In this issue:

CNC Router Poll (Are you considering CNC?)

Featured Project (Cabinet showroom)

Hot Threads (A sampling of current forum discussions)


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 (Gary Katz)

Video Pick (ArtCam)

CNC Router Poll

Got a CNC router in your shop? Are you considering purchasing one, or
adding another? Vote in our latest Poll and find out what the CNC future
holds for participants at WOODWEB. Current results for the poll will be
displayed immediately after voting, and you may return and view results
at any time by clicking the "Vote Now and View Results" link.

This poll is sponsored by C.R. Onsrud:
Inverted and CNC Routers - Better Ways to Machine It All
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/cnc.pl?read=741128

Featured Project

This shop recently freed-up 800 sq. ft. of space and turned
it into a cabinet showroom. Check it out at:
http://www.woodweb.com/galleries/project/posts/4119.html

Hot Threads

With a goal of efficient production, shop owners compare employees
working individually to employees working in teams. What does your
shop do?
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/business.pl?read=740548

Are plastic barrels suitable for a 7-1/2 hp cyclone dust collection system,
or will they collapse?
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/dust.pl?read=740659

This discussion considers the pros and cons of Gorilla Glue and similar
PUR-type glues, and the right time and place to put these adhesives to work.
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/adhesives.pl?read=740705

Five years later, a client has returned some audio speakers because of
bubbles in the veneer. What went wrong?
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/veneer.pl?read=740707

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

Furniture Medic
http://www.woodindustry.com/woodworkers/Master/10432.html

LMS Millwork, LLC.
http://www.woodindustry.com/woodworkers/Master/10433.html

Clayton Cupboards
http://www.woodindustry.com/woodworkers/Master/10437.html

A List Wood Works Inc
http://www.woodindustry.com/woodworkers/Master/10438.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 heartfelt and sometimes heated discussion about setting payment terms,
including initial deposits, for a cabinet job.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Customer_Deposits_and_Payment_Schedules.html

A stable oak bar top that won't cup, warp, delaminate or otherwise wreck
itself is under construction... Woodworkers discuss the options, including butcher
block and strip flooring.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Building_a_Solid_Oak_Bar_Top.html

If refacing isn't cheaper than replacement, it might still have advantages for
the customer that make it a sellable option.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Pricing_for_Refacing_Versus_Replacement_for_a_Vani.html

Bicycle sprockets, unexploded ordinance... You never know what you're
going to find in a tree. Here are the tales of buried metal contributed by
WOODWEB members competing to win a metal detector. The contest is
over, but the stories (like spikes in a tree) last forever.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Has_Buried_Metal_Ever_Ruined_Your_Day.html

Stock manufacturers describe how they control quality in runs of moulding
and how they keep track of productivity.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Trimming_Defects_in_Moulding.html

Here's a closer look at the high-quality tools available for flush trimming
shelf edges and similar components.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Edge_Lipping_Planer_Choices.html

Featured Forum Technical Advisor

Gary Katz lives in Southern Oregon. For more than 30 years, he has
specialized in finish carpentry working on a wide range of projects—from
tract housing to expansive custom homes, and from office tenant
improvement to schools and hospitals. Author of three books, over sixty
articles in Fine Homebuilding and JLC, and a DVD series - Mastering Finish
Carpentry, Gary currently demonstrates finish carpentry techniques at
national trade shows and produces Katz Roadshow carpentry clinics at local
lumberyards throughout the country. Gary also publishes THISisCarpentry.com,
a free E-magazine devoted to craftsmen and craftsmanship. Visit the Cabinet
and Millwork Installation Forum at:
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/install.pl

Video Pick

ArtCam features assorted videos including woodworking, carving, and
software design. To view the videos, click on the link below and scroll down
to ArtCam's video link:
http://www.woodweb.com/VideoLibrary/VLAlpha.html

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