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Furniture Firms Close Factory Posted by Bill Esler | Updated: 07/12/2012 1:00:00 PM Bedroom furniture manufacturers Brown Street Furniture and Vermont Tubbs, which share a factory in say they have suspended operations. Read more
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Larson Custom Cabinets Owner Fights Own Fire By Bill Esler | Updated: 07/15/2012 10:15:00 AM Larson Custom Cabinets' Travis Glaus ended up fighting a fire at his own shop last week. Glaus, owner of the 35-employee Cornell, WI cabinetry business, is on the fire department that battled the blaze in this slide show. Read more
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Furniture Producer O-Palier Opens U.S. Plant By Karen Koenig | Updated: 07/11/2012 12:17:00 PM Residential furniture producer O-Palier has moved its finishing and assembly facility to Malone, NY, from Williamsburg, ON Read more
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Fine Furniture-grade Wood for iPhones, Kindles By Bill Esler | Updated: 07/06/2012 2:33:00 PM Furniture-grade walnut, birdseye maple, ebony maccassar and other fine woods are the antidote to iPhone 4's tendency to damage, says Tucker, GA's Material6. New tablet readers open markets for millions of custom wood cases. Read more
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Linwood Furniture, Bankrupt, To Sell Assets By Bill Esler | Updated: 07/15/2012 11:29:00 AM Linwood Furniture, under Chapter 11 protection from creditors, asked the court to sell its assets, possibly for $3 million to a foreign wood products firm. Work for Kimball and Timberlake Inc. complicate matters. Read more
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Marlite Wood Factory Cited for Amputation Hazards By Rich Christianson | Updated: 07/16/2012 12:46:00 PM Marlite Inc., a manufacturer of wood veneer and decorative laminate panels, windows and doors, was cited for amputation and 11 other safety hazards by OSHA. Read more
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Eco Treated Lumber Gets $100 Million China Backing By Bill Esler | Updated: 07/12/2012 6:55:00 PM Eco Building Products (OTCBB: ECOB) received $100 million in backing from a Chinese bank to fund global expansion, the treated lumber products firm announced. Read more
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Table Saw Safety Rule Controversy Coming to a Head By Rich Christianson | Updated: 07/13/2012 12:04:00 PM Not even table saw safety rule opponents call into question whether or not the SawStop works as advertised. The bigger question: should a government-mandated rule create a lucrative monopoly for the device's patent owner. Read more
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Sierra Pacific: Bounty Hunters in U.S. Attorneys' Office By Bill Esler | Updated: 07/18/2012 6:38:00 AM Millwork and lumber products firm SIerra Pacific says it made a $55 million settlement for the 2007 Moonlight forest fire, not $122 million as the U.S. Attorney's office claims, seeing 'bounty hunter' mentaility. Read more
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U.S. Hardwood Exports Hit 72-Month High By Andy Johnson | Updated: 07/13/2012 9:02:00 AM Hardwood lumber export data for May 2012 totaled 121.4 million board feet, the highest level in 72 months and the fifth highest monthly total ever. China shipments set a record, and June may be even better. Read more
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Video: Wood Planer Tuneup by Steve Maxwell Posted by Bill Esler | Updated: 07/12/2012 1:23:00 PM A wood thickness planer tune-up by woodworking expert Steve Maxwell shows adjustments for a DeWalt 735. Is this video helpful? Let us know. Read more
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