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 Vol. 26 No. 1

www.CabinetMakerFDM.com JANUARY 2012

8 Will Sampson: Looking

back on a year of value
An index not only tells what we’ve done,
but it adds value for future needs.

8 Karl Forth: Flash fiction

and new media
How do you want your information served?

12 Wood Doctor’s Rx
Avoiding wavy surfaces in planed lumber
and considering an alternative way to
measure board feet.

24 Jim Lewis: Applying 5S lean

28 thinking in your work place
for 2012
Start with reviewing your past year, then
give your computer a 5S lean makeover.

28 Vertical integration aids

product innovation
Store fixture and display producer uses
innovation to compete globally.

32 First solvent-based green

finish debuts
Chemcraft makes breakthrough with re-
lease of new Greenguard certified solvent
borne pre-catalyzed topcoat Airguard.

38 New cutting-edge geometry

boosts milling efficiency
60 Milling, jointing, trimming and rabbeting
can be performed in wood and other
materials.
54
Products
40 CabinetMakerFDM Article
56 Index 2011
Literature
Use this list to retrieve valuable informa-
57 tion from our online archives.
Classified
On the Cover: 58 60 Lamello Top 21 biscuit joiner
Slot machine bases Advertisers’ Swiss precision reigns in new tool from
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FIRST CUT
Looking back
on a year of value
There’s a new feature in this issue
that I hope you will consider it as a
valuable tool. It’s an index of all the
articles we published in 2011, month
by month. Every business should
look back on the year past and take
stock of what you have actually ac-
complished. Not all of those things
can be weighed completely with by William Sampson
just the numbers. You have to think will.sampson@ccimedia.net
what value you created and where
you have positioned your business.
This index does that for our business, but it also should help you.
What we did
Of course, we can reduce the index to numbers. We pub-
lished 46 articles, including special reports on pricing (Cabinet-
MakerFDM Pricing Survey), industry leaders (FDM 300), design
trends (Kitchen Cabinet Trends Survey). We published 18 wood
technology columns answering your questions about wood and
providing detailed information about particular species.
We published 38 commentaries from industry experts like Art
Raymond, Jim Lewis, and Gero Sassenberg, as well as observa-
tions from Karl Forth and myself. These covered everything from
industry forecasts to marketing techniques to build business. Jim
Lewis’s Lean Journeys series was well received, offering practi-
cal suggestions on adopting lean manufacturing techniques.
Readers look to us to learn about new products and technology.
We offered hundreds of new product releases, with product focus
sections for hardware, dust collection, tooling and components. We
took you “In the Shop” 11 times for hands-on tool reviews, complete
with videos. We devoted an entire issue, our Woodworking Product
Source, to helping you find the products you need.
Retrievable value
But the real value is to help improve your business. Our articles
about successful companies go into dollars-and-cents detail to help
you find tips you can use in your own operation. Still, that infor-
mation is useless if you can’t easily find it. So, this article index
helps you retrieve stories. All of these articles are archived at
www.CabinetMakerFDM.com. You can use the search function
there, but having this article index will help you put in the right
keywords to find exactly what you are looking for.
Good woodworkers make their products to last, and we want
our information to last, too. This will be an annual feature, and we
might even start to work backward to index previous issues. ❮
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Flash fiction
and new media
I went to an exhibition of small
press publishers a few weeks
ago. I didn’t know exactly what to
expect, but I enjoyed the tabletop
displays of small press companies,
creative writing magazines and lit-
erary journals. It was fun to talk to
the people about their projects and
my own experience in publishing. by Karl Forth
You might expect most karl.forth@ccimedia.net
creative writing to be online these
days, with apps available to read a
new short story anywhere. This show went in the other direc-
tion, with high-quality printing and photography presented in an
attractive package.
Short story communicates an idea
Flash fiction, by the way, is a short-short story that succeeds
in communicating an idea or feeling, in a “flash” that will be
remembered well after the reading.
We don’t offer much in the way of fiction or poetry in Cabinet-
MakerFDM and www.CabinetMakerFDM.com, but the exhibi-
tion made me wonder how our audience would want important
information if they could get in any form they desired.
Would you want an online-only story? A magazine article?
An email newsletter with links to new stories and industry news?
Access to online seminars on current subjects of interest?
Or a small bound book with a summary of ways to make your
business better? A do-it-yourself zine with printed stories and
downloads?
I’m fairly sure that most readers do not want to receive moisture
content advice in the form of a poem. How about a haiku about a
new panel saw? Or a sonnet about an upcoming trade exhibition?
Different media
Would people like to have a choice of brief online stories that
they could download in PDF form? Checklists on different sub-
jects contained on a small card? Email reminders of past stories
that may have present application?
We always need to think about the best way to deliver the
information our readers need. We have a good mix of different
media. It’s useful for us to step back and look at what we’re do-
ing as a new year begins.The small press exhibition was held in a
Borders bookstore that had closed earlier this year. The Borders
store may be history but your business doesn’t have to be if
you’re willing to look at things differently than you have been. ❮
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QUICK CUTS
U.S. officials say revised Boiler MACT will not
compromise health benefits
The Obama administration recently
proposed easing rules aimed at reducing
toxic air pollution from industrial boilers
