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Galleries

Project Gallery:   Professional woodworkers post examples of their work in this interactive venue

Sawmill Gallery:   Professional primary processing companies display and describe their sawmill facilities

Shop Gallery:   Professional woodworkers display and describe their shop facilities, products and equipment

Recent Images Gallery:   Newly posted pictures at the Forums, Exchanges, and Galleries



Forums           return to top

Recent Posts from All Forums:   View the most recent posts from all of WOODWEB's Forums in one location

Adhesives Forum:   Discussing the proper use of woodworking glues, contact cements, epoxies, and other bonding agents

Architectural Woodworking Forum:   Quality standards and production of wood mouldings, doors, windows, and other types of architectural work

Business and Management Forum:   Lively conversations on topics like starting your woodworking business, sales and marketing, project management, legal issues and accounting

Cabinet and Millwork Installation Forum:   Solve tricky field installation problems with help from other professionals

Cabinetmaking Forum:   32mm, frameless, and face-frame cabinet design, construction

CAD Forum:   Beat the Computer Aided Design learning curve with help from experienced CAD users

Commercial Kiln Drying Forum:   Discuss issues facing commercial drying operations that process at least 750,000 bd. ft. of lumber per year

CNC Forum:   Learn and share information about Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) woodworking equipment, software, and automated manufacturing

Dust Collection, Safety, and Plant Operation Forum:   Plant layout, dust collection systems, and other ideas for maintaining a safe, productive working environment

Professional Finishing Forum:   Discuss water-based finishes, polyesters, conversion varnishes, lacquers, stains, spray equipment

Forestry Forum :   Discuss timber management, silviculture, tree planting, diseases and harvesting

Professional Furniture Making Forum:   Helping professional furniture makers improve quality, save time, and increase profits

Laminating and Solid Surfacing Forum:   Solid surface and plastic laminate fabrication in cabinetry, countertops, and other applications

Sawing and Drying Forum:   Your best source of technical and practical advice on sawmilling, kiln drying, and primary processing

Shop Built Equipment Forum:   Professionals share their rigs and jigs, storage tricks, shop built equipment, and time saving tips

Solid Wood Machining Forum:   Proper tool sharpening, equipment setup, care and maintenance, and correct lumber feed rates for moulders, saws and planers

Value Added Wood Processing Forum:   Learn how to improve your output, find new markets, and boost sales of your lumber products

Veneer Forum:   Reliable advice for novices and experts who work with this beautiful yet technically demanding material

WOODnetWORK:   The woodworker's worldwide "town square," where any professional wood-related topic is fair game



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Video Library:   Index of industrial woodworking related digital videos on the web

Software & Mobile Apps:   Fully functional applications, shareware and demos including plywood and panel optimizers, CAD and CNC software

Auctions, Sales and Special Offers:   Our advertisers offer woodworkers discounted prices on good and services, and announce upcoming auctions

Industry News:   Late-breaking news from all sectors of the wood industry

Woodworkers Directory:   Create a free web page for your cabinet, architectural millwork, finishing, boatbuilding or wood products manufacturing company, or search the directory to locate the professionals you need

Sawing and Drying Directory:   Create a free listing for your sawing, drying or lumber grading company, or search the directory to locate the professionals you need

The Wood Doctor:   Read Dr. Gene Wengert's many wood engineering and processing articles

Bookstore:   Extensive list of cabinetmaking, furniture design, boatbuilding, forestry and wood engineering books for sale at discount prices

Lumber Buying Guide:   Hardwood lumber pricing for the Western, Midwest, and Eastern distribution markets

Tradeshow Directory:   Get dates, locations and travel information to help plan your next wood industry trade show visit

Newsstand:   Descriptions and links to key woodworking industry trade magazines

Lumber and Timber Calculators:   On-line calculators to make your timber and lumber related estimating a little easier

Events Calendar:   Trade shows, auctions, seminars, conventions, training schools

Media Kit:   WOODWEB offers the best on-line advertising value

Poll Center:   Cast your vote in current surveys, and view the results of past surveys

About WOODWEB:   More than you wanted to know about WOODWEB and its origins

What Our Visitors Say:   Woodworkers tell you what they think about WOODWEB

Frequently Asked Questions:   Questions and answers about how to work with this site

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Current Features

Achieving a Unique Glaze
Forum Discussion || Posted here 6/18/2013

Thin, light striations in a white, gray and silver glaze is what the designer has requested for this writing desk with fluted legs, molded panels and ribbon carving. Any advice for a frustrated finisher?



