In this issue:

WOODWEB Website Input Poll (How do you use WOODWEB?)

Featured Sawmill (Kresker Core Drilling, LLC)

Hot Threads (A sampling of current forum discussions)

Featured Member (Kensington Cabinets)

Knowledge Base Highlights (The latest additions to this growing resource)

Featured Project (Wood block reception desk)

Recent Additions to the Woodworkers Directory (Create your free web page)

Video Pick (Delmac Machinery Group)

WOODWEB Website Input Poll

We're interested in finding out how you use WOODWEB, and what
area you find the most useful. Let us know by voting in our latest poll.
Current results for the poll will be displayed immediately after voting,
and you may return and view results at any time by clicking the "Vote
Now and View Results" link.
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/business.pl?read=719237

Featured Sawmill

Kresker Core Drilling, LLC, is powered by one father, two sons, and a
Timberking. Don Kresker was recently interviewed by WOODWEB's
Brett Hagstrom.
http://www.woodweb.com/galleries/sawmill/posts/300.html

Hot Threads

Are PVA glues appropriate for structural bonding? Choosing the right
adhesive for your application is discussed in depth.
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/adhesives.pl?read=718323

Would you like to be able to identify birdseye maple in the field? Here,
the Wood Doc points you to a publication to get started, and sparks a
short conversation on other interesting features - including bark inclusions
- in various species.
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/sawdry.pl?read=717994

If you're having trouble spraying an even coat of stain -
without buildup or voids - the problem could be in
your tools, techniques, or materials.
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/finishing.pl?read=719085

Do you have a system for quick, efficient finishing of full-size doors?
Share it in this forum discussion, and don't miss the video that's
already been posted:
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/finishing.pl?read=718802

Featured Member Profile

Kensington Cabinets, a CNC-equipped shop, produces cabinetry for
Canada's Sunshine Coast. Learn more about the business at their
member profile and website:
http://www.woodweb.com/members/viewsonic_profile.html

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Knowledge Base Highlights

See a complete list of the most recent additions to our Knowledge Base at:
http://woodweb.com/Resources/RSMostRecentKBArticles.html

With a humid climate and a solar kiln, this woodworker struggles to
get his lumber pile hot enough to kill beetles. http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Achieving_Sterilization_with_a_Solar_Kiln.html

How do you make short boards into long boards? This practical advice
on tooling up for small-scale, economical finger-jointing will get you started.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Setting_Up_for_Finger_Jointing_and_End_Gluing.html

Involving the owner's spouse (in this case, the wife) in the business: good
move, or recipe for disaster? Here's a serious look at the implications.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Whether_to_Hire_Your_Spouse.html

Replacing worn out bearings is not a routine task, but regular machinery
maintenance can keep you from having to do it often — or ever. Here's
a detailed discussion of maintenance planning and bearing repair. http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Bearing_Life_and_Scheduled_Equipment_Maintenance.html

Cabinetmakers discuss whether, and why, a sliding table saw is worth
having around when other tools can (sort of) do the same thing.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Value_of_a_Sliding_Table_Saw.html

The proportions of heartwood and sapwood in a walnut log, drying methods,
and the value of both for furniture, bowls, et cetera are covered here.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Sawing_Walnut_Sapwood_and_Heartwood.html

Featured Project

There's a method to the madness in this reception desk project. See the
puzzle piece pre- and post-assembly.
http://www.woodweb.com/galleries/project/posts/3874.html

Recent Additions to the Woodworkers Directory

The following companies recently created free web pages at the
Woodworkers Directory. Create yours at:
http://www.woodindustry.com/woodworkers/index.html

Midwest Prefinishing, Inc.
http://www.woodindustry.com/woodworkers/Master/10299.html

Bay Horse Customs llc
http://www.woodindustry.com/woodworkers/Master/10301.html

Atlantic Custom Cabinets
http://www.woodindustry.com/woodworkers/Master/10302.html

Premium Woodworking, LLC
http://www.woodindustry.com/woodworkers/Master/10303.html

Video Pick

Delmac Machinery Group features videos including: a Celaschi Progress
with rotary tool changer, an OMAL RF F1 hardware insertion machine,
and two edgebanders - a Busellato Flexa edgebander with solid wood
edging and a Fravol SMART 6 edgebander with single motor corner
rounding unit. To view the videos, click on the link below and scroll
down to Delmac's video link, then visit individual machinery pages:
http://www.woodweb.com/VideoLibrary/VLAlpha.html

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