and incinerators, though adminstration
officials restated that the regulation’s
health benefits will not be compromised.
The regulation changes would require
pollution controls at the 5,500 largest and
most polluting boilers nationwide, such
as those at refineries and chemical plants.
An additional 195,000 smaller boilers
would be able to meet the rule through
routine tune-ups. The majority of boilers
nationwide, about 1.3 million, would not
be covered by the rule, however, as these
boilers are too small and emit too little
pollution to warrant controls.
“We have found a way to get better
protections, lower emissions and lower
costs as well,” said Environmental Pro-
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tection Agency air pollution official, Gina
McCarthy. She said the agency aims to
implement affordable, practical regula-
tions that provide vital health benefits
that Americans deserve.
Jay Timmons, president and CEO of
the National Association of Manufac-
turers, issued a statement saying the
boiler rules would still do significant
harm to job growth in the manufacturing
industry.
“We will continue to urge the EPA to
extend the compliance time frame and
consider a more reasonable approach to
setting the emission standards to ensure
additional jobs are not put at risk,” Tim-
mons said.
For more information on complying
with Boiler MACT rules, visit http://www.
epa.gov/ttn/atw/boiler/boilerpg.html.
www.CabinetMakerFDM.com | January 2012 |
Wood cutting tool
manufacturer
invests in new
equipment
Tool manufacturer H3D Tool Corp.
recently invested in new equip-
ment to manufacture and service
its range of diamond and insert
style cutting tools for the wood
industry.
H3D Tool Corp. says it has
$1,100,000 worth of new equip-
ment arriving weekly, allowing
the company to expand delivery
options in an effort to better serve
customers.
For more information on wood
cutting tools, contact the com-
pany at 888.544.3726 or www.
h3dtool.com.
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WOOD DOCTOR’S Rx
Avoiding wavy surfaces in
planed lumber: check knives
Considering an alternative
method for measuring
board feet.
Q. When I plane lumber, I am get-
ting a significant wavy surface
which takes a lot of sanding to get
smooth. I know that planers do
make a wavy surface, but this one
seems a bit more wavy with longer
waves. Does this make sense and can
you tell me what is causing this? We
also are seeing some chatter with
narrow pieces.
A. For waves, my first guess is that
you have one knife that is protrud-
ing further out of the head than the other
knives. So, the surface you are seeing is
basically a one-knife surface.
I wonder if you checked to see if the
head was balanced. Even though there
is a lot of metal in a head, sometimes
unbalance will cause the head to bend
slightly and create, when spinning, the
marks you see. When that happens, one
knife is doing more work than the others.
Of course, the unbalance also causes
stress and wear on the bearings.
Regarding the idea that one knife is
projecting more than the other, this can be
determined easily by measuring the dis-
tance between each ridge. Compare the
actual measurement with the calculated
distance is if each knife is working equally.
This calculated distance is:
D = (12 * F) / (T * N)
where D = calculated distance
between ridges in inches
F = feed speed in feet per minute
(you can measure this)
T = number of knives per head
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N = head speed in rpm (not the mo-
tor speed unless it is directly connected)
R = the radius (1/2 the diameter)
of the head including the projection
distance of the knives
(The 12 in the formula is to convert
the feed speed into inches per minute.)
One way to obtain equal projection
for all the knives is to joint the knives
after they are installed. Unfortunately,
jointing creates a flat spot on the edge of
the knife (called the land); the net result
is that the knife angles are changed and
so the knives, if the land is large, pound
the wood creating an inferior finish. This
land must not be over 1/32-inch wide.
Waves may be caused
by one knife protruding
from the head.
If jointing does not fix the problem,
then we likely have a bearing problem.
Usually fixing the bearing before it gets
really noisy is best. A worn, heated bear-
ing can result in additional damage to
the machine.
For chatter, if you see problems when
planing narrow pieces, I suspect that the
flat bed plate is worn in the middle. Wide
pieces are held firmly by the edges of
the bed plate, but the wear in the middle
means narrow pieces are free to move
up and down a little bit. If you feed a nar-
row piece to the left or right edge, will it
be OK? If so, that confirms my diagnosis.
You could also have a pressure bar that
is worn or chip breakers that are not set
correctly.
Overall, given the difficulties you are
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having, it might be time to call a qualified
technician to overhaul the machine. It
is true with planers that “a stitch in time
saves nine.” Either overhaul it now at a
reasonable price, or plan to do more sand-
ing to get the excellent surface you require
and set money aside for a catastrophic
planer failure and repair bill in the future.
Q. We have changed lumber
suppliers and when our new
supplier measures the board foot-
age, he puts several pieces together
tightly in a single layer that is about
36 inches wide. He measures the
actual width. With a layer that is 36
inches x 10 feet, he then calculates
30 BF of 4/4. Is this OK? It certainly
is easier.
A. This is called a block tally. It is
legitimate and accurate. All pieces
must be the same thickness; and prefer-
ably all pieces are the same length as
well. When all the pieces in a layer are
not the same length, an estimate of the
short pieces is made and the footage
reduced proportionately.
Q. We are using epoxy adhesive
and have a few questions.
How can we speed up curing? The
instructions are clear that we cannot
add more catalyst or hardener. Also,
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noted it failed rather easily and we
saw that the failed joint where the
adhesive was appeared grainy and
not smooth. What is this? Finally,
how can we clean up cured epoxy?

