In this issue:

Product Information Poll (Vote today!)

Featured Project (King Neptune door)

Hot Threads (A sampling of current forum discussions)

Shop Built Equipment Feature (Custom sliding table saw)

Featured Member Profile (Richard Lach)

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

Woodworkers' Favorite Quotes (Share your "shopisms")
 
Recent Additions to the Woodworkers Directory (Create your free web page)

Video Pick (Her-Saf)

Lumber Buying Guides Updated (Current hardwood pricing)

Product Information Poll

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Featured Project

Learn how this one-of-a-kind King Neptune door came to be through
CAD modeling, CNC machining, hand carving... and more.
http://www.woodweb.com/galleries/project/posts/3376.html

Hot Threads

This shop has a plan for making some concave and convex doors
and drawer fronts, but are running their ideas by the great minds of the
Architectural Woodworking Forum first. Help troubleshoot the process:
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/aw.pl?read=692128

After following the proper drying schedule for cherry, this lumber
emerged from the kiln with hairline cracks. What gives? The Wood
Doc has some ideas.
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/sawdry.pl?read=692333

A shaper equipped with sharp, clean cutters is still producing cope and
stick tearout. Is the solution in new technique, or new tooling?
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/swmf.pl?read=692282

Offering a lifetime warranty seems like smart marketing to this
furniture maker. Other pros play the devil's advocate...
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/business.pl?read=691933

Shop Built Equipment Feature

A digital outboard fence for the shaper - made mostly of used parts
from eBay - is detailed here. Check it out, then consider adding your
own custom built creation to the new Shop Built Equipment Forum.
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/shopbuilt.pl?read=689139

Featured Member Profile

Richard Lach's business, Timeless Arts Furniture Refinishing,
specializes in restoring wooden furniture. Explore their work
by visiting Richard's member profile and website:
http://www.woodweb.com/members/timelessarts_profile.html

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Knowledge Base Highlights

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

Practical tips on climb cutting door parts are served up here... along with a
nice, strong cup of caution...
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Climb_Cutting_Door_Parts_on_a_Shaper.html

Speeding up inset door production - while maintaining accuracy - is the
name of the game. Thoughts on how to tool up for accurate cutting and
minimal edge sanding are presented.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/FineTuning_Cutting_and_Sanding_Operations.html

Should a moulding mill bring sawmill operations in-house? This
detailed and authoritative examination explores the potential pros
and cons.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Should_a_Moulding_Mill_Bring_Sawmill.html

Here's a cold look at the hard numbers for furniture building.
Between rock-bottom overseas competition at the low end, and
popular established competitors at the high end, it's hard for a
small shop to find a profitable niche.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/The_Business_of_ChairMaking.html

For accuracy and consistency with multiple small parts, what's
practical and economical: a belt sander, a planer, or a fly-cutter
on the CNC?
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Onion_Skinning_and_Thickness_PlaningSanding.html

Waterborne finishes will skin over with even a short pause in the
action. Use this advice for keeping your spraygun tip clean.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Keeping_AAA_Tips_Spraying.html

Woodworkers' Favorite Quotes

"Deadlines... I love the whooshing noise they make as they go past..."

"Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and
I'll understand."

This collection of woodworkers' favorite inspirational and
entertaining quotes at the Business Forum is ever-growing!
If you haven't already added your own "shopisms," please do:
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/business.pl?read=686098

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

Just Killen Time Woodwork
http://www.woodindustry.com/woodworkers/Master/10161.html

Willow Ridge Woodworks
http://www.woodindustry.com/woodworkers/Master/10162.html

Whittington Gallery
http://www.woodindustry.com/woodworkers/Master/10166.html

Video Pick

Her-Saf presents assorted panel router videos including a template
system, depth control feature, eccentric nut material thickness
adjustment, and lock clamp. To view the videos, click on the link
below and scroll down to Her-Saf'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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