In this issue:

Featured Poll (Edge Banding)

Featured Project (Walnut slab dining table)

Hot Threads (A sampling of current forum discussions)

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

Web Marketing 101 (Responsive Design vs. Task-Oriented UX Design)


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

Video Pick (Veneer Systems Inc.)

Edge Banding Poll

How do you approach the edge banding process? Let us know by voting in
our most recent poll. Current results 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.
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/cabinetmaking.pl?read=757268

Featured Project

This custom dining table combines a live edge claro walnut slab with a
reclaimed hickory barn beam trestle, blued steel details and forged lags.
http://www.woodweb.com/galleries/project/posts/4353.html

Hot Threads

Contact cement is no good for veneer, and even worse when solvent-based
finishes will be applied. Here are ideas on how to correct a bad situation.
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/finishing.pl?read=756442

The builder of this circular lamination wants to determine grain orientation
before his cedar is milled. Weigh in at:
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/aw.pl?read=756977

The vice president of this cabinet company would like to make his shop
more efficient... starting with prelaminated sheetgoods. Help him sort out
the details so he can make a case to the higher ups:
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/aw.pl?read=756534

Adhesion issues arise during the coating of a maple/cherry bartop. Which
part of this finish schedule is to blame?
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/finishing.pl?read=756955

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

Classic Carpentry Unlimited, Inc
http://www.woodindustry.com/woodworkers/Master/10540.html

Custom Woodcrafts, LLC
http://www.woodindustry.com/woodworkers/Master/10541.html

Crockett's Cabinetry and Woodworking LLC
http://www.woodindustry.com/woodworkers/Master/10543.html

Web Marketing 101

Some interesting musings here on how people use each device. However,
I disagree with his assessment that "task rich" sites can't use a responsive
design. Mobile users do complete complex tasks using their phones, and in
growing numbers. Ask anyone running an ecommerce site, and you'll be
surprised the percentage of orders they are getting from mobile devices.
Shared by Jim Roberts of Roberts WebForge.
Responsive Design vs. Task-Oriented UX Design

Knowledge Base Highlights

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

A handful of expert tips on reducing tearout on problematic wood in a
moulder or shaper.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Reducing_Tearout_in_Fir.html

Here's some good advice on door construction, with particular reference to a
door built with sapele and including horizontal glass panels.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Building_a_Sapele_Entry_Door_with_Glass_Panels.html

Lumber and surface preparation may be more important than glue choice
for good performance. But this discussion does shed some light on glue
characteristics as well.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Epoxy_Versus_UreaFormaldehyde_Resin.html

Craftsmen discuss using Festool's loose tenon tool for building doors.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Festool_Domino_XL_for_Entry_Door.html

Woodworkers wax poetic as they discuss the practical considerations, the
historical ramifications, and the spiritual significance of evolving technology
in the field of door construction.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/CNC_Versus_Conventional_Equipment_for_Entry.html

The purple color of some walnut boards is natural. Here's more background
with comments from the Wood Doc and others.
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Why_is_Walnut_Purple_Sometimes.html

Video Pick

Veneer Systems Inc. features a case clamp demonstration video showing
an operator control panel and unload/set upright control station. Also
covered are loading table, base air jets, recirculating ball screw, multi
direction rollers and photocell. To view the video, click on the link below
and scroll down to Veneer System's video link:
http://www.woodweb.com/VideoLibrary/VLAlpha.html

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