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Thousands of Knowledge Base Articles, Product Directory, Machinery Exchange, Lumber Exchange, Job Opportunities ... www.woodweb.com ================================================= In this issue: => Hot Threads (A sampling of current forum discussions) => New Participants Announced for WIC 2005 (AWI and WCMA join the conference) => Finding Wood is Fast and Easy (Get price quotes via email) => Paul Snyder Hard at Work (Finishing Forum Technical Advisor contributes on many topics) => Knowledge Base Highlights (The latest additions to this growing resource) => ''Find the Dog'' Contest a Howling Success (All pooches are in their places) ================================================= => Hot Threads By the way things sound at the Cabinet & Millwork Installation Forum, there are about as many ways to estimate an installation as there are to skin a cat. Do you base your quote on expected time to complete, size of job, or...? Let us know: http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/install.pl?read=380325 The technical term for the ghostly edges on this piece has been established - ''blush.'' But what caused it, and how can it be prevented? If you've battled blush in a finish before, please join the discussion at: http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/finishing.pl?read=380537 Hmmm... If this thread focuses on DH kiln conditioning without steam, why are the folks at the Sawing and Drying Forum describing a Fry Daddy and a crock pot as useful pieces of kiln equipment? Curious? Read on: http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/sawdry.pl?read=380463 Here's the addition: 2 layers of walnut veneer and 2 sides of 2'' thick basswood stave core... Together, this equals severe cracking in all 6 table tops. What gives? http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/veneer.pl?read=379923 ================================================= => New Participants announced for WIC 2005 Underscoring its importance as one of the industry's premiere education and networking events, the Architectural Woodwork Institute (AWI) and the Wood Component Manufacturers Association (WCMA) have announced they will participate in the 14th Annual Woodworking Industry Conference, and offer workshops, networking sessions and other events to their respective members in conjunction with the event. http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/industrynews.pl?read=380670 ================================================= 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. ================================================= => Finding Wood is Fast and Easy WOODWEB and WoodPlanet offer a great FREE service to our visitors. Tell us the lumber you're looking for, and we'll post your request at both WOODWEB and WoodPlanet, and send it out to appropriate suppliers. In no time, price quotes will arrive at your Inbox, complete with contact info for each supplier. All you have do is pick the best one. Click on the link below to send a Request for Quote: http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/wp.cgi ================================================= => Paul Snyder Hard at Work WOODWEB is pleased to host Paul Snyder as a technical advisor at our Finishing Forum. Paul is a professional finisher who works on a wide variety of projects ranging from restoring furniture to high-end new custom cabinetry. Using his background as a technical instructor in the Navy, Paul has trained many apprentice finishers and is developing a website, http://www.furniturefinishwizard.com, as a learning resource for novice to advanced amateur finishers. To read Paul's contributions and browse the Finishing Forum, visit: http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/finishing.pl ================================================= 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. ================================================= => Knowledge Base Highlights There is no iron hot enough, no face cream potent enough to remove these wrinkles, which are appearing in a lacquer finish as it cures. A prevention - rather than a patch - is what's needed here. http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Wrinkles_in_Lacquer.html When fisheyes suddenly appear in a finish that has always been reliably flaw-free, where is blame laid? In an employee's armpits, of course. It seems his recent decision to try out a new deodorant is wreaking havoc in the spraybooth... http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Deodorant_Fisheyes.html Is it possible to change splines or ellipses to polylines in AutoCAD? It sure is sweet when there's an easy answer. This one eliminates a process that has proven to be tedious and inaccurate. http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Changing_Splines_to_Polylines.html Most customers understand the need of a small cabinet shop to require a 10% deposit before kitchen cabinet construction. Contractors, on the other hand, may balk at the request. So... stand tough, or bend the rules - what is a shop owner to do? http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Kitchen_Projects_Required_Deposits.html Is your collection of pipe clamps a jumbled heap of bruises and pinched fingers waiting to happen? Or maybe just a hefty pile of poundage, begging to produce a backache? If so, it's time to craft yourself a handy clamp cart, similar to the http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Clamp_Cart.html Creating tapered stop flutes can be a real pain. After four hours of frustration, this router operator is fed up. Is there a simple, easy answer to ease his angst? http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Tapered_Stop_Flutes.html ================================================= 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 ================================================= => ''Find the Dog'' Contest a Howling Success After eight weeks of drawings, we'd like to announce that all the prizes have been awarded and all the hounds have been found. A big thanks goes to these companies, who provided over $9,000 in prizes: Digi-Kit, FESTOOL, Finish Systems, GUHDO, HOFFMAN, INTEGRA, KCDw, MIKRON, and Veneer Systems And congratulations to our winners: Robert Greene, Michael Roberts, Norman Crawford Jr., Dennis Miller, Maurice Gourley, Sean Kelly, Greg Spinelli, Jon Dawson, Michael Burian, Ed Miller, Tom Wickelhaus, Pat Andrews, Elwood Hallet, John Fleet, John Roemmelt, Brian Harris, Joseph Kendrick, and April Greves ================================================= 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. 2005 http://www.woodweb.com/ |