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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


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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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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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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.


Precision Drive Systems
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 12/28/2009

Providing quality goods in a timely manner at a fair price, Precision Drive Systems products include new and rebuilt electric spindles, spare parts, frequency drives, tooling, aggregates, multi-spindle boring units, collets and accessories.


Fine Dining
Featured Project || Posted here 12/26/2009

From wine racks to dining tables of varying shapes and sizes, this restaurant showcases one shop's work well.


White Primer... That Isn't
Forum Discussion || Posted here 12/24/2009

A blue glow might suit the evening sky just fine, but it's sure to disappoint if it shows up in your white primer. Help determine the cause for this mysterious appearance...


Porter Cable
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 12/23/2009

A well-known source of quality, performance-driven tools for over 100 years, Porter Cable is a leading producer of professional grade cordless and corded power tools, equipment and accessories.


CNC Purchase Concerns
Forum Discussion || Posted here 12/22/2009

Concerns when purchasing a CNC router are offered up in this thread. Specifically, what would you look out for in machinery features, and what are the potential pitfalls of purchasing used equipment?


Pond Cove Paint
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 12/21/2009

In business since 1994, Pond Cove Paint offers quality products from well-known companies such as Pratt & Lambert, Cabot, Mohawk, ML Campbell, Flood and many others.


Nail Gun Depot
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 12/18/2009

Providing a wide range of quality tools and fasteners at discounted prices, Nail Gun Depot offers products from Senco, Paslode, Spotnails, Duo-Fast, Hitachi, BeA, Grex and many others.


Horizontal Boring Headaches
Forum Discussion || Posted here 12/17/2009

Alignment and spacing problems have this door builder pointing his finger at the horizontal boring machine, which seems to be the weak link. Now, what to do about it?


Greenstone Inc.
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 12/16/2009

Providing green solutions for the wood industry, Greenstone's products include a wide range of protective sealers and the Green-Dri Biological Dry Kiln - "Revolutionary Wood Drying Technology".


CNC Stair-Building Capabilities
Knowledge Base Article || Posted here 12/15/2009

A CNC can speed up complex stair-part fabrication, and also improve accuracy. Watch a 5-axis machine in action as it produces wreath handrail in the included video.


CNC Shop Fire Risk
Knowledge Base Article || Posted here 12/12/2009

Hot bits, sawdust, and vacuum airflow add up to a potential for fire, as these stories attest. Learn about the risk of CNC shop fires here.


People Logic Software
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 12/11/2009

Continuously improving and updating their products to remain a leader in their field, People Logic Software is committed to providing the best state-of-the-art estimating and project management support tools to the manufacturing industry.


Tuning Up an Edgebander
Knowledge Base Article || Posted here 12/10/2009

An edgebander with an adhesion problem gets a checkup at the Cabinetmaking Forum. Find out what ailed it...


QuickWood, Inc.
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 12/09/2009

Experts on finding the right sanding solution for the job, QuickWood provides abrasives, power tools, hand tools, door sanders, molding sanders, and many other products for all finishing styles and needs.


CNC Carving
Featured Project || Posted here 12/8/2009

Long-time forum contributor Jim McGrew offers up a carving produced with Aspire software and a rotary axis machine. Check out this detailed piece...


Clamp Retrofits for Sliding Table Saws
Knowledge Base Article || Posted here 12/5/2009

This discussion of site-built clamp setups for sliding table saws features some instructive photos and a video of one example in action.


Osborne Wood Products
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 12/04/2009

In addition to their specialty, table legs, Osborne Wood Products manufactures a wide variety of unfinished wood turnings, legs, corbels, bed posts, balusters, wood appliques and more.


Featured Sawmill
Sawmill Gallery || Posted here 12/1/2009

Bill Ridings was hired to procure logs, oversee the milling operation and develop a sales department for California Urban Lumber. Two years later, approximately one hundred thousand board feet of lumber is milled annually. Read more about the development of this business.




Original Saw Company
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 12/02/2009

Manufacturing American-made machine products since 1990, the Original Saw Company produces radial arm saws, horizontal panel saws, arbor motors and stocks a large supply of parts for current production machinery as well as older DeWalt radial arm saws.


Spraying Doors
Forum Discussion || Posted here 12/1/2009

Spraying doors in a hanging position: Positives and pitfalls are being tossed around at the Finishing Forum.


NexGen
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 11/30/2009



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.


Loading Logs
Forum Discussion || Posted here 11/28/2009

Par buckles and snatch blocks... Anyone know how to calculate the mechanical advantage when using these tools to load logs? And - add your advice for low-impact logging techniques that protect a client's property.


Opti-Sand
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 11/27/2009

Producing a large selection of sanders for a wide variety of woodworking needs, Opti-Sand offers moulding sanders, rotary sanders, panel sanders, table sanders and more.


Most-Loved Machines
Forum Discussion || Posted here 11/26/2009

A shop workhorse, an old standby, a solid piece of equipment with efficient and elegant design... Sing the praises of your all-time favorite machine at the Business Forum today!


Cantek America
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 11/25/2009

Built to exacting North American standards, Cantek produces quality woodworking machinery including boring machines, dovetailers, dust collectors, end matchers, jointers, planers, sanders, shapers, tenoners and more.


Sliding Table Saw Vs. Vertical Panel Saw
Knowledge Base Article || Posted here 11/24/2009

Another take on a common topic: whether to buy a panel saw or a slider (or both).


Leadermac USA
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 11/23/2009

Producing over 1,300 moulders per year, Leadermac USA has the resources to design and manufacture moulders for almost every application in the woodworking industry.


Subcontractor or Employee?
Knowledge Base Article || Posted here 11/21/2009

Learning the rules about worker classification and managing the details correctly is a hassle, but the risks of doing it wrong are major. Should you hire employees or subcontractors?


Tempered Glass in Cabinet Doors
Knowledge Base Article || Posted here 11/19/2009

Here are a few opinions on why tempered is the glass of choice for the prudent cabinetmaker, and an explanation of how glass is tempered.


Schultz Forming Products
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 11/18/2009

Specializing in thermo-forming equipment for the woodworking industry, Schultz Forming Products manufactures solid surface ovens, vacuum forming equipment, postforming equipment and more.


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Buy and Sell

Recent Listings from All Exchanges

Job Opportunities Exchange: Employment opportunities and services within the woodworking industry

Lumber and Wood Products Exchange:  A worldwide buy/sell exchange for lumber and wood products

Woodworking Machinery Exchange:   Buy and sell surplus woodworking machinery

Classifieds Exchange:  Classified advertising for the woodworking industry

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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