The WOODWEB Update - #266

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In this issue:

Featured Shop (Vorst Custom Cabinets)
 
Hot Threads (A sampling of current forum discussions)

Featured Member Profile (Rob Scaffe)

Wood Humor (Featured cartoon)

Video Pick (Specialtytools.com)
 
Knowledge Base Highlights (The latest additions to this growing resource)
 
Recent Additions to the Woodworkers Directory (Create your free web page today)
 
Industry News (Vacuum transfer tubes won't clog)
 
Featured Project (Mahogany hanging bookcase)

Vorst Custom Cabinets of Findlay, OH, designs and builds projects in their 5800 square
foot facility. See pictures of their operation and equipment (including Northtech dust
collection system and Weaver door making system) at:
http://www.woodweb.com/galleries/shop/posts/1082.html

Two kiln drying systems - vacuum and dehumidification - are compared in this thread.
Costs including equipment, energy, labor and maintenance are under investigation.
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/sawdry.pl?read=661407

Sanding marks, be gone! If you have a tried and true method - or a magic trick - for
banishing these blemishes so they don't mar a black and white gloss finish, share
them here:
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/finishing.pl?read=661241

Sawing a large white oak log to minimize twist is the object in this thread. Why do
some trees spiral in one direction or another? Ideas are being offered up...
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/sawdry.pl?read=660523

Sharpening jointer knives while the machine is running: can it be done? And more
importantly... is it a really bad idea?
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/swmf.pl?read=661535

Featured Member Profile

Check out the multiple forum threads that cabinetmaker Rob Scaffe has contributed
to, as well as his website and extensive Project Gallery listings.
http://www.woodweb.com/members/robscaffe_profile.html

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Specialtytools.com features archived episodes of All About Tools Live. Topics include
sanders, routers, laminate tools, clamps, seam cutting and pulling, abrasives and
polishing, planers, particulates, solid surface corners, vacuum molding and forming,
and templates. To view the videos, click on the link below and scroll down to
Specialtytools.com's video link:
http://www.woodweb.com/VideoLibrary/VLAlpha.html

For an updated list of the articles most recently added to the Knowledge Base,
click here:
http://www.woodweb.com/Resources/RSMostRecentKBArticles.html

Here's some advice on setting up shapers to consistently produce mouldings that
are identical to a previous run.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Repeatability_at_the_Shaper.html

Wall intersections tighter than 45 degrees call for tricky chop-saw technique.
Here's advice on jigs from a few trim carpenters.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Cutting_Angles_Sharper_than_FortyFive_Degrees.html

Thoughts on how to organize CAD drawings for simple workflow, clear visualization,
and avoidance of confusion and errors are presented here.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Managing_Your_Plans_and_Sections_in_AutoCAD.html

This long thread on bandmill workflow covers stacking and laying out logs and
flitches for loading, edging, sawing, and off-loading efficiently.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Organizing_Logs_and_Flitches_for_Bandmill_Operatio.html

Cabinetmakers grapple with the issues raised by installing unfinished cabinetry
in an unheated house, mid-project.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Raised_Panel_Shrinkage.html

Here's a detailed discussion of edgebander characteristics, for a shop owner who's
trying to make a purchase decision.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Edgebanders_Glue_Pot_Versus_Cartridge.html

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

PETRA DESIGN INC
http://www.woodindustry.com/woodworkers/Master/9953.html

Autumnwood Designs
http://www.woodindustry.com/woodworkers/Master/9955.html

The Timber-Frame Shop
http://www.woodindustry.com/woodworkers/Master/9957.html

L&F Installation
http://www.woodindustry.com/woodworkers/Master/9959.html

A line of simple to operate and highly reliable Venturi vacuum transfer tubes
that have no moving parts, cannot overheat, and feature a straight-through
interior for conveying powders, pellets, wood chips, and non-caustic fumes
is available from Anver Corporation of Hudson, Massachusetts. Learn more at:
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/industrynews.pl?read=662021

This hanging mahogany bookcase stores hardcovers and sheds light on its
owners as they read in bed...
http://www.woodweb.com/galleries/project/posts/2850.html

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