In this issue:

Featured Project (Modern maple kitchen)

Hot Threads (A sampling of current forum discussions)

Shop Built Equipment Feature (Dado jig)

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

Web Marketing 101 (10 surprising social media statistics)


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

Video Pick (SpeedSander)

The maple is strictly horizontal in this sleek, stylish modern kitchen.
http://www.woodweb.com/galleries/project/posts/4318.html

Hot Threads

How often do you hold a whole-staff meeting? The benefits of getting
everyone on the same page on a regular schedule are discussed here...
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/business.pl?rev=753762

How would you pull off these beaded drawer fronts? Share your ideas:
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/swmf.pl?read=753552

Sounds like there's a gremlin in this Kremlin... And the cup
gun, too. Finishers troubleshoot a consistently dirty coating:
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/finishing.pl?read=753323

Advice is sought on laying out a 3,000 square foot shop. Your
hindsight could help this new shop owner get things right the first time.
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/cabinetmaking.pl?read=753620

Shop Built Equipment Feature

Detailed instructions for a shop-built dado jig are laid out here:
http://www.woodweb.com/galleries/shopbuilt/posts/112.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

Lamar Plastics
http://www.woodindustry.com/woodworkers/Master/10519.html

Raspberry Woods Studio
http://www.woodindustry.com/woodworkers/Master/10520.html

d+p Design Build, LLC
http://www.woodindustry.com/woodworkers/Master/10526.html

Web Marketing 101

Two trends - (1) Social media is the most popular activity online, and for
a growing number, a primary way to interface with the web. (2) People are
increasingly using their mobile devices instead of laptops/desktops. Their
smartphone or tablet is often the most handy way to access the web.
Shared by Jim Roberts of Roberts WebForge.
10 surprising social media statistics that might make you rethink your social strategy

Knowledge Base Highlights

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

Woodworkers discuss the best way to fabricate a curved beam, and learn
about an interesting historic example of curved laminated timber barn
construction.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Optimal_Joint_Method_for_Making_Curved_Beams.html

A stronger vacuum pump isn't in the budget, so a CNC owner asks for
advice on improving hold-down performance with spoilboard
improvements and other workarounds.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Making_the_Best_of_an_Underpowered_Vacuum.html

Bluing of the steel in a new or reground knife is a defect that indicates
damage to the temper of the steel.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Blued_Steel_Defect_on_Freshly_Ground_Shaper_Knives.html

Finding out what a customer really wants, and what they can really
afford, requires some psychology — but the effort can pay off.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Talking_Dollars_with_Sales_Prospects.html

Woodworkers discuss ways to build advanced table saw fences
or adapt standard parts from other saws.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Upgrading_Sliding_Table_Saw_Fences_and_Stops.html

Attaching a mirror to one face of a large melamine door leads to warping
in the course of a year.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Troubleshooting_Warping_in_a_Mirrored_Door.html

Video Pick

SpeedSander features video of their widebelt sander in action. To view
the video, click on the link below and scroll down to SpeedSander's video
link:
http://www.woodweb.com/VideoLibrary/VLAlpha.html

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.

Find out how to promote your company on the Web. If you're a supplier to
the wood industry, visit WOODWEB's Media Kit:
http://www.woodweb.com/MediaKit/MKindex.html

If you're a woodworking professional, visit the Woodworker's Directory:
http://www.woodindustry.com

View past WOODWEB Updates at:
http://www.woodweb.com/update_archive

The WOODWEB Update is Copyright (c) WOODWEB, Inc. 2013
http://www.woodweb.com