The WOODWEB Update - #125 - 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... www.woodweb.com ================================================= In this issue: => Lumber Market Observations (Provided by Hardwood Review) => Knowledge Base Highlights (The latest additions to this growing resource) => Industry News (Weinig rolls up its shirtsleeves) => Updated Lumber Buying Guides (Current pricing for Western and Mid-Western Regions) => Hot Threads (A sampling of current forum discussions) => Industry Sales and Special Offers (Special on knife steel products) ================================================= => Lumber Market Observations Hardwood Review provides in-depth, weekly reports on its market observations. Now, at the end of each week, these updates are available at WOODWEB. Check in once a week to read about market trends and sales in the Northern, Southern and Appalachian regions of the US. http://www.woodweb.com/Resources/RSLumberMarketObservations.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 How do waterborne finishes measure up these days? Some swear by them, others still shake their heads. Quality is the central question. http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Using_Waterborne_Finishes.html When you're trapped in a tight spot... stuck in a difficult situation... can you scribe yourself out of it? This Knowledge Base article discusses the challenge of scribing recessed cabinets and more... http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Scribing_in_Difficult_Situations.html You want to switch your shop's working measurements to metric, but setting your employees' minds in a brand new math groove seems all but impossible... This article offers advice on a whole new way of thinking, and explains how others have made this tricky transition: http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Moving_to_Metric.html When the question ''Why build face frames?'' is posed, cabinetmakers are once again divided as they profess their loyalties to frameless or face frame styles. If you think face frame construction is outdated, this piece may challenge your assumptions. http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Why_Build_Face_Frame.html A new kind of toekick calls for a little fancy footwork by this cabinetmaker. How are arched kicks typically designed? Answers to that question, and photos of finished jobs, are presented here: http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Building_Arched_Toekicks.html What type of finish best suits MDF cabinet doors? Pigmented lacquers and products for sealing the edges are covered. http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Finishing_MDF_Doors.html ================================================= => Industry News The Weinig Group is reorganizing its business operations. Customers will be the main beneficiaries of the consolidation of Services and the changes to the Sales and Marketing operations. Read on: http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/industrynews.pl?read=362771 ================================================= => Updated Lumber Buying Guides WOOWEB's Western and Mid-Western Lumber Buying Guides have just been updated. Find current pricing for the USA at: http://www.woodweb.com/Resources/RSLumberBuyingGuide.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. ================================================= => Hot Threads This inquiry about solving finishing bottlenecks in a production shop has already generated many responses. Will it grow larger than any previous WOODWEB discussion, as one post predicts? Time will tell, but it certainly hits on an important topic to many frazzled finishers. First, can a plan be formulated to un-jam the traffic, and second, can the management be convinced the plan will work? http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/finishing.pl?read=362392 A recent post at the Cabinet & Millwork Installation Forum inquires about a trick for cutting trim fastened to a wall. A deluge of answers has flooded in providing tips on the tools that make this job easy. http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/install.pl?read=354771 Steve Bratkovich rounds out his current thread on Simple Marketing Steps with steps five and six. Tune in today to read about ''Pricing your product for the market'' and ''Staying close to your customers.'' Don't hesitate to post comments on your experience with these matters. http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/vawp.pl?read=353283 As technology transforms the television, the cabinetmaker's hardware must keep up. Entertainment centers must now be designed and constructed to house plasma TVs. How do cabinetmakers securely hang these mammoth TVs? http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/cabinetmaking.pl?read=360953 ================================================= => Industry Sales and Special Offers DGK-2004 is here. It reflects heat better, it grinds easier, it joints easier, it lasts longer and all of this with no increase in costs. Find out about special pricing at: http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/specialoffers.pl?read=361666 ================================================= 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/ |