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Robert Dalheim

Robert Dalheim is an editor at the Woodworking Network. Along with publishing online news articles, he writes feature stories for the FDMC print publication. He can be reached at [email protected].

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Woodworking Industry News

Auction at former Regal cabinetry plant

HICKORY, N.C. - Regal Manufacturing, a cabinet firm based in Hickory, North Carolina, is selling an assortment of big-name woodworking machinery it will no longer need. The machinery auctioned for sale on MachineryMax.com consists of brands including Biesse, Brandt, Holzma, Homag, Holz-Her, Comil, Ergho, Edgetech, and more.
By Robert Dalheim, February 6, 2017 | 5:04 pm CST
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Project Gallery

50,000-year-old New Zealand Kauri wood forms earth table

Featuring 50,000-year-old Kauri wood from New Zealand, Italian design woodshop Riva 1920’s “Earth Table” aims to be a stylized representation of the earth, metaphorically representing the continents and oceans. The table’s top places the Kauri wood into a resin setting, allowing the material to float above a tubular base. The resin, which makes up the oceanic segments, forms an interplay of light and shadow.
By Robert Dalheim, February 1, 2017 | 4:20 pm CST
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Show Us Your Shop

Custom-built downdraft table and workstations enhance woodshop's efficiency

Other than Michigan-based Two Waters Woodworking's custom-designed furniture, home bars, man-cave decor, and tables, what stands out most is the shop's efficiency.
 
Two Waters' owner Pete Goetz has built himself a multi-functional workstation that encompasses his table saw, miter saw, and router table. 
 
"Was unsure on how large I wanted to make this, debated back and forth between 3' and 4' wide," Goetz wrote on his company's Facebook page, where he regularly posts his work. "I'm so glad I went 4' wide (4'×8').
By Robert Dalheim, January 25, 2017 | 4:14 pm CST