The WOODWEB Update - #227
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In this issue:
=> Featured Project
(A drive down memory lane)
=> Knowledge Base Highlights
(The latest additions to this growing resource)
=> Video Pick
(Miter Clamp)
=> Call For Videos
(WOODWEB seeks your story)
=> Hot Threads
(A sampling of current forum discussions)
=> Featured Sawmill
(Appleton Custom Lumber)
=> Industry News
(Microvellum Donates Software to St. Mary's Academy and
College)
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=> Featured Project
See how a modern-age machine aided in the construction of
a reproduction vehicle. Take a trip in the Thermos truck,
posted by long-time contributor BH Davis.
http://www.woodweb.com/galleries/project/posts/1617.html
Update: You may have already viewed this sapele bar room,
but did you know it contains a secret? A hidden
entertainment center is now revealed in a video created by
the bar's builder:
http://www.woodweb.com/galleries/project/posts/1583.html
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=> Knowledge Base Highlights
For convenience and efficiency, these cabinetmakers build
the toe kick and the main cabinet as separate pieces. They
explain the why and how of it here.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Separate_Toe_Bases_for_Commercial_Cabinetry.html
If your client is open to the rustic look, knotty alder
may be just the ticket. Finishers offer tips and tricks
for dealing with alder's busy grain, knots, and tendency
to blotch.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Staining_Alder_for_a_Rustic_Look.html
Need a good helper that won't talk back? Whether you buy
one or go to the trouble of making your own, a nice
cabinet jack will make you wonder how you used to get
along without it.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Making_Your_Own_Cabinet_Jack.html
In a slow market, can you make money sawing railroad ties?
This informal analysis sheds some light on what it takes
to turn a profit.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Railroad_Tie_Cost_and_Pricing.html
What's causing terrible cut quality with only the second
use of a set of shaper knives? This cabinetmaker is
dismayed. The resulting discussion leads into various
aspects of door profile machining, and may put an edge
back into his cuts.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Troubleshooting_Cut_Quality_on_Door.html
The creatively inclined client may be disappointed to hear
that their one-of-a-kind entry door design could actually
be a recipe for disaster. Nonetheless, it's important to
steer that customer in the right direction... lest their
dream door (and your nightmare job) self-destruct when
exposed to the elements.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Custom_Wood_Entry_Door_with_Inlayed_Stainless_Stee.html
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=> Video Pick
Miter Clamp features assorted woodworking videos including
a Clam clamps demonstration, coping crown moulding,
ellipses, power planes, slotting casing for biscuits,
tweaking a biscuit jointer and plugging and un-plugging
screw holes. To view the videos, click on the link below
and scroll down to Miter Clamp's video link:
http://www.woodweb.com/VideoLibrary/VLAlpha.html
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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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=> Call For Videos
WOODWEB is actively seeking videos from professional
woodworkers. If you have a video camera, and an interest
in submitting woodworking related video footage for
display at WOODWEB, please send us a note letting us know
of your interest.
http://www.woodweb.com/Update/call_for_video.html
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=> Hot Threads
The challenge in this thread is to design a boat-worthy
cup holder that will keep your client's drink from
pitching on the rolling waves. Don't miss the video in the
first response...
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/veneer.pl?read=591921
One man's trash is another man's treasure. The Wood Doctor
(Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin) is preparing
an article on uses for low grade lumber. If you've
developed ways to utilize lower grades of lumber, please
chime in with your examples at:
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/sawdry.pl?read=590678
This cabinet shop owner is confident in the quality of his
product and its installation, but when it comes to the
final details - completing the punch list - he gets a
little wobbly. Help him out by sharing your own process
for nailing the little leftovers on the first try.
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/business.pl?read=592047
The finer points of FSC (Forest Stewardship Council)
certification are under review at WOODWEB's Sawing and
Drying Forum. The question is... how, and who?
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/sawdry.pl?read=592877
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=> Featured Sawmill
Appleton Custom Lumber can now take their trees from stump
to kiln-dried lumber for their customers, but they didn't
start out that way. Learn how their capabilities grew with
their business at the Sawmill Gallery:
http://www.woodweb.com/galleries/sawmill/posts/205.html
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=> Industry News
Microvellum, Inc. announced the donation of their full
software suite to St. Mary’s Academy and College, a
private school in Kansas with over 190 high school
students attending. Presently, they serve their students
with two technology education courses: Drafting I, which
covers manual drafting, and Drafting II, which is a CAD
course. Beginning 2009, St. Mary’s is expanding their
curriculum to incorporate a Manufacturing Enterprise:
Custom Cabinet Making sequence, a design and production
curriculum.
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/industrynews.pl?read=591897
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