FDMC January 2017
Along with the articles listed below, the January 2017 issue also includes:
In This Issue
Conestoga Wood Specialties' components to success
New cabinetry components along with edgebanding and finishing technology help Conestoga Wood Specialties keep an edge over the competition.
Attention to detail and systems key for custom furniture maker
Attention to detail, productive systems and custom experience help The Joinery deliver high-quality furniture to its customers.
Traditional joinery, live edges, Oregon hardwoods combined in sculptural work
Mark Meyer applies a natural, sculptural sensitivity to his work, which ranges from custom furniture to kitchen cabinets.
Everything he does is custom, and he says the style is dictated by specific jobs.
“When asked to work in styles unfamiliar to me, I research all I can find on a particular type,” he says. “For instance, to do a cabinet job with a Japanese feel to it, I poured through volumes of books on the subject, visited Asian art museums and contacted people who were knowledgeable on the subject. Before beginning work on design.”
A trick to turn your CNC into an automated shop vac
We were looking to improve CNC bed cleaning after sheet processing, and it was a chore to vacuum the bed with a shop vac after removing the processed pieces from the bed to ready it for the next sheet.
Skill standards are flooring maker’s passport to success
Appalachian Engineered Flooring embraces Woodwork Career Alliance skill standards and Passport program.
Closets Conference & Expo News
Cabinets & Closets 2017 expands conference and awards programs
The Cabinets & Closets Conference and Expo returns to Chicagoland in 2017, running April 11-13 at the Renaissance Convention Center in suburban Schaumburg, Illinois. In addition to the Cabinets Track and the Closets Track, expanded conferences include a Lean Management track,a PureBond Fabricator Network Conference, and ACSP's closet design certification program.
Defining expectations ensures lean success
Using an Hour-by-Hour Chart will help keep production “buckets” from overflowing and not meeting customer demand.
How to avoid shrinkage in drying yellow poplar, cottonwood
Shrinkage in wood can vary to some degree from tree to tree and even from different locations in the tree. Here are some ways to avoid problems in the machining process.
Technology to the rescue
How RFID and advanced robotics can speed productivity gains in the woodworking shop.
Components, Hardware & Assembly
In the Shop: Using plastic fastener joinery
Will Sampson demonstrates how the OVVO plastic snap-together joinery system from Virutex works. Watch the video.