The WOODWEB Update - #128 - 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: => WOODWEB Turns Ten (We're celebrating with our biggest contest ever) => TSI Encourages Exhibitors to Provide Materials to Habitat for Humanity (Wood won't go to waste at the Mid-America Expo) => Hot Threads (Forum discussions: Our funniest on-site mistakes and more) => Feeling a Little Out of Touch? (Tune in to the latest news in the hardwood lumber market) => Knowledge Base Highlights (The latest additions to this growing resource) ================================================= => WOODWEB Turns Ten It's WOODWEB's birthday, and hard as it is to believe, we're ten years old! We're celebrating with a contest awarding over $9000 in prizes, and you're all invited to enter. Here's how it works... The entire staff at WOODWEB are dog lovers, and we've just lost all six of our dogs! They're running wild all over the web site - and causing plenty of mischief, we're sure. We're asking for your help finding them, and some of our advertisers have generously agreed to offer over $9,000 in rewards. As you travel around WOODWEB, if you spot Alex, Rosalita, Pearl, Lacey, Laika or Leo, click on their picture, and you'll then be able to enter the contest and choose from a list of 21 possible prizes. Prizes will be awarded over the next eight weeks. Prizes include tools, machines, and software. To learn more about the prizes being offered, and how you can find our dogs and become eligible to win, check out: http://www.woodweb.com/contest.html The companies offering prizes are: Digi-Kit, FESTOOL, Finish Systems, GUHDO, HOFFMAN, INTEGRA, KCDw, MIKRON, and Veneer Systems ================================================= This issue of the WOODWEB Update is sponsored in part by C.R. Onsrud, Inc.: Manufacturer of CNC routers, inverted routers, and routing accessories Web highlights: * Video Demos Online * Machine Specifications * 24 Hour Parts and Service * User Testimonials www.cronsrud.com ================================================= => TSI Encourages Exhibitors to Provide Materials to Habitat for Humanity From sheet goods to finished products, there are thousands of pounds of goods and material remaining at the end of a typical tradeshow. During the upcoming Mid-America Industrial Woodworking ExpoŽ, exhibitors can donate their excess material to Habitat for Humanity, instead of sending it to the landfill. http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/industrynews.pl?read=370025 ================================================= 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. ================================================= => Hot Threads ''Funny, Stupid Mistakes That We All Make'' - that's the name of this thread, which contains just about all the elements a good story needs to guarantee a laugh... The installer falls through the floor, the bidder flips the bird to his potential client before they meet, the new employee gets stuck in a sink cabinet... And if that's not enough, one guy makes his client cry, and one dog pees on the chop saw. If you're ready for a good laugh - and not afraid to cringe - read on: http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/cabinetmaking.pl?read=370111 This frameless builder doesn't want to show too much skin... on his applied ends, that is. Should it be the door that is built to overlay the end, or the other way around? Your opinion is requested on how to be revealing in the appropriate way. http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/cabinetmaking.pl?read=371012 Consider a thousand square foot shop with the space arranged terribly. With the right system of stacking and shelving, at least one full kitchen should be possible in this shop. If you've struggled with space issues in the past, and come up with creative solutions, we hope you'll share them here: http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/install.pl?read=370250 This man's dust collection system is taking his shop by storm... it sucks up dust mightily, but also sucks up electricity. He's currently receiving some excellent input on possible culprits in this energy-hungry system. http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/dust.pl?read=371218 Who doesn't like to gaze on a pretty figure? This sawmiller wants to get the best out of his customer's sycamore, and wonders if quartersawing is the only way to reveal the figured wood within. http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/sawdry.pl?read=371433 ================================================= 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. ================================================= => Feeling a Little Out of Touch? Is it important to you to stay up-to-date on the activity of the hardwood lumber market? If so, we can make things easy. To view current regional pricing, visit: http://www.woodweb.com/Resources/RSLumberBuyingGuide.html And to read the Hardwood Review's in-depth weekly Lumber Market Observations, visit: http://www.woodweb.com/Resources/RSLumberMarketObservations.html ================================================= => Knowledge Base Highlights In the face of driving rain, scorching sun, and plummeting temperatures, it's not easy being an exterior door. The proper finish, however, can provide much-needed protection from the elements. If you'd like your doors to stand the test of time, read on... http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Exterior_Door_Finish.html Somewhere in between ''sloppy'' and ''obsessive'' there's a nice middle ground, where well-adjusted detailers create designs which their builders find easy to work with - precise, but not picky. This article discusses detailers that do their job well. http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Drawing_Units_and_Precision.html Not quite a Rubik's cube, but we do have a puzzle in geometry here... This one concerns interlocking parts for a commissioned set of shelves. Can an efficient system be decided on to crank these shelves out? http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Making_Interlocking_Shelves.html Here's another quest for speed, this time in case construction. In the race for the finish line, are rabbets the tortoise... or the hare? http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Biscuits_Or_Butt_Joints.html Want to get a leg up on cabinet installation? Then this article on adjustable leg levelers is for you. Visit the link below to read installer's opinions on how leg levelers can save time and effort. http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Working_With_Leg_Levelers.html ================================================= Find out how to promote your company on the Web. 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