Manufacturers share their advice about what to look for when buying your first CNC router.

By Mac Simmons -- Coatings like conversion varnishes are popular, but require caution when used, for safety and to obtain good results.

By Michaelle Bradford -- Anvil Motion has a new automated cabinet system that can open cabinets with a simple touch or a wave of the hand.

By Anthony Noel -- To successfully build a committed sales force, managers must combine patience and incentives. Last of three parts.

Readers respond to Noel's June column about EFCA

By Jo-Ann Kaiser - Reclaimed wood offers a beautiful material, with a history.

By Jo-Ann Kaiser - A Wisconsin company reclaims lumber to fabricate flooring and beams for residences across the country.

By Michaelle Bradford - A hub of the city’s green movement is based in the Chicago Center for Green Technology. Located in this cutting-edge building, which features solar panels, geothermal heating and cooling, energy-efficient plumbing and prairie grass landscaping, is Whitney Wood Works, a green and woman-owned woodworking company.

By Rob Ziegelmeier - The USGBC issued Version 3 of LEED. Here are the important changes for woodworkers.

By Anthony Noel - Maybe you have been in sales before. Maybe you haven’t. Either way, you probably don’t know how to manage a sales force. Second of three parts.