Mountainside Wood Products
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 06/17/2013

Dedicated to maintaining an American tradition in fine woodworking, Mountainside Wood Products offers standard mortise and tenon doors, drawer fronts, mitered doors, face frames, wainscot and many other custom made items.





Making Stair Tread Returns
Forum Discussion || Posted here 6/15/2013

With a job for custom oak stair treads coming up, this woodworker seeks advice on an efficient, professional method for making tread returns.



Microvellum
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 06/14/2013

A global leader in AutoCAD based manufacturing software, Microvellum provides design, manufacturing and shop management software solutions designed for the woodworking industry.





Machinery Purchasing Poll
Featured Poll || Posted here June 11th, 2013

Cast your vote at WOODWEB's online poll, and view the voting results instantly (sponsored by RT Machine Co.: Stocking Distributor of New and Used Woodworking Machinery)



Mereen-Johnson Machine Co.
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 06/10/2013

Providing application and production solutions for large plants as well as smaller custom manufacturers, Mereen-Johnson provides stationary and moving blade multiple rip saws, single and double end tenoners, CNC dovetailers, panel sizing systems and custom built systems.





Maya Positioning Equipment
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 06/07/2013

A manual linear locating system for cutting, drilling, lay-out and other applications, the Maya Posi-Stop System is designed to provide rapid setup, high precision, stability, endurance and versatility.





Mastercam
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 06/03/2013

Providing state-of-the-art software tools for CAD/CAM manufacturing markets, Mastercam CNC Software offers superior software products based on users' needs for solving simple or complex design and machining problems.





Seeking: Shaper
Forum Discussion || Posted here 6/1/2013

A woodworker who occasionally needs to make a replacement raised panel door is looking for a mid-range shaper to do the job. Any advice?



Martin Woodworking Machines
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 05/31/2013

Founded nearly 90 years ago, Martin Woodworking Machines is a leading supplier of high quality saws, shapers, planers and boring machines.





CNC Poll
Featured Poll || Posted here May 29th, 2013

Voting for the CNC poll is still open so remember to cast your vote at WOODWEB's online poll, and view the voting results instantly (sponsored by C.R. Onsrud: Inverted and CNC Routers)



Trimming Defects in Moulding
Knowledge Base Article || Posted here 5/28/2013

Stock manufacturers describe how they control quality in runs of moulding and how they keep track of productivity.



Buried Metal
Knowledge Base Article || Posted here 5/25/2013

Bicycle sprockets, unexploded ordinance... You never know what you're going to find in a tree. Here are the tales of buried metal contributed by WOODWEB members competing to win a metal detector. The contest is over, but the stories (like spikes in a tree) last forever.



Komo
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 05/24/2013

Manufacturing all of their products in the USA, KOMO Machinery designs and manufactures an entire line of quality precision computer numerically controlled (CNC) routers and machining centers.





Customer Deposits and Payment Schedules
Knowledge Base Article || Posted here 5/23/2013

Here's a heartfelt and sometimes heated discussion about setting payment terms, including initial deposits, for a cabinet job.



New Showroom
Featured Project || Posted here 5/21/2013

This shop recently freed-up 800 sq. ft. of space and turned it into a cabinet showroom.



Shop Gear Inc.
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 05/20/2013

A premier distributor of Co-matic power feeders and Le-matic portable edgebanders, Shop Gear, Inc. also provides quality woodworking machinery, tooling and accessories at affordable prices.





