The WOODWEB Update - #177 - To un-subscribe, change your address, or contact WOODWEB, follow the instructions at the end of this message. Replies to this Update mailing will not reach WOODWEB. 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: => Hot Threads (A sampling of current forum discussions) => Auction Alert (Woodworking equipment) => Featured Projects (Furniture at its finest) => New Stairs Category at WOODWEB's Knowledge Base (Extensive list of articles) => Knowledge Base Highlights (The latest additions to this growing resource) ================================================= => Hot Threads When a job calls for the tallest possible cabinet that will fit under an 8' ceiling, a little math is in order. The goal is to calculate the height so that this refrigerator cab just misses the ceiling as it's tilted into place... http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/cabinetmaking.pl?read=490852 The pieces of this puzzle are complex: crown moulding in varying widths, a cathedral ceiling with varying pitches... How can these elements be fit together elegantly? http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/aw.pl?read=489920 The age-old difficulty of collecting payment from contractors has reared its ugly head for this new accounting manager. She seeks to modify her own methods in order to protect her company from non-payment. Help her out at: http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/business.pl?read=490270 A home dehumidification kiln and workbench, rolled into one? You've got it. Watch as it's built right here: http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/sawdry.pl?read=491001 ================================================= => Auction Alert Online Auction - Woodworking Equip. MM Designs 1555 W. Sam Houston Pkwy. N. Houston, TX 77043 Begins: Friday, December 1 Ends: Thursday, December 7, 8 AM Contact Rosen Systems: www.rosensystems.com *800-527-5134 ================================================= 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 ================================================= => Featured Projects 8,000 pieces plus 800 hours... That's what it took (not counting the necessary skill set) to build this absolutely exquisite 20 foot inlaid marquetry table. Don't miss the hummingbird near the end... http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/gallery.pl?read=489081 Another take on a truly beautiful table - this one in crotch walnut: http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/gallery.pl?read=488715 (To create your own Project Gallery listing, click the "Post Your Project" link) ================================================= => New Stairs Category at WOODWEB's Knowledge Base From measuring to designing to building... Find extensive staircase-related articles in this new category: http://www.woodweb.com/KnowledgeBase/KBAMStairs.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 Relations between subcontractor and general contractor can be complex... Throw in a client and an architect, and the paths of communication can become downright mucky. Just who is responsible for holding the client's hand as details and changes are hashed out? http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/ThreeWay_Communications_Involving_the_Client.html When installing trim at a lineal foot rate, speed and efficiency are paramount to making a healthy profit. This article is packed with detailed tips on increasing production, from what kind of help you should hire to how your tools should be arranged to cut your mouldings. http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Efficient_Trim_Installation.html Employee overtime: is it a right, or a burden? A tool for profit, or a cost that can't be recouped? http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Employee_Overtime.html Cabinets over tile, or tile up to cabinets? Kitchen installers may not be an agreeable bunch, but they do present valid and thought-provoking stances on either side of the cabinet/flooring fence, here: http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Flooring_First_or_Cabinets.html When the customer requested a white kitchen, they wanted *white*, not yellow. These cabinets, however, have aged rather poorly, and must now be refinished by the cabinetmaker. A reliable white and a solid means of achieving it are discussed here. http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/ReFinishing_Kitchen.html Dishing out a rather large piece of the pie to your sales people can be a painful prospect. But giving them a fair shake is also what will inspire them to bring you more business. Explore the delicate issue of the salesman's cut: http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/The_Salesmans_Cut.html ================================================= 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 Woodworker's Directory: http://www.woodindustry.com/ The WOODWEB Update is Copyright (c) WOODWEB, Inc. 2006 http://www.woodweb.com/ |