A fire in the wood dust removal system at Massachusetts-based Conklin Office Furniture filled two classrooms of a nearby school with pungent smoke last Friday.
The first and biggest cross-laminated timber (CLT) manufacturing plant in the eastern U.S. is nearly fully operational, with 25 employees currently working a portion of the plant.
Entries are being accepted through June 1 for the 14th Annual Veneer Tech Craftsman’s Challenge, with a cash prize award of $3,000 given to the woodworker with the grand prize winning project.
Woodcraft, a supplier of woodworking tools and supplies, joins Scott Phillips, co-host of The American Woodshop on PBS, to encourage Americans to plant trees and also to take time to learn more about how trees benefit the environment as they observe National Arbor Day on Friday, April 27.