In this issue:

Featured Project (Solid walnut sawhorses)

Hot Threads (A sampling of current forum discussions)


Shop Built Equipment Forum Feature (Automatic blast gate)

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

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

Featured Forum Technical Advisor (Dave Rankin)

Video Pick (Accu-Router, Inc.)

Featured Project

Bet you wish you had a couple of these sawhorses... Solid walnut, with
sliding dovetails:
http://www.woodweb.com/galleries/project/posts/4052.html

Hot Threads

Advice is sought on an efficient sequence for finishing, fitting, and hanging
some sapele doors (and their accompanying jambs and casings).
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/aw.pl?read=737707

What should this buyer look for in a construction boring machine? The
Cabinetmaking Forum chimes in with recommendations:
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/cabinetmaking.pl?read=737386

Materials for an exterior curved stair are under discussion at the
Architectural Woodworking Forum:
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/aw.pl?read=737553

With a goal of matching the color and grain pattern in this clean,
contemporary kitchen, the builder explores engineered veneer and other
options...
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/finishing.pl?read=737673

Shop Built Equipment Forum Feature

Building an automatic blast gate with a pneumatic solenoid hooked to a
motor is under exploration here. Check out the video and help troubleshoot
the plan at:
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/shopbuilt.pl?read=737994

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

D&B Concepts, Inc.
http://www.woodindustry.com/woodworkers/Master/10416.html

Elite Displays & Design, Inc.
http://www.woodindustry.com/woodworkers/Master/10413.html

NEWmouldings.com
http://www.woodindustry.com/woodworkers/Master/10415.html

Daniel's Art Gallery
http://www.woodindustry.com/woodworkers/Master/10414.html

Knowledge Base Highlights

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

Here's a heaping helping of advice for a first-timer about to recoat some
kitchen cabinet doors with an opaque finish.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Prepping_Kitchen_Cabinet_Doors_for_RePainting.html

When drying in a dehumidifier kiln, beech needs an aggressive schedule,
similar to oak or hard maple.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Drying_Beech_in_a_Dehumidifier_Kiln.html

A craftsman struggles to find a way to apply veneer to a heavily profiled
sheet of MDF with deep, regular grooves.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Veneering_a_Grooved_MDF_Panel.html

The Wood Doctor explains why southern pine supposedly dried to 18%
moisture content would still support mold after being stacked inside a
dry house under construction.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Mold_on_Southern_Pine.html

Knife grinding equipment and techniques are discussed with a woodworker
who wants to reproduce historic mouldings for custom work.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Profile_Knife_Grinders_for_Replicating_Mouldings.html

Sycamore? Beech? Mulberry? The forum takes a look at some old wood
found in a barn, destined to be made into guitar bodies.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Another_Wood_Identification_Puzzle.html

Featured Forum Technical Advisor

Dave Rankin is President of Moulder Services, Inc., a company he formed
in 1986 to provide operator training and repair for all types of moulders and
profile grinders. He is also the current Director of Technical Education for the
Grinderman's Association, a non-profit group he founded in 1997 to promote
education and training of moulder and grinder operators, and is the editor of
their publication, "The Profiler." Dave holds a PhD in Safety Engineering.
Visit the Solid Wood Machining Forum at:
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/swmf.pl

Video Pick

Accu-Router, Inc. features assorted videos related to CNC 3 and 5 axis routers
for wood, composites, plastics, and aluminum. To view the videos, click on the
link below and scroll down to Accu-Router:
http://www.woodweb.com/VideoLibrary/VLAlpha.html

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