.


Lazy Susan Heartache
Knowledge Base Article || Posted here 12/29/2009

Lazy Susan installation in corner cabinets got you down? If door tolerance and operation problems have caused you to gnash your teeth in the past, get some good tips for smoother sailing when faced with this task.



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Knowledge Base           return to top

Knowledge Base - Search or Browse:   An extensive, always-growing collection of woodworking articles from wood industry magazines and experts, and the best discussions from our Interactive Forums, arranged in the categories listed below

Editor's Choice

Adhesives, Gluing and Laminating
 -Glues and Bonding
Agents

 -Gluing and
Clamping
Equipment


Architectural Millwork
 -Custom Millwork
 -Doors and
Windows

 -Flooring
 -General
 -Millwork Installer
 -Lathe Turning
 -Mouldings
 -Millwork
Restoration

 -Stairs
 -Stock
Manufacturing


Business
 -Employee Relations
 -Estimating,
Accounting,
Profitability

 -Legal
 -Marketing
 -Plant Management
 -Project
Management

 -Sales

Cabinetmaking
 -Commercial
Cabinetry

 -Custom Cabinet
Construction

 -Cabinet Design
 -Cabinet Door
Construction

 -General
 -Installation
 -Residential
Cabinetry

 -Store Fixtures

Computerization
 -Software
 -CNC Machinery
and Techniques

 -CAD and Design

Dust Collection, Safety, Plant Operation
 -General
 -Material Handling
 -Wood Waste
Disposal

 -Safety Equipment
 -Hazard
Communication


Finishing
 -General
Wood Finishing

 -High Speed
Production

 -Refinishing

Forestry
 -Agro-Forestry
 -Forest Product
Laboratory Articles

 -Tree Pests &
Diseases
 -Timber Harvesting
 -Tree Planting
 -Woodlot
Management

Furniture
 -Custom Furniture
 -Furniture Design
 -General
 -Furniture
Manufacturing

 -Outdoor Furniture
 -Furniture Repairs
 -Furniture
Reproduction

 -Restoration

Laminating and Solid Surfacing
 -Fabrication
Techniques

 -Materials
 -Equipment

Lumber and Plywood
 -Buying
 -Storage
 -Wood
Identification


Panel Processing
 -General
 -Machine Setup
and Maintenance


Primary Processing
 -General
 -Air Drying
Lumber

 -Kiln Construction
 -Kiln Operation
 -Lumber Grading
 -Sawmilling
 -Woodlot
Management

 -Yield Formulas

Solid Wood Machining
 -General
 -Setup and
Maintenance

 -Tooling
 -Tool Grinding

Veneer
 -Machinery
 -Processing And
Manufacturing

 -Techniques

Wood Engineering
 -General
 -Wood Properties

Woodworking Miscellaneous
 -Accessories
 -Bending Wood
 -Boat Building
 -Boat Repairs
 -Carving
 -Musical
Instruments

 -Picture Frames
 -Tool Maintenance
 -Woodworking




Product Directory           return to top

Alphabetical List of Companies

Adhesives and Fasteners

Associations

Business

Cabinets

Components

Computer Software

Drafting Design Services

Education

Electronics

Finishing and Abrasives

Forestry

HandTools

Hardware

 -CabinetAccessories
 -Decorative
 -Drawer Systems
 -Hinges
 -Lighting


Job Opportunities

Laminating and Solid Surfacing

Lumber and Plywood

 -Retail Lumber
& Plywood


Machinery
 -Air Compressors
 -Auctions & Appraisals
 -Boring Machines
 -Carving Machines
 -Clamping
Equipment

 -CNC
Machinery

 -Coping Machines
 -Countertop
Equipment

 -Door and Window
Equipment

 -Dovetailing
Equipment

 -Dowelling
Equipment

 -Dowelmaking
Machinery

 -Dust Collection
 -Downdraft Tables
 -Edge Banders
 -Energy Production
Equipment

 -Finger Jointers
 -Finishing
Equipment

 -Flooring Machinery
 -Frame
Equipment

 -Gluing Equipment
 -Hinge Insertion
 -Jointers
 -Laminating
Equipment
 -Laser Machining
 -Lathes
 -Material
Handling

 -Measuring Equipment
 -Misc
 -Mortising
Equipment

 -Moulders
 -Panel Processing
Equipment

 -Planers
 -Presses
 -Primary Processing
 -Routers
 -Sanding Machines
 -Sawing Machines
 -Service & Repairs
 -Shapers
 -Sharpening
Equipment

 -Spare Parts
 -Stair
Manufacturing

 -Tenoners
 -V-Grooving
Equipment

 -Veneer Equipment
 -Wood Waste
Handling
Equipment

 -Downdraft Tables

Mouldings and Millwork
 -Flooring
 -Stair Building
Packaging and Transportation

Power Tools

Plans & Publications

Plant Maintenance & Management

Sawing and Drying

Suppliers

Tooling

 -Enhancements and
Accessories

Veneer
 -Edgebanding
 -Inlays and
Marquetry


Wood Turning





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