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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 Find Woodworkers? Try Woodwork Career Alliance

The wood industry worker supply chain is tightly linked. Woodworkers in furniture and cabinetry factories often move to custom woodshops or remodelers, and back again. So all wood production segments need to work together to assure we've got the pipeline full.

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Personalized Cabinetry Launch by Custom Cupboards

Cabinetry manufacturer Custom Cupboards will launch digitally decorated cabinets at KBIS 2013, says president Mael Hernandez. He announced Facets cabinets (see slide show) at the Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association convention.

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Hey I'm a Woodworker, Kinda

Enrolled in Wood Smyth's entry-level woodworking class, following my completion of 'Overview of Secondary Wood Industry' at Stiles. Here are my classmates, and our first project.

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A Bandsaw Swings 360 Degrees

MD Dario offers bandsaws mounted on an articulated arm so the saw can swing to the wood, making intricate cuts while the work piece holds still.

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Rustling Up Woodworking Projects

My good friend Robert Foulkes operates White Oak Timber Frame producing precision joint-in-tenon oak beams in Suttons Bay, MI. When new construction commissions dried up, he moved to barn restoration. . .sames skills, new market. Here's how:

Woodworking Industry News

Maple Wood Bats Stronger After Freezing

Freezing maple wood bats to 310 degrees below zero makes them 25 percent stronger, says a team of inventors. A patent is sought for the cryogenic wood process. Major League Baseball is reviewing it as a way to stop maple from cracking, and to perform as safely as ash.