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Bill Esler
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Bill wrote for WoodworkingNetwork.com, FDMC and Closets & Organized Storage magazines. 

Bill's background includes more than 10 years in print manufacturing management, followed by more than 30 years in business reporting on industrial manufacturing in the forest products industries, including printing and packaging at American Printer (Features Editor) and Graphic Arts Monthly (Editor in Chief) magazines; and in secondary wood manufacturing for WoodworkingNetwork.com.

Bill was deeply involved with the launches of the Woodworking Network Leadership Forum, and the 40 Under 40 Awards programs. He currently reports on technology and business trends and develops conference programs.

In addition to his work as a journalist, Bill supports efforts to expand and improve educational opportunities in the manufacturing sectors, including 10 years on the Print & Graphics Scholarship Foundation; six years with the U.S. WoodLinks; and currently on the Woodwork Career Alliance Education Committee. He is also supports the Greater West Town Training Partnership Woodworking Program, which has trained more than 950 adults for industrial wood manufacturing careers. 

Bill volunteers for Foinse Research Station, a biological field station staddling the border of Ireland and Northern Ireland, one of more than 200 members of the Organization of Biological Field Stations.

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How to Photograph a Wooden Spoon

The Polder family started a small business in Florida making baked goods. Over time, customers preferred their baking utensils - ladles, spoons and spatulas - hand carved and chiseled from walnut, cherry, hickory, beech or maple - from trees near their 100 acre farm in Tennessee. Prices range all the way up to $599. 
By Bill Esler, November 19, 2015 | 10:56 pm CST
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Wood Machinery & Supplies

Auto-change Edgebander Lends Itself to Batch One Production

The Stefani Solution XD edgebander is designed for the industrial production of both identical and different batches and for intensive use even beyond the daily working shift, says Scm Group. Due to its versatility and with working lengths up to 9 meters, every type of production can cost-effectively machined, permitting custom finishing quality in a production-scale setting.
By Bill Esler, November 18, 2015 | 11:59 am CST
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Woodworking Industry News

Martha Stewart American Made Opens Store at Amazon Handmade

Martha Stewart's American Made furniture and home furnishings line opened a store at Amazon's Handmade marketplace, leaving eBay where it opened in 2013. The online custom woodworking and maker markets are heating, with Custommade.com trailing and Etsy facing big challenges for the custom made crafts marketplace. Handmade at Amazon, launched Oct. 8, 2015, has more than 200,000 items from 10,000 approved artisans.
By Bill Esler, November 18, 2015 | 11:13 am CST
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Architectural Products

Chicago Biennial Scores Winning CLT Wood Structure

A cross-laminated timber structure has been built in Chicago, bring that city it's first high profile application of the wood construction material being used in high rise wood building construction. The Chicago Horizon project was designed by Ultramoderne, a Rhode Island architectural group, for a competition, and represents "a quest to create the largest wood roof possible."
By Bill Esler, November 16, 2015 | 9:15 pm CST