The WOODWEB Update - #122 - 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: => Updated Editor's Choice (Excellent additions to our library) => Visit WOODWEB at IWF (We'll be in booth #B330) => Hot Threads (A sampling of current forum discussions) => Woodworker's Supply, Brodhead Garrett provide ''Tools for Teaching'' (Industry News spotlight) => Sawing and Drying Directory (Create your free listing today) => Industry Sales and Special Offers (10% off boring machines) => Knowledge Base Highlights (The latest additions to this growing resource) ================================================= => Updated Editor's Choice Another batch of especially high-quality articles from WOODWEB's Knowledge Base has been added to our Editor's Choice page. Check them out at: http://www.woodweb.com/KnowledgeBase/EditorsChoice.html ================================================= => Visit WOODWEB at IWF WOODWEB will be on hand at IWF, hosting booth #B330 from August 26 - 29. It's a great opportunity to meet the WOODWEB staff, learn more about our site, and offer your suggestions or comments. For IWF attendance information, click here: http://www.woodweb.com/TradeshowDirectory/TDIwf.html ================================================= This issue of the WOODWEB Update is sponsored in part by Cincinnati Industrial Auctioneers, Inc: Public Auction - Edron Fixture Corporation, Miami, Florida, August 24, 2004. Featuring: Steel & Wood Display & Fixture Manufacturer, Holz Her & Homag Edge Banders, Sliding Panel Saws, Late Model Misc. Woodworking Sanders, Saws, Jointers, Routers & Related Equipment. Call Cincinnati Industrial Auctioneers, Inc. at 513-241-9701. ================================================= => Hot Threads Where can you view images that are both sharp and grainy at the same time? In a forum thread about lumber grading, of course! If you're up for a little lesson in rating faces, join in: http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/sawdry.pl?read=354496 Leg levelers are the focus of a lengthy discussion at the Cabinetmaking Forum. Whether you're skeptical or you swear by 'em, we think this thread will be of interest. http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/cabinetmaking.pl?read=355059 After conquering a steep learning curve with a new CNC machine, this company is looking for advice on speeding up production with nested based manufacturing. If you've been down the path, and can offer suggestions, join in: http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/cnc.pl?read=355198 In this thread, Steve Bratkovich, Value Added Wood Processing Forum technical advisor, presents #1 of his ''Six Simple Marketing Steps,'' and sparks an inspired interchange... http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/vawp.pl?read=353283 ================================================= 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. ================================================= => Woodworker's Supply, Brodhead Garrett provide ''Tools for Teaching'' A business partnership to better offer the nation's public school shop programs and vocational and trade schools competitively priced woodworking tools, products and supplies has been formed by Woodworker's Supply and Brodhead Garrett. Learn more at: http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/industrynews.pl?read=356100 ================================================= => Sawing and Drying Directory There is a brand new Sawing and Drying Directory at WOODWEB. Designed to help customers connect with local Sawyers, Kiln Dryers, and Lumber Graders, this database is growing every day. Because listings are organized by state and zip code, visitors can quickly locate companies in a specific region. It's easy to create your FREE listing at the Directory - just visit: http://www.woodweb.com/Resources/RSSDG.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. ================================================= => Industry Sales and Special Offers Specialtytools.com is offering 10% off boring machines through August 31st. Get the details here: http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/specialoffers.pl?read=356088 ================================================= => Knowledge Base Highlights Considering the time and money shops spend creating drawings, this cabinetmaker turned cabinet designer expected the services his new drawing business provides to be in high demand. So why aren't customers beating down his door? http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Marketing_Cabinet_Design_Work.html This article talks about sleek treatment of crown molding on staggered cabinets. A few different styles are discussed. http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Crown_Molding_With_Staggered_Cabinets.html Advice is given here on creating a faux marble finish to match a client's mantel. The steps may be time-consuming, but this finisher is urged to charge enough to make it well worth his while. http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Faux_marbling.html This cabinet shop has been asked to diverge from their traditional box material - plywood - and use melamine on an upcoming job, instead. How can integrity be maintained when fastening an unfamiliar product? http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Melamine_Wall_Cabinet_Design.html A tricky situation is presented here... The job calls for a shoe moulding around radiused cabinets. Read on about determining the curve and constructing the moulding... http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Radius_Shoe_Molding.html This highlight is all about logging arches, including a few built by the sawyers who use them. There are plenty of details on what they wish they'd done differently, plus more, right here... http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Logging_arch.html ================================================= 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/ |