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Balsa

Lightweight wood with good strength. Balsa wood is the miracle material of the hobby world. It has the best strength-to-weight ratio of any other readily available material.

Wood Explorer

Bamboo

Panels look, behave like wood. This hollowed-stem grass is being harvested, sawn and glued into "plywood" panels that look and behave like wood.

Wood Explorer

Bamboo

Panels look, behave like wood. This hollowed-stem grass is being harvested, sawn and glued into "plywood" panels that look and behave like wood.

Wood Explorer

African padauk

Excellent red accent wood. Padauk is an excellent turning wood and is widely used for fancy turnery such as knife and tool handles. The bark yields a wonderful, bright red dye that was used for body coloring for religious festivals.

Wood Explorer

African padauk

Excellent red accent wood. Padauk is an excellent turning wood and is widely used for fancy turnery such as knife and tool handles. The bark yields a wonderful, bright red dye that was used for body coloring for religious festivals.

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WOOD 100: Technology Integration

Optimizing production with new and existing technology: In order to be profitable and productive in today’s economy, woodworking facilities need to optimize their resources: equipment, supplies and their workforce. Many companies have done so through investments in new technology and production methods, including lean and sustainable manufacturing methods.

Magazine

WOOD 100: Technology Integration

Optimizing production with new and existing technology: In order to be profitable and productive in today’s economy, woodworking facilities need to optimize their resources: equipment, supplies and their workforce. Many companies have done so through investments in new technology and production methods, including lean and sustainable manufacturing methods.

Magazine

WOOD 100: Technology Integration

Optimizing production with new and existing technology: In order to be profitable and productive in today’s economy, woodworking facilities need to optimize their resources: equipment, supplies and their workforce. Many companies have done so through investments in new technology and production methods, including lean and sustainable manufacturing methods.

Magazine

WOOD 100: Technology Integration

Optimizing production with new and existing technology: In order to be profitable and productive in today’s economy, woodworking facilities need to optimize their resources: equipment, supplies and their workforce. Many companies have done so through investments in new technology and production methods, including lean and sustainable manufacturing methods.

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Custom Cupboards Goes Robotic

The robotic cell at Kansas-based Custom Cupboards builds face frames for the company’s line of traditional cabinetry. This fully automated production cell is the first of its kind in the United States.