Production

Custom Wood Pool Cues Made Easy With CNC

Paul Drexler of PFD Studios learned woodworking from his grandfather, a master cabinet maker, and he has applied that knowledge to making high-end custom pool cues since 1989.

By admin, February 21, 2013 | 9:49 am CST

Production

Columbia Forest Products Manufacturing Hits 5-Year Safety Record

Columbia Forest Products' Trumann, Arkansas manufacturing plant achieves 5-year safety record.

By Bill Esler, February 18, 2013 | 9:59 pm CST

Press Releases

Columbia Forest Products Manufacturing Plant Celebrates Safety

Columbia Forest Products' Trumann, Arkansas manufacturing plant achieves new 5-year safety record.

By admin, February 18, 2013 | 9:18 pm CST

Best Practices Guide

What is the Best Grinding Wheel for Grinding Saw Blades?

There are many grinding wheels to choose from on the market and finding the right one for your needs can seem like searching for a needle in a haystack.

By Shannon Fox, February 18, 2013 | 9:04 pm CST

Best Practices Guide

Diamond Cutting Tool Care

“Diamond, the hardest substance known to man.” Advertisements touting this quality of diamond are used to represent many different types of products, and in its truest sense, it implies a material that is unequaled in terms of strength and resilience. However, while it is true that diamond is the hardest substance known to man, special care is needed with diamond tools in order to optimize this characteristic.

By Scott A. Ries, February 18, 2013 | 8:59 pm CST

IKEA Swedwood Plant in Poland Adds Homag ReacTec

Production

IKEA Swedwood Plant Adds Homag ReacTec

HOMAG Group’s new reacTec panel laminating technology began running at the Polish production facilities of Swedwood, manufacturing arm of furniture giant IKEA. reacTec will be shown at Ligna 2013.

By Bill Esler, February 15, 2013 | 9:11 pm CST

Panel Supply

Wood Plasticized as Lightweight Panel at Ligna 2013

A video shows a new lightweight wood panel technology. BASF will show its lightweight composite panel Kaurit Light at Ligna 2013 in Hannover, Germany in May.

By Bill Esler, February 14, 2013 | 10:24 pm CST

Not All Lacquer Thinners are Created Equal

Custom

How to Sand Wood Appliqués

Sanding the details of appliqués well can be a challenge: the sand paper loses its bite as it comes up against something like that and the wood is very difficult to scratch.