The WOODWEB Update - #146 - 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: => Woodworkers Directory (List your company for free) => Knowledge Base Highlights (The latest additions to this growing resource) => Personal Best 2005 Celebrates Creativity, Craftsmanship (Wood-Mizer to give away over $22,000 in prizes) => Hot Threads (A sampling of current forum discussions) => Solid Wood Machining Forum Technical Advisor (Dave Rankin shares his experience) ================================================= => Woodworkers Directory Are you one of the nearly 2300 professionals listed at the Woodworkers Directory? If not, what are you waiting for? The directory allows you to create a FREE web page for your cabinet shop, architectural millwork firm, wood finishing, boatbuilding or wood products manufacturing company, and makes you eligible to receive FREE Request-for-Quotes. http://www.woodindustry.com/ ================================================= => Knowledge Base Highlights Just how powerful does your air compressor need to be for spraying on the job site? A few pros share their stories... http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Sizing_a_Compressor.html Have you ever achieved a beautiful black stain? If not, you don't know what you're missing. Read this thread - including post by Finishing Forum Technical Advisor Paul Snyder - to get started staining. http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Success_with_Black_Stain.html When a customer specifies varying heights for corner cabinets, issues of alignment arise... http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Corner_Cabinet_Height_Puzzle.html Three cabinet doors warped terribly in a customer's home... The question is: why did the fourth door fare just fine? http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Troubleshooting_Warped_Cabinet_Doors.html Three-phase or single-phase? This is a decision many new business owners face. When choosing the type of electrical service that will power your shop, there are many considerations. Finances may be the biggest. http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Setting_Up_ThreePhase_Power.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 ================================================= => Personal Best 2005 Celebrates Creativity, Craftsmanship Wood-Mizer, Indianapolis based manufacturer of portable band sawmills, is pleased to announce the 2005 Personal Best Competition is now open for entries. Judging will be based on creativity, originality, complexity, quality of workmanship and overall use of the Wood-Mizer sawmill. http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/industrynews.pl?read=420878 ================================================= => Hot Threads This installer needs a tight technique for attaching scribed stiles... and time is running out. If you think your method has the ease and efficiency needed for a rather large install, share your thoughts at: http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/install.pl?read=419322 Contributors at the Cabinetmaking Forum are busy trying to cram a full-size sink into a 24'' base. Sound tricky enough? Now make that base a trapezoid shape. Add your thoughts - and drawings - at: http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/cabinetmaking.pl?read=420350 So many things to consider: these large oak logs were felled over six months ago. Should they be sawn sooner or later, and with their bark on or off? The main objective is to prevent checking... unless it's too late. http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/sawdry.pl?read=420098 This panel manufacturer is haunted by ghostly traces of veneer stitch bleedthrough, appearing several months after production. View the image in this thread to understand the problem, then puzzle over a possible solution. http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/veneer.pl?read=421025 ================================================= 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. ================================================= => Solid Wood Machining Forum Technical Advisor Dave Rankin is President of Moulder Services, Inc., a company he formed in 1986 to provide operator training and repair for all types of moulders and profile grinders. He is also the current Director of Technical Education for the Grinderman's Association, a non-profit group he founded in 1997 to promote education and training of moulder and grinder operators, and is the editor of their publication, ''The Profiler.'' Visit the Solid Wood Machining Forum at: http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/swmf.pl ================================================= 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/ |