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Thousands of Knowledge Base Articles, Product Directory, Machinery Exchange, Lumber Exchange, Job Opportunities ... www.woodweb.com ================================================= In this issue: => Featured Project (Commercial bank cabinet job) => AWFS Fair Vegas (Registration now open) => Knowledge Base Highlights (The latest additions to this growing resource) => Featured Shop (Brother Fine Cabinetry) => Dust Collection and Safety Forum Technical Advisor (Curt Corum lends expertise) => Hot Threads (A sampling of current forum discussions) => Industry News (Vecoplan presents VH 18 Wood Grinder) ================================================= => Featured Project A set of cabinets and paneling fit right into the sleek, modern design of a commercial banking company. See the installed project at: http://www.woodweb.com/galleries/project/posts/559.html (To create your own Project Gallery listing, click the "Post Your Project" link) ================================================= => AWFS Fair Vegas July 18 - July 21, 2007 Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas, Nevada It's not too early to put one of woodworking's most important North American events of 2007 on your calendar. Back in Las Vegas and building on the success of a huge, record-breaking show in 2005, AWFS Vegas promises to be even bigger, better and more impressive - with all of the resources, innovation and cutting-edge technology you need to take your business into the future. Registration now open! http://www.awfsfair.org ================================================= 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 Beading face frames on a CNC router turns out be quick and efficient, when set up properly. http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Beading_Face_Frames_on.html If you consistently encounter customers who are resistant to frameless cabinetry, perhaps you need to hone your marketing technique. Throw out "full access," "Euro style," and "flexible in the future," and you may just change some minds. http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Marketing_Frameless_Cabinets.html Is running your CNC such a shocking experience that it causes your hair to stand on end? If so, you need to get yourself grounded... Find out how right here: http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Grounding_a_CNC_Router.html When a freshly-finished kitchen comes out on the sunny side of orange, this finisher decides to tone down the color a bit. He learns here that blue may be the unlikely hero... http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/ReToning_to_Mute_a_TooGold_Finish.html A nice, thick cross-section of a tree trunk may be too tempting to set aside. Learn how one hefty slab was turned into a table... http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/From_Slab_to_Tabletop.html It's a fact that some wood just plain *stinks*. Inquiring minds want to know the whys and wherefores of a rather malodorous bacterial action in logs. http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Bacterial_Action_in_Wood.html ================================================= => Featured Shop Can you guess who the four owners of Brother Fine Cabinetry are? A hint: they're all related. See the shop where they build high end kitchens, baths and more right here: http://www.woodweb.com/galleries/shop/posts/250.html (To create your own Shop Gallery listing, click the "Post Your Shop" link) ================================================= => Dust Collection and Safety Forum Technical Advisor Curt Corum is the technical sales manager for Air Handling Systems. He has delivered problem-solving solutions to small shops as well as major corporations. Curt served as technical advisor for the installation of dust collection systems for both "The New Yankee Workshop" television show hosted by Norm Abrams, and "This Old House" television show hosted by Steve Thomas. Curt has authored, co-authored and served as technical advisor for articles published in Fine Woodworking, Wood & Wood Products, CWB, Woodshop News, FDM, and Cabinetmaker. Visit the Dust Collection, Safety and Plant Operation Forum at: http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/dust.pl ================================================= 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 ================================================= => Hot Threads As a woodworker skilled in marquetry moves from tabletops to doors, he must develop a solid plan for stile and rail construction before beginning his painstakingly intricate veneer lay-up. http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/aw.pl?read=502315 Milling face frame material: rather than one standard method for creating square stock, it appears there are as many "right ways" as there are woodworkers... http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/cabinetmaking.pl?read=501860 Need a tight-holding tape for solid surface miter folds? Or perhaps you can offer a recommendation? Join in at: http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/cabinetmaking.pl?read=501860 A question about milling yellow pine turns into an in-depth lesson on wood shrinkage from the Wood Doc and others. Learn something new at: http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/sawdry.pl?read=502296 ================================================= => Industry News Vecoplan, a worldwide leader in wood waste size reduction since 1969, offers the VH 18 horizontal feed rotary grinder. The VH 18 is designed specifically for the size reduction of wood strips, edge rippings, slabs, and other long wood scrap. http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/industrynews.pl?read=503853 ================================================= Find out how to promote your company on the Web. 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