Wood Industry Most-Read Stories, July 2012

By Bill Esler

August 2, 2012 | 8:38 pm CDT

Among the dozen most-read wood-industrt reports, features and how-to woodworking stories in July were reports on Home Depot and Lowe's opposition to table saw safety, extreme joinery in a Japan cypress building made without nails. Also popular are stories about wood cases for iPads and Kindles.

1. Home Depot, Lowe's Oppose California Table Saw Safety Rule
2. Table Saw Safety Bill Heads for California Senate Vote
3. Northeast Furniture Firms Close Factory
4. Bosch Recalls 22,000 Miter Saws
5. No RELIEF: Lacey Act Vote Cancelled
6. Larson Custom Cabinets Owner Fights Own Fire
7. Extreme Joinery: Wood Building Skips Nails, Connectors
8. i-Wooden cases for iPad2s, iPhones
9. Record Hardwood Exports, Potential Lumber Shortages
10. Furniture Producer O-Palier Opens U.S. Plant
11. Fine Furniture-grade Wood for iPhones, Kindles
12. Sierra Pacific: Bounty Hunters in U.S. Attorneys' Office