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Harry Urban

Harry Urban is the retired publisher of the Woodworking Network. Urban spent more than 30 years working in business-to-business publishing, trade shows, and conferences. He has travelled extensively throughout North America and overseas visiting and reporting on major manufacturing facilities and trade shows. In retirement, he's still following the woodworking industry, but he plans to do a lot more fishing.

Closets Conference & Expo Video

Video: Don't get a ladder, get a WineCarousel

CHARLOTTE --  The WineCarouselTM from StorageMotion, Inc.® is a vertical wine carousel that works like a vertical Ferris wheel. With the touch of a button, it brings your wine to you from high places, without getting a ladder.  The carousels can house from one bottle to four bottles per shelf and up to a maximum of 50 shelves.  The units are approximately 18 in.

Closets Conference & Expo Video

Video: See the Tregarne Woodwelder in action

CHARLOTTE -- Brookhuis America will be demonstrating the Tregarne Woodwelder at the Cabinets & Closets/Wood Pro Expo Charlotte colocated events March 7-8.  The Tregarne Woodwelder has been used in the woodworking industry for over 30 years.  The radio frequency (R.F.) generator produces radio waves, via a pair of triode valves. The R.F.

Closets Conference & Expo Products

Rev-A-Shelf to display Glideware valet hanger pullouts

CHARLOTTE -- Rev-A-Shelf will be displaying its Glideware organizing pullout that allows you to securely hang your garments inside your closet and bring them out only when you want them. Designed for 14” closet depths, the patent-pending Glideware Pullout features a chrome rail with scallops to securely hold clothes and solid wood construction in maple with two slide configurations: full-extension, ball-bearing, 100lb. rated slides or full-extension, 110lb. rated, concealed slides with BLUMOTION soft-close.

Wood Pro Expo Florida

Maksiwa sliding table panel saw on display in Charlotte

CHARLOTTE --  Maksiwa International will be exhibiting its BMS.3200.IR Black Edition sliding table panel saw at the Wood Pro Expo/Cabinets & Closets Conference & Expo in Charlotte March 6-8.  It is available in single phase or three phase.  The saw was designed to provide an excellent finish when cutting MDF panels, according to the company. The BMS is easy to adjust and operate. It has a blade tilt of 0° to 45° with a digital indicator to facilitate precision cuts. The reinforced structure of the saw supports whole panels with 1 in. thickness.

WMS News

Homag and Prémoulé join growing list of WMS 2019 exhibitors

MISSISSAUGA -- The woodworking technology company, Homag Canada, and custom cabinet door supplier, Prémoulé, have joined the growing ranks of exhibitors for the 2019 Woodworking Machinery & Supply Conference and Expo to be held October 31 to November 2 at the International Centre in Mississauga.  According to Tim Fixmer, CEO of CCI Canada, Inc., which owns and operates the event, WMS 2019 is seeing a number of companies returning to the show floor after missing a few show cycles.