The WOODWEB Update - #148 - 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: => AWFS Vegas 2005 Photo Gallery (See what you may have missed) => Hot Threads (A sampling of current forum discussions) => Post a Free Job Wanted Ad (Begin your search for a new position) => Additions to WOODWEB's Software Connection (Five new programs in the list) => Knowledge Base Highlights (The latest additions to this growing resource) => BobCAD v20 Available for $995 (Limited time only) ================================================= => AWFS Vegas 2005 Photo Gallery Here's your chance to see some of what you may have missed at this year's AWFS Fair. The show was held in Las Vegas, Nevada with a record crowd and according to all reports, it was a great success with more browsers and buyers than ever before. WOODWEB's photographer visited many of our exhibiting advertisers to bring you a slideshow of pictures featuring their products up-close and personal. http://www.tpgd.com/AWFS_2005/ ================================================= => Hot Threads This cabinetmaker is searching for a more efficient way to mill dados for production of cabinet carcasses. Is a new shaper the ticket? He is guided in different directions. What do you think? http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/cabinetmaking.pl?read=424660 As the shock of hurricane Katrina wanes and its victims are left to deal with reality, Professor Gene Wengert offers some information that may be pertinent: an article on redrying kiln-dried lumber that has been rewetted. http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/comdry.pl?read=425410 Some finishers are finding that there is a market - albeit a small one - for waterborne coatings, especially when finishing on-site. Now they ask: What is the fastest way to increase the use of waterborne coatings? Join the discussion at: http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/finishing.pl?read=424721 With the purchase of a new calibrating tool and plate, this tablesaw owner is dismayed to find that he isn't achieving the precision he desires. Does he have overly exacting expectations, or is he just missing a crucial step in his method? http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/swmf.pl?read=425261 ================================================= 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 ================================================= => Post a Job Wanted Ad for Free Relocation may be on the minds of many former residents of the Gulf region. If a new job is an essential part of your search for a new home, post a free ad at our Job Opportunities Exchange today: http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/exchanges/jobs.cgi ================================================= => Additions to WOODWEB's Software Connection This new batch of programs has just been added to WOODWEB's Software Connection: AP-OCS - On-line, subscription-based optimization application OptiCut - Panel optimizer OptiNest - Nesting optimizer PolyBoard - Interactive design and manufacturing cabinet software StairDesigner - Stair design software Check them out at: http://www.woodweb.com/Resources/RSSoftwareConnection.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. ================================================= => Knowledge Base Highlights When faced with a small touchup job that requires perfect patching, what do you do? This article discusses options for achieving convincing color when matching a new finish to an old one. http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Appearance_Match_for_an_Epoxy_Patch.html This woodworker could have bought the 30 cam clamps he needed for $10 a pop, or design and make the clamps himself. He chose the second option, and came out with a tool he could use over and over... http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/ShopBuilt_Cam_Clamps.html With the need for mobile machinery, this shop devised an elegant system for supplying electricity to equipment, no matter where the machinery moved on the floor. http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Mobile_Machinery.html On the topic of outsourcing cabinet installation, the question that starts out this article asks ''Do you allow the hands of a stranger to be the last to compliment your good work?'' Differing points of view follow. http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Outsourcing_Cabinet_Installation.html With the increasing popularity of iron balusters, it may only be a matter of time before you have to deal with incorporating them into your stair installation. Here are some tips on how to make the transition successful. http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Working_with_Iron_Balusters.html This true story, written by a blind woodworker, is an exception to the rule at our Knowledge Base - after all, most of our articles focus on the technical or business side of a professional woodworker's challenges, not on the personal or physical side. Recently, we've added the stories of other blind woodworkers to this article. We think you'll find them fascinating, as well as uplifting. http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Blind_woodworkers_story.html ================================================= => BobCAD v20 Available for $995 CAD CAM for the Home and Small Shop announces a special offer exclusively for readers of Woodweb: BobCAD v20 full version for only $995, plus free extras. 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