HGTV carpentry expert Chip Wade is among judges for the 5th annual PureBond Quality Awards competition, which is accepting entries July 15, 2016.

La-Z-Boy Incorporated (NYSE: LZB) reported today that in the trial of a lawsuit pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, the jury returned a verdict against the company finding damages of approximately $5.8 million.

Sharp reductions of sawlog prices in Russia, Brazil, Central Europe and Western Canada in 2015 due to weaker lumber demand and currencies reduced trade of logs, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. European sawlog prices have fallen faster than prices in most other regions.

A wood lamp, created by Hongtao Zhou from a single piece of American ash, will be on display at the Craft in America Center in Los Angeles, California from June 11 to August 20, 2016.

Have a recent cabinetry project you are particularly proud of? Submit it for a chance to win a Wood Diamond Award from the Cabinet Makers Association. Winners will be announced at IWF 2016 in Atlanta.

Portable power tool manunfaturer FEIN will introduce oscillating power tools that feature its new, patented Starlock tool mount. Models include the MultiMaster, MultiTalent, and SuperCut, and accessories for them featuring Starlock. The woodworking and other tools launch in April 2016.

Companies that are pulling away from the pack are using the technology to re-allocate labor, because nobody likes to fire employees. There are some things that machines and algorithms just can’t do, and humans should stick to those things!

As CNC spindle RPMs and processing speeds increase, operators must consider the importance of the link between the machine spindle and the cutting tool. Tool holding is the first point in which deflection and run-out tolerances are introduced and can be tightly controlled.

Experts at Leitz Tooling help a millwork firm troubleshoot tearing, fuzzing, and blow out on a window production line.