Event Coverage

Ligna updates show layout for 2017

Ligna says woodworking companies from small to major league are increasingly using the same machinery, and that this trend has direct implications for its show. To address these concerns, Ligna has announced new themes for the event in 2017.

Management

SkillsUSA woodworking contests garner industry support

Royal Plywood, Blum, Colonial Saw/Lamello, Hafele, ESI, Decore-ative Specialties, Rockler Woodworking, and West Wood Products donated nearly $8,000 in supplies, tools and giveaways for students at the 2016 SkillsUSA California State Cabinetmaking Championships, held April 2 at the Town & Country Resort and Convention Center in San Diego.

Video

Pacific Coast lumber makes the most of the trees

Over the past 15 years, Don and his partners David and James, have worked toward establishing an alternative for wood related clients and raw materials, working closely with the California Department of Forestry and the California Integrated Waste Management Authority

Wood Explorer

The extremely strong Osage Orange tree derives name from the Osage Indians

Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera) derived its common name from the Osage Indians in Oklahoma and Texas and the orange-smelling fruits. The Latin name comes from William Maclura, an American geologist (1763-1840), and from the grapefruit-size, heavily wrinkled, spherical pomes or apples (inedible for humans) it produces. Many a farm child has used these fruits for baseballs!