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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.

Wood Pro Expo Lancaster

Martin's Woodworking to display Northtech straight line rip saw at Wood Pro Expo Lancaster

LANCASTER, PA -- Martin's Woodworking will be exhibiting the Northtech SLR-14SC precision straight line rip saw at Wood Pro Expo Lancaster October 18-19.  The machine's feed system is comprised of a 15 -hp saw motor and feeds from 40 to 120 fpm. The machine's frame is constructed of a 1-in. thick base plate and 1/2-in.  thick column arms.

IWF News

See Bella IMC Virtual Reality room design kiosk at Lockdowel's IWF exhibit

ATLANTA, GA — Bella IMC™ (Innovative Modern Cabinetry) will debut its newest venture, a virtual room-designing “Bella Kiosk" in Lockdowel Booth #8073 August 22-25 during  IWF.  The Bella Kiosk allows customers to create their dream design for any room with cabinetry needs, residential or commercial.  The program begins with entering a room’s dimensions, locations of doors, windows and cabinets, followed by users adding a personal splash of their creativity with choices of select colors, textures and styles.

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Tooling for HSK Power Lock machines

LANCASTER, PA -- Charles G. G. Schmidt & Co., Inc. is pleased to announce that with the addition of some new machinery they are now able to manufacture and offer this tooling to manufacturers of flooring using HSK Power Lock Machines. You can have your tools made to their industry standard profile or a custom profile of your own. These heads mount into the machine in seconds and changing inserts is also quick and easy. All tools are balanced to G2.5 for high speed operation.

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Empower your team with project management software

LANCASTER, PA -- Crows Nest Software asks you to imagine your workflow if every employee could view—and share—every detail of every component of every project, with just the click of a mouse. According to the company, that’s just one example of what you can accomplish with the vision, the knowledge and the power that Crows Nest software puts at your fingertips.

IWF News

Learn about American Woodmark's foray into RFID

ATLANTA, GA -- According to Henry Nisiobincki, the idea that each item is unique in woodworking holds true more than in any other industry. Nisiobincki, RFID Program Manager at American Woodwork Corporation, faced this challenge as he guided the company to benefit from RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) technology. "The questions we asked were, how could we identify the unique history of each unique part?  And how can we use that information to help measure quality, control process flows, and improve inventory accuracy?"

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See Uneeda at Wood Pro Expo Lancaster

LANCASTER, PA -- Uneeda Enterprizes, Inc.will be in the limelight at Wood Pro Expo Lancaster, October 18 to 19 at the Warehouse at the Nook in Lancaster County.  The company, now in its 50th year, has been providing high quality coated abrasive products for the most challenging applications whether it’s sanding flat, curved or contoured surfaces.  Uneeda offers a wide variety of narrow and wide sanding belts, discs, sheets, and sanding sponges.

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Registration now open for Wood Pro Expo Lancaster

Lancaster, PA -- Registration is now open for Wood Pro Expo Lancaster to be held October 18-19 at the Warehouse at the Nook in Manheim, PA. The two-day event will feature more exhibitors in a new and larger exhibit hall. Complementing WPE Lancaster are educational sessions from noteworthy industry experts, free morning keynotes, show floor running machinery and equipment demonstrations, and the Best in Wood Awards reception.

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Lean expert returns to Wood Pro Expo Lancaster

LANCASTER, PA -- Lean expert, Mike Roth, returns to Wood Pro Expo Lancaster to conduct a two-part workshop titled, “Jump-Starting Your Lean Journey,” on October 19 at the Warehouse at the Nook in Manheim, PA.   Roth's session will address implementing lean management with any sized business.  Roth says his talk will be relevant to woodworking businesses no matter where they are on their lean journey.