The WOODWEB Update - #202 - 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: => Featured Shop (Integrity Fine Furniture & Cabinetry) => Knowledge Base Highlights (The latest additions to this growing resource) => Video Pick (Alliance Millsoft) => Hot Threads (A sampling of current forum discussions) => Featured Project (Pallet wood cabinetry) => Adhesives Forum Technical Advisor (Jeff Pitcher) ================================================= => Featured Shop The owner of a one-man shop in Canada describes how his product developed from quilt racks to custom kitchens. View pictures of his tidy shop, inside and out, plus spray room and before and after shots of a complete kitchen remodel. http://www.woodweb.com/galleries/shop/posts/520.html (To create your own Shop Gallery listing, click the "Post Your Shop" link) ================================================= => Knowledge Base Highlights Questions occasionally come up at the Veneer Forum on the subject of jointing a straight edge on veneer. One experienced pro has decided to step forward and provide some answers - in the form of photos of the jigs developed in his own shop. http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Veneer_JointingShooting_Jig.html The owner of a fledgling shop is looking forward to gearing up for increased production, but wonders... Would an entry-level CNC machine speed things up, or bog them down by creating a bottleneck? http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Edgebander_or_Small_CNC.html Resawing thin strips of poplar for jamb laminations has become a tedious job. Could a frame saw come to the rescue by dramatically decreasing resaw time? http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/GangResawing_Thin_Strips_with_a_Frame_Saw.html "Drying Eastern Hardwood Lumber" is a 110-page publication written by John M. McMillen and Gene Wengert. Efficient and simplified processes are emphasized. Download the PDF file at: http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Drying_Eastern_Hardwood_Lumber.html Tape measure inaccuracy may only amount to a sixteenth of an inch off here and there, but the headaches this may eventually cause? Colossal. Here's how to cope: http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/TapeMeasure_Accuracy.html Without a well-considered system, assembling and gluing staved columns can be slow. Advice and ideas combine here to help take this task from plodding to productive... http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Assembling_and_Gluing_Staved_Columns.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 ================================================= => Video Pick Alliance Millsoft offers videos covering estimating of millwork, casework, and mouldings. To view the videos, click on the link below and scroll down to the "Alliance Millsoft Estimating System Videos" link: http://www.woodweb.com/VideoLibrary/VLAlpha.html ================================================= => Hot Threads The more this finisher attempts to match the color and quality of samples his customers provide, the more problems he encounters. Staining and glazing for professional results are under discussion. http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/finishing.pl?read=542232 A CNC operator measuring the width of his router bits... Is he off his rocker? Operators and manufacturers tackle the topic of bit diameter, accuracy, and consistency. http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/cnc.pl?read=541401 A request for a generalized figure for drafting hours per job leads to an in-depth discussion on the myriad of factors that can affect the planning stages. http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/cad.pl?read=542672 A set of MDF flat panel doors have warped badly. Contributors at the Cabinetmaking Forum are sleuthing out the cause and a possible solution. http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/cabinetmaking.pl?read=542845 ================================================= 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 The price tag on this spalted-ash-and-assorted-tropical-species kitchen is under $1000. The kitchen belongs to its cabinetmaker, which did help keep costs down, but something else factored in... all of the exotic lumber was recycled from pallets. http://www.woodweb.com/galleries/project/posts/935.html (To create your own Project Gallery listing, click the "Post Your Project" link) ================================================= => Adhesives Forum Technical Advisor Jeff Pitcher is vice-president of CP Industries in Clifton, NJ. CP is a manufacturer and distributor of wood adhesives in the Northeast. Although he was born into a family that was active in the adhesives industry, he entered the publishing industry after his graduation from the University of Kansas. After spending several years with Putnam Publishing and Random House, Jeff rejoined the adhesives business in 1995 as marketing director for Custom-Pak Adhesives in Newark, OH. A few years ago he moved to New Jersey to run the operation there. 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