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In this issue:
=> Video Pick
(Industrial woodworking machinery)
=> Knowledge Base Highlights
(The latest additions to this growing resource)
=> Auction Alert
(Woodworking machinery - Plant closed)
=> Featured Project
(Chippendale chairs)
=> Hot Threads
(A sampling of current forum discussions)
=> Frequently Asked Questions
(Answered!)
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=> Video Pick
Holz Her's industrial woodworking machinery videos include
the following: Holtz-Her CNC machining centers, Cosmec CNC
machining centers, CNC cutting demos, beam saws, vertical
panel saws, edgebanders, wide-belt sanders, a Vitap
orbiter, contour edgebander, and corner rounder, and an
Omal drill and dowel insertion machine. Click on the link
below, then scroll down to "Holz Her US Inc."
http://www.woodweb.com/VideoLibrary/VLAlpha.html
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=> Knowledge Base Highlights
A tricked-out job trailer may not get you any girls, but
it will get you organization. With efficient
compartmentalization, your tools and materials will *all*
arrive at the job site with you, and you'll be able to
find them!
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/TrickedOut_Job_Trailers.html
"If only I'd a done it different..." That's the theme of
this article on building a shop from scratch. Those who
have been in business long enough to learn where they went
wrong have shared a wealth of information to help the
start-up shop before construction commences.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Building_a_Shop.html
Nothing like a discussion on chirtalk charquoids to cheer
up a weary woodworker. Or was that curtate trochoids we
were talking about? Get those little rascals all sorted
out at:
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Correct_Spelling_of_Curtate_Trochoids.html
You've got the newel cap, you've got the hand rail... And
now you're scratching your head. How do you notch the
profiled cap to accept the angled end of the handrail so
it looks like it grew there? Here are some illustrated
instructions:
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Joining_a_Rail_to_a_Newel_Cap.html
When these cabinetmakers decide to cut the rug, there's no
raucous dance party involved. Rather, this article is all
about installing cabinets in a carpeted room.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Installing_Cabinets_Over_Carpet.html
Ever hear that dreadful scraping sound that comes just
before an extra-tall cabinet wedges its back edge against
the no-so-tall ceiling in your client's home? If so, read
on to prevent this same catastrophe from striking your
career twice.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Standing_Tall_Cabinets.html
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=> Auction Alert
Surewood Forest Products
2960 Robertson Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio
Sale: Thursday, September 20, 10 AM
Inspection: Wednesday, September 19, 10 AM to 4 PM
Machinery, wood, shop and office equipment.
Call For Brochure - 10% Buyers Premium In Effect!
Jeffrey L. Luggen and Jerome A. Luggen – Auctioneers
Cincinnati Industrial Auctioneers, Inc.
(513) 241-9701
http://www.cia-auction.com
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=> Featured Project
This set of mahogany chairs was reproduced in the
Chippendale style, and features some expert carving.
http://www.woodweb.com/galleries/project/posts/833.html
(To create your own Project Gallery listing, click the
"Post Your Project" link)
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=> Hot Threads
A disastrous accident at the up-cut saw has this employer
feeling desperate. What can he do to emphasize to his
employees how important it is to be safe on the shop floor
- *before* they mess up and lose a limb? And what will he
be up against if OSHA comes knocking?
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/aw.pl?read=530095
Setting the depth of cut seems a critical step for this
new owner of a 15" planer. But without any obvious
measuring device attached to the machine, how can he make
his measurement? More experienced planer owners are
sharing their methods of measurement, from digital to "by
the feel"...
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/aw.pl?read=531192
In an attempt to narrow down which species might have been
the one to attain a lovely olive green stain in an
accidental experiment, this discussion has produced a
whole batch of differing definitions of "white wood."
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/finishing.pl?read=530848
This CNC operator is getting consistent blow-out in the
maple parts he cuts for fluting and radiused parts. Share
your techniques for blemish-free cutting at:
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/cnc.pl?read=530085
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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
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=> Frequently Asked Questions
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