The WOODWEB Update - #115 - To un-subscribe, or to change your address, follow the instructions at the end of this message. WOODWEB, The Information Resource for the Woodworking Industry, is FREE to all users. Thousands of Knowledge Base Articles, Product Directory, Machinery Exchange, Lumber Exchange, Job Opportunities ... No registration required. www.woodweb.com ================================================= In this issue: => New Product Directory Categories (Wood Turning and Auctions) => Lumber Buying Guides (West and Mid-West pricing updated) => Knowledge Base Highlights (The latest additions to this growing resource) => Tradeshow Directory (Important industry expos) => Industry News (IWF Technical Conference Sessions) => Hot Threads (A sampling of current forum discussions) ================================================= => New Product Directory Categories There are now two new categories at WOODWEB's Product Directory. Visit the vendors at Wood Turning: http://www.woodweb.com/ProductDirectory/PDWoodTurning.html and Machinery Auctions: http://www.woodweb.com/ProductDirectory/PDMachineryAuctions.html ================================================= => Lumber Buying Guides Find newly updated hardwood lumber pricing for the Western and Mid-Western regions of the USA at: http://www.woodweb.com/Resources/RSLumberBuyingGuide.html ================================================= This issue of the WOODWEB Update is sponsored in part by WoodBids.com: Come see WoodBids.com, the premiere auction based website for woodworking machinery. Designed specifically for ease of use for both buyer and seller. Check us out today! WWW.WOODBIDS.COM - provided by Schmidt Industrial Services, Inc. ================================================= => Knowledge Base Highlights When constructing upper cabinets with exposed raised panel sides, just how much skin do you let show? Careful consideration is given to covering up in style... http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/RaisedPanel_Ends_on_Upper_Cabs.html When it comes to running gables on a point-to-point router, is there a consensus on origin placement? This article offers some answers... http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/P2P_Origin_Placement.html No one but you appreciates just how precious your time is. It can be discouraging to spend time and effort on estimates for jobs that may or may not come to fruition. Will charging the prospective client for your time spent solve your dissatisfaction, or is there a more customer-friendly way to recoup your cost? http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Cost_of_Estimates.html This article on building an outfeed table with under-mounted router is well illustrated with photos from a few different shops. Discover the designs that other pros have conceived: http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Outfeed_Table_Plan.html Here's a tricky issue involving a crown molding detail which a customer requests be chased along the roof line. Formulas for angle calculation abound here, so put on your math hat: http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Crown_Molding_Detail.html Short and sweet, this article offers a description and photo of a well-used and very serviceable shop-made frame assembly table. http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/ShopMade_Frame_Assembly_Table.html ================================================= This issue of the WOODWEB Update is sponsored in part by Accurate Technology: Check out Accurate Technology Commercial ON LINE sales at http://www.proscale.com/sale.htm, and Clearance/Close-Out specials at http://www.proscale.com/clearance/clearance.htm on ProScale Digital measuring system products. Exciting new Consumer products can be found at www.digi-kit.com. ================================================= => Tradeshow Directory WOODWEB's Tradeshow Directory contains up-to-date info on leading industry expos and conferences. You'll find dates, locations and more details at: http://www.woodweb.com/TradeshowDirectory/TDIndex.html ================================================= => Industry News Productivity, efficiency, tax savings and improving business will be the focus of the Technical Conference Sessions at the International Woodworking Machinery and Furniture Supply Fair—USA®, or IWF, in Atlanta, Georgia, August 26 to 29, 2004. To learn more, click here: http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/industrynews.pl?read=338932 ================================================= This issue of the WOODWEB update is sponsored in part by: UWMO Inc. (Used Woodworking Machinery Online) www.uwmo.com - UWMO-AUCTIONS for online auctions/liquidations, asset recovery, remarketing, etc. www.uwmoauctions.com - UWMO-NEWS for the latest world news, industry news, etc. www.uwmonews.com - MLS MACHINERY for a complete online catalog of used machinery, etc. www.mlsmachinery.com ================================================= => Hot Threads Conducting a market survey without any marketing experience under your belt sounds like a daunting task, but your lender insists the survey must be done. This in-depth discussion tackles the issues involved, whether you choose to carry out the survey yourself or hire the job out to a pro. http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/business.pl?read=336437 One simple question about the going rate for custom residential cabinetry sure can open up a can of worms. Going rates aside, what factors should determine what *you* charge? Join this thread at the Cabinet & Millwork Installation Forum to let us know how you establish your pricing system: http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/install.pl?read=336174 A recipe for perfection is sought at the Laminating & Solid Surfacing Forum. Do you know how to achieve an absolutely flush wood edge on a laminate countertop? http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/lss.pl?read=336202 This urban log reclamation business aims to break into a new market - collecting timber from newly cleared and soon-to-be developed land. The trouble is in getting the concept through to clearance firms... Any ideas on how to convey this money-saving message successfully? http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/sawdry.pl?read=336357 ================================================= Find out how to promote your company on the Web. If you're a supplier to the wood industry, visit WOODWEB's Media Kit: http://www.woodweb.com/MediaKit/MKindex.html If you're a woodworking professional, visit the Woodworkers Directory: http://www.woodindustry.com/ The WOODWEB Update is Copyright (c) WOODWEB, Inc. 2004 http://www.woodweb.com/ |