The WOODWEB Update - #197 - 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: => Video Pick (JDS Company's Multi-Router videos) => Knowledge Base Highlights (The latest additions to this growing resource) => Hot Threads (A sampling of current forum discussions) => Featured Project (A portfolio of diverse projects) => Update Archive Unveiled (Catch up on your reading!) ================================================= => Video Pick JDS Company is featuring a few Multi-Router videos, demonstrating: cutting a mortise and tenon, a complete box joint, and a complete dovetail joint. To view the videos, click on the link below, and scroll down to "JDS Company": http://www.woodweb.com/VideoLibrary/VLAlpha.html ================================================= => Knowledge Base Highlights This sawmill operator needs plenty of power, at a price he can afford. The article covers a few basic options: three phase, single phase, the power company, and a generator. http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/ThreePhase_Power_from_a_Generator.html Do you worry about keeping the dust down in your spray booth? If so, follow the link below and find out what's worked for other finishers when it comes to floor treatments. http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Spray_Booth_Floor_Treatment.html While everyone agrees that the price of your work must be based on your shop's requirements for overhead, expenses, and profit, everyone also seems to agree that this cabinetmaker has drastically under-priced a custom built-in. Here, he picks up some tips for future quotes to his customers. http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Pricing_a_Nice_BuiltIn_Cabinet.html A new circular sawmill owner is dismayed at the wobble his blade has acquired after relatively few hours of sawing. The Wood Doc and others help him troubleshoot with a succinct list of possible problems. http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Troubleshooting_Wobble_in_a_48Inch.html A custom kitchen that continues to sit on the shop floor is cramping the cabinetmaker's style. He wants it out the door and paid for, but the builder who commissioned it isn't coming through. What's a crowded-out cabinetmaker to do? http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/What_to_Do_when_a_Customer.html Should thinner boards mean thinner profits? Professional sawyers give a resounding "Heck no!" in answer to that. Here's how to charge - and make each cut count. http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Charging_for_ThinSawing_Lumber.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 ================================================= => Hot Threads When a woodworker friend "customizes" his hand by cutting off a few fingers, this cabinetmaker wonders why so many pro shops don't use splitters and guards on their table saws. Is there a rational answer? http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/cabinetmaking.pl?read=532456 Bending a casing that follows a compound curve is easy enough in the shop... But drawing an image of this curved casing in AutoCAD to be cut from solid wood on a CNC machine is a whole other story. Advice is sought at: http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/cad.pl?read=532314 This 50 foot long bar top may be beautiful, but it's got some problems. The customer is demanding a fix for the gaps that have opened as the maple has moved. Thoughts on what created the movement, and ways to restore the top's good looks, are under discussion. http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/finishing.pl?read=531793 In the spirit of back-to-school, the Wood Doc poses a few quiz questions at the Sawing and Drying Forum. Test your lumber measuring knowledge, and pick Dr. Wengert's brain, right here: http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/sawdry.pl?read=532198 ================================================= 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. ================================================= => Featured Project A varied portfolio from the past year shows the highlights of one shop's project list. From a maple loft bed and bookshelf set to a mahogany wine cellar, the scope of these jobs is professional and diverse. http://www.woodweb.com/galleries/project/posts/842.html (To create your own Project Gallery listing, click the "Post Your Project" link) ================================================= => Update Archive Unveiled Ever lose track of an article or announcement that you read about in the WOODWEB Update? If so, find what you're missing in our brand new Update Archive, which contains issues of the WOODWEB Update going all the way back to 2003. http://www.woodweb.com/update_archive/ ================================================= Find out how to promote your company on the Web. 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