No longer are woodworking operations cutting strictly solid wood or wood-based panels, and changes in tool composition and geometry are reflecting this. Rising volume on woodworkers' CNC routers spurred interest in cutting tools, and a backgrounder from Wood Products magazine topped everything else online at WoodworkingNetwork.com.
Masco Cabinetry's updated re-entry into ready-to-assemble kitchen cabinets - Arbor Creek - offers matched finishes to other Merillat Cabinet lines and FedExed single-cabinet orders. It was among the week's most viewed stories.
Also highly viewed: Ohio's LEED ban on state projects cleared one house and moves closer to passage. Here are the wood industry's most viewed reports from this week:
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A Bit of Cutting Tool Knowledge for Woodworking By Karen Koenig Posted: 03/05/2014 12:14PM No longer are woodworking operations cutting strictly solid wood or wood-based panels, and changes in tool composition and geometry are reflecting this. |
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Majestic Redwoods Vandalized by Drug Addicts By Karen Koenig | Posted: March 7, 2014 - 10:39 AM Drug addicts and criminals are being blamed for the rash of poaching on California's majestic redwood trees. The thieves are removing burl and bunion growths from standing and fallen old-growth redwoods, then selling them for use in furniture and other wood products. |
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IKEA's Swedwood Regains FSC Status Following Suspension Posted by Karen Koenig | Posted: 03/12/2014 12:44PM IKEA's Swedwood Karelia forestry operation has regained its Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certificate of sustainability. The Rainforest Alliance said it lifted the suspension March 10 following an independent appeals committee evaluation of the annual audit . Posted by Karen Koenig | Posted: 03/12/2014 12:44PM
IKEA's Swedwood Karelia forestry operation has regained its Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certificate of sustainability. The Rainforest Alliance said it lifted the suspension March 10 following an independent appeals committee evaluation of the annual audit. - See more at: http://www.woodworkingnetwork.com/wood-market-trends/woodworking-indust… |
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Shield Casework's Solid Start in Healthcare Furnishing By Karen Koenig Posted: 03/05/2014 4:50PM Shield Casework’s 100% solid surface furnishings are gaining national attention in the healthcare industry, one of the fastest growing segments of wood manufacturing. |
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Ohio Law Would Ban LEED v4 on State Projects |
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Steelcase to Donate Pyramid Building to Education By Rich Christianson | Posted: March 8, 2014 - 3:24 PM Office furniture manufacturer Steelcase Inc., having failed to find an acceptable price for its iconic former headquarters, may donate it to a newly established non-profit group that would use it as a STEM-focused education hub for students. |
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Woodworking Goes To Hollywood By Sean Lechowicz | Posted: December 10, 2013 - 1:54 PM Woodworkers come in all different shapes a sizes, they even come in the form of Hollywood celebrities, like Johnny Depp, William Macy, Nick Offerman, and Fred Armisan. |
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Mesquite Executive Library Desk by Gerry Lamanski By Matt Schumake | Posted: February 28, 2014 - 1:17 PM As a master wood craftsman, Gerry Lamanski calls upon traditional woodworking methods to craft custom, heirloom-quality Arizona Ranch Furniture. |
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Blog: Last Steam-Powered Sawmills: Hear That Ray Davies? By Rich Christianson | Posted: March 2, 2014 - 2:05 PM Through Youtube magic, I have joined a video of the Phillips Brothers' iconic sawmill in Oak Run, CA, and the aforementioned song from one of my all-time fave Kinks' albums, "The Village Green Preservation Society" in one space. |
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Masco Cabinetry Adds RTA Cabinets with Arbor Creek
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KornerKing Shows New Spin on Lazy Susan in New Jersey By Bill Esler | Posted: March 11, 2014 - 3:24 PM KornerKing will show its drawer-filled reinvention of the Lazy Susan, designed in Baltic birch as a retrofit or for new cabinetry, at the 2014 Cabinets & Closets Expo, April 10-11 at the Garden State Exhibit Center. |
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Video: Create an Eccentric Hinge That Clears a Wide Space Posted by Bill Esler | Posted: February 24, 2014 - 8:32 PM How to create a linkage hinge - an eccentric hinge construction that clears a box.
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