Bubbled Veneer
Forum Discussion || Posted here 5/18/2013

Five years later, a client has returned some audio speakers because of bubbles in the veneer. What went wrong?



Limtech
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 05/17/2013

Building quality CNC woodworking equipment for over 25 years, Limtech Industries' CNC machines are designed for rigidity and stability to suit a variety of heavy duty industrial applications.





Teamwork versus Solo Work
Forum Discussion || Posted here 5/16/2013

With a goal of efficient production, shop owners compare employees working individually to employees working in teams. What does your shop do?



Lignomat
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 05/15/2013

Established in 1975, Lignomat USA is a globally recognized and highly respected supplier of moisture meters and dry kiln controllers.





History Snapshot
Knowledge Base Article || Posted here 5/14/2013

An Australian World War II fighter plane built with wood and glue is featured in this video.



Lewis Lumber Products
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 05/13/2012

Located in N. Central Pennsylvania, in the heart of one of the most diverse and highest quality temperate hardwood forests in the world, Lewis Lumber Products offers the finest in hardwood mouldings, paneling, flooring, decking and lumber.





Featured Sawmill
Sawmill Gallery || Posted here 5/11/2013

Esand Furniture processes large logs into fine furniture. Their home-built mill can handle logs up to 50 inches wide.





Leitz Tooling
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 05/10/2013

Offering the latest tooling technology, application solutions and support services, Leitz Tooling Systems is a leading world-wide manufacturer of machine tools for processing wood and advanced materials.





CNC Carving: Software and Learning
Knowledge Base Article || Posted here 5/9/2013

Finding the carving software is the easy part. Understanding its power and its limitations takes time.



Leadermac USA
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 05/08/2013

Founded in 1972, Leadermac manufactures high quality moulders, as well as planers, ripsaws, grinders, material handling equipment, end matchers, custom machinery, tooling, accessories and more.





Picket Fence Project
Featured Project || Posted here 5/7/2013

A nautical-themed picket fence project goes from Sketchup to site-installed in this gallery project. The Craftsman style of the original house was kept in mind during design.



Featured Poll || Posted here May 6th, 2013

Cast your vote at WOODWEB's online poll, and view the voting results instantly (sponsored by C.R. Onsrud: Inverted and CNC Routers)



Saws for Panel Products
Forum Discussion || Posted here 5/4/2013

The output efficiency of a panel saw, beam saw, and CNC are being compared at the Business Forum. The products are MDF cabinet doors, drawer fronts, and panels. Which machine would you choose?



ShopSabre CNC
Featured Advertiser || Posted here 05/03/2013

Industrial American Made solutions for the production shop or hobbyist, the ShopSabre CNC Router or Plasma System can increase productivity, cut costs and provide more control of your business.





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Buy and Sell

Recent Listings from All Exchanges

Job Opportunities Exchange: Employment opportunities and services within the woodworking industry

Lumber and Wood Products Exchange:  A worldwide buy/sell exchange for lumber and wood products

Woodworking Machinery Exchange:   Buy and sell surplus woodworking machinery

Classifieds Exchange:  Classified advertising for the woodworking industry


Knowledge Base           return to top

Knowledge Base - Search or Browse:   An always-growing collection of over 10,000 articles including woodworking articles from wood industry magazines and experts, and the best discussions from our Interactive Forums, arranged in the categories listed below

Recent Knowledge Base Articles

Adhesives, Gluing and Laminating
 -Glues and Bonding
Agents

 -Gluing and
Clamping
Equipment


Architectural Millwork
 -Custom Millwork
 -Doors and
Windows

 -Flooring
 -General
 -Millwork Installer
 -Lathe Turning
 -Mouldings
 -Millwork
Restoration

