U.S. lumber production rose 4.1% through May of 2010, for a total of 10.149 billion board feet (bbf), according to the Western Wood Products Assn

How are woodworkers slogging through the a slow recovery in housing, construction, remodeling, and casegoods? An advance look at five strategies from the 2010 WOOD 100 sees they are retooling, reinventing, merging, even shrinking to a profitable size.

Thos. Moser will handcraft wood furniture for chef Ming Tsai's public television cooking show, Simply Ming.

Whether woodworkers will face a double-dip downturn, or uneven growth, we’ll leave to the economic pundits. With consumer confidence and housing sales up one moment and contracting another, we’re better off taking the long view in planning woodworking business strategies.

The wood furniture will play a starring role on Chef Ming Tsai's TV show.

Setting your woodworking services apart from others means differentiating your company from the competition in the three main categories: promotion, product and performance. To differentiate your company you need to first have a unique selling proposition. Something in your company name or promotion, product or performance that will grab the prospects’ attention and make them call. This unique selling proposition is based on the special strengths of your company.

Woodworking winners of last year's competition are on a video. And you still have time to enter for the next edition of the CWB Design Portfolio competition.

The wood pro comes from a furniture-selling family.

Wood pros will be effective by new emissions limits on composite wood products.