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America's Best Rated Custom Woodworking Businesses
By Bill Esler | Updated: 04/02/2013 3:38:00 PM
Custom woodworking businesses serving residential markets use strategic social media, public relations, and marketing moxie, to rack up "Best Rated" kudos at Houzz, Yelp, Angie's List, Kudzu, and other sites. Here's a look at who they are, and how they've done it.
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Woodturning Safety Tips; New Lathe
Posted by Michaelle Bradford | Updated: 04/02/2013 2:54:00 PM
How to use a lathe safely, and news on JET Tools’ mid-sized, variable speed wood lathe that maintains torque at very low speeds.
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Textured Woodgrain Surfaces Add Impact
By Michaelle Bradford | Updated: 04/02/2013 2:32:00 PM
Textured surfaces are becoming increasingly popular, including the Edgewood laminate panel from KML, which offers the look and feel of wood.
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High Tech Spray Guns for Small Shops
Updated: 04/02/2013 2:04:00 PM
ASI-HVLP turbine systems, a new brand from Apollo, offer advanced spray gun technology to small custom shops.
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Automating Custom Finishing
Updated: 04/02/2013 1:46:00 PM
A spray technology has been introduced offering custom woodworkers advanced automated finishing for smaller volume runs.
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Cabinet for a Big Divide
By Melissa Bain | Updated: 04/02/2013 12:29:00 PM
St. Petersburg furniture maker Sean McKenzie, owner of McKenzie Cabinetry, created this walnut and curly maple furniture called, "voting booth (the great divide)."
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