 -Stairs
 -Stock
Manufacturing


Business
 -Employee Relations
 -Estimating,
Accounting,
Profitability

 -Legal
 -Marketing
 -Plant Management
 -Project
Management

 -Sales

Cabinetmaking
 -Commercial
Cabinetry

 -Custom Cabinet
Construction

 -Cabinet Design
 -Cabinet Door
Construction

 -General
 -Installation
 -Residential
Cabinetry

 -Store Fixtures

Computerization
 -Software
 -CNC Machinery
and Techniques

 -CAD and Design

Dust Collection, Safety, Plant Operation
 -General
 -Material Handling
 -Wood Waste
Disposal

 -Safety Equipment
 -Hazard
Communication


Finishing
 -General
Wood Finishing

 -High Speed
Production

 -Refinishing

Forestry
 -Agro-Forestry
 -Forest Product
Laboratory Articles

 -Tree Pests &
Diseases
 -Timber Harvesting
 -Tree Planting
 -Woodlot
Management

Furniture
 -Custom Furniture
 -Furniture Design
 -General
 -Furniture
Manufacturing

 -Outdoor Furniture
 -Furniture Repairs
 -Furniture
Reproduction

 -Restoration

Laminating and Solid Surfacing
 -Fabrication
Techniques

 -Materials
 -Equipment

Lumber and Plywood
 -Buying
 -Storage
 -Wood
Identification


Panel Processing
 -General
 -Machine Setup
and Maintenance


Primary Processing
 -General
 -Air Drying
Lumber

 -Kiln Construction
 -Kiln Operation
 -Lumber Grading
 -Sawmilling
 -Woodlot
Management

 -Yield Formulas

Solid Wood Machining
 -General
 -Setup and
Maintenance

 -Tooling
 -Tool Grinding

Veneer
 -Machinery
 -Processing And
Manufacturing

 -Techniques

Wood Engineering
 -General
 -Wood Properties

Woodworking Miscellaneous
 -Accessories
 -Bending Wood
 -Boat Building
 -Boat Repairs
 -Carving
 -Musical
Instruments

 -Picture Frames
 -Tool Maintenance
 -Woodworking




Product Directory           return to top

Alphabetical List of Companies

Adhesives and Fasteners

Associations

Business

Cabinets

Components

Computer Software

Drafting Design Services

Education

Electronics

Finishing and Abrasives

Forestry

HandTools

Hardware

 -CabinetAccessories
 -Decorative
 -Drawer Systems
 -Hinges
 -Lighting
 -Panel Installation


Job Opportunities and Woodworking Services

Laminating and Solid Surfacing

Lumber and Plywood

 -Retail Lumber
& Plywood


Machinery
 -Air Compressors
 -Auctions & Appraisals
 -Boring Machines
 -Carving Machines
 -Clamping
Equipment

 -CNC
Machinery

 -Combination
Machinery

 -Coping Machines
 -Countertop
Equipment

 -Door and Window
Equipment

 -Dovetailing
Equipment

 -Dowelling
Equipment

 -Dowelmaking
Machinery

 -Dust Collection
 -Downdraft Tables
 -Edge Banders
 -Energy Production
Equipment

 -Finger Jointers
 -Finishing
Equipment

 -Flooring Machinery
 -Frame
Equipment

 -Gluing Equipment
 -Hinge Insertion
 -Jointers
 -Laminating
Equipment
 -Laser Machining
 -Lathes
 -Material
Handling

 -Measuring Equipment
 -Misc
 -Mortising
Equipment

 -Moulders
 -Panel Processing
Equipment

 -Planers
 -Presses
 -Primary Processing
 -Routers
 -Sanding Machines
 -Sawing Machines
 -Service & Repairs
 -Shapers
 -Sharpening
Equipment

 -Spare Parts
 -Stair
Manufacturing

 -Tenoners
 -V-Grooving
Equipment

 -Veneer Equipment
 -Wood Waste
Handling
Equipment

 -Downdraft Tables

Mouldings and Millwork
 -Flooring
 -Stair Building
Packaging and Transportation

Power Tools

Plans & Publications

Plant Maintenance & Management

Sawing and Drying

Suppliers

Tooling

 -Enhancements and
Accessories

Veneer
 -Edgebanding
 -Inlays and
Marquetry


Wood Turning





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