This high school woodshop builds professional kitchens and millwork
By Lynn Gorman
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Student Mehmed Aliu checks the fit of a cabinet drawer.

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Students attach cabinet door hardware.

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Students, left-to-right, Nathan Cornelio, Austin Termain, Justin Williams, Mehmed Aliu, Ryan Shepard, Travis Pollard, Jordan Mazzacavallo, Justin Davis and Gavin Pinson with donating customer’s cabinets.

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Base cabinets under construction.

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 Student Noah Curl programs a WCA logo with Mastercam.

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Student Nathan Cornelio programs toolpaths with Mastercam.

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Designed by Mark Smith and his daughter for a student project, this portable standing desk breaks down and fits into a shoulder bag.

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Student Joshua Passafiume at control of Thermwood Model 43 CNC router.

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Students, left-to-right, Austin Termain, Nathan Cornelio, and Gavin Pinson drilling cabinet door with a KREG tool to receive Blum hardware

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Student Austin Termain works on staircase components for school’s musical production.

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Staircase fabricated by students for school’s musical production.

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Students Colby Letterly, Nathan Cserep and Travis Pollard load material onto the Thermwood Model 43 CNC Router to cut shelves for the cabinet job.

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Students Justin Davis and Jordan Mazzacavallo show off completed stand for theater sign.

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Teacher Mark Smith instructs student James Rabe in Mastercam CAD/CAM lab.

Wood signs CNC routed, and custom kitchen cabinetry designed, fabricated and installed are among the many projects successfully tackled by the woodworking students in Mark Smith’s Industrial Technology classes at Reed-Custer High School in Braidwood, Illinois. Here's a look at the shop, which relies on MasterCam and a Thermwood CNC.

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