In this issue:

Featured Project (Round pedestal table)

Hot Threads (A sampling of current forum discussions)

Featured Member Profile (Daniel Ritosa)

Knowledge Base Highlights (The latest additions to this growing resource)
 
Recent Additions to the Woodworkers Directory (Create your free web page)

Video Pick (Charles GG Schmidt Co.)

Lumber Buying Guides Updated (Current hardwood pricing)

Featured Project

A round pedestal table with a drawer proves a fun challenge
to its maker. This post details the form built to bend the
table's apron.
http://www.woodweb.com/galleries/project/posts/3190.html

Hot Threads

A few finishers say: Yes! You can have your cake and eat it
too. It's possible to achieve appealing color results and do a
good deed for the environment when you use waterbased
lacquer as a tinting base.
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/finishing.pl?read=682717

A round cherry dining table top sparks a good investigation into
why and how wood moves. Wood prep and top lay-up are each
considered:
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/furniture.pl?read=682875

The Wood Doc and others are busy troubleshooting a batch of
kiln-dried cherry gone awry. Add your own advice to help
prevent this travesty from recurring...
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/sawdry.pl?read=682670

As a woodworker prepares to take the next step in honing his door
making skills, he asks for a little advice on stable construction of
some big, heavy, three-panel doors.
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/aw.pl?read=682715

Featured Member Profile

Daniel Ritosa's shop specializes in moldings and cabinetry.
Stop by his member profile and website to learn about
his business:
http://www.woodweb.com/members/rinoswood_profile.html

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Knowledge Base Highlights

For a high-end custom cabinet door, is it worth adding dowels
to the joinery for strength and reliability... or is this shop just
overdoing it?
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Cabinet_Door_Construction_Doweled_Corners_or_Naile.html

An inquiring CNC owner wants to know if it's possible to modify
a point-to-point into a flat table machine in order to cut
parts out of large sheets of material. Practicalities are
considered in this article:
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Converting_a_Point_to_Point_CNC_into_a_Flat_Table.html

Think popsicle stick and toothpick production is simple? A lot
can go wrong with very thin lumber. Here are several
approaches to cutting something slim and keeping it straight.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Producing_QuarterInch_Thickness_Lumber.html

And on the opposite end of the spectrum, there's this large-
dimension rustic mantelpiece with a natural edge. A lot
can go wrong with chunky lumber, too. Don't let the problems
start: read this first.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Live_Edge_Fireplace_Mantel_Advice.html

This table saw cuts out of square, but only when the blade is
tilted over to 45 degrees. Woodworkers familiar with the
frustration associated with inaccurate equipment give some
advice.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Table_Saw_Cutting_Out_of_Square.html

Labor expended on fine details: is it wasted, or worthwhile?
Business owners discuss which nice touches their customers
care about, and wax philosophical about the craft.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Which_Fine_Details_Do_Customers_Care_About.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

Country Cupboards
http://www.woodindustry.com/woodworkers/Master/10105.html

Wright Enterprise's Fine Woodworking
http://www.woodindustry.com/woodworkers/Master/10106.htm

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The Paint Shop by Pinnacle
http://www.woodindustry.com/woodworkers/Master/10109.html

cut IT for you
http://www.woodindustry.com/woodworkers/Master/10114.html

Video Pick

Charles GG Schmidt Co. features a Larry’s Clamp video of
board flattening and panel gluing. To view the video,
click on the link below and scroll down to Charles GG
Schmidt Co.'s video link:
http://www.woodweb.com/VideoLibrary/VLAlpha.html

Lumber Buying Guides Updated

Get current pricing on hardwood lumber for all regions of the US:
http://www.woodweb.com/Resources/RSLumberBuyingGuide.html

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