IWF News

SCM donates $15,000 to Wounded Warrior Project

ATLANTA - SCM presented a check for $15,000 to the Wounded Warrior Project during the International Woodworking Fair in Atlanta. The Wounded Warrior Project organization's mission is to honor and empower wounded service members. SCM matched 100 percent the donations made by attendees at its booth. In addition, those donating to the Wounded Warrior Project were given a chance to win a variety of prizes at a robotic arcade game led by one of the company's collaborative robots.

Closets

Dates set for 2018 Closet Summit

GREENVILLE, S.C. - The 5th annual Closet and Storage Summit will take place at the Hilton in Greenville, South Carolina, on Oct. 25 and 26.
 
The summit includes a tour of an independent closet company, which opens its showroom and workshop to the group.
 
This year, the father and sons team of Danny, Matt and Paul Prewett of Carolina Closets will host the Friday afternoon tour at its state-of-the-art 16,000 square-foot manufacturing facility and new 1,600-square-foot showroom.

Woodworking Industry News

Cabinet sales up 3.8% for July YOY, down from June

RESTON, Va. - Cabinet sales rose 3.8% in July compared to the previous year's figures, marking a fourth straight month of year-over-year growth for the industry. According to participating members in the Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association's monthly Trend of Business Survey, stock sales were up 9.2% and custom sales rose 8.4%, although semi-custom dropped 3.1% compared to the same period the prior year.

Video

Rustic dining table gets rusty tool epoxy inlay; lesson learned

Woodworker and YouTuber Habu shows how he built a rustic dining table with a rusty tool epoxy inlay. He learned something valuable along the way: Never mix two different types of epoxy without knowing if they work together properly.
 
Check out the video above.
 
Habu is a woodworker with a multitude of videos on YouTube.