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Also, you should be aware that al-

though the epoxy cures in a few minutes,
total cure and maximum strength will not
occur for 24 hours. You must wait for full
strength to develop before testing.
As far as clean up, I contacted West
Systems and asked them, as I did not
know the answer. They stated that due
to the high chemical resistance of cured
epoxy, removal must be done with an
epoxy-type paint stripper containing
methylene chloride. Uncured epoxy
resins and hardeners can be cleaned up
with ketones, alcohols, or lacquer thin-
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WOOD EXPLORER
Northern white-cedar
and Atlantic white-cedar
There are two separate tree species
that are called white-cedar. Northern
white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis), also
called arborvitae or just cedar, grows in
Quebec to Maine to New York and west-
ward to Minnesota as well as down the
Appalachian Mountains from Pennsylva-
nia to Tennessee. Atlantic white-cedar
(Chamaecyparis thyoides), also called
southern white-cedar and boat cedar,
grows in swamps in the coastal regions
from Maine to Florida.
The two species are not closely relat-
ed, but sometimes are grouped together,
as the properties are almost identical.
The lumber is highly resistant to decay
and insects. The surface is fairly soft,
and the strength is fairly low.
In the past, these two species were
Processing suggestions and characteristics
Density. The density at 9 percent
MC is approximately 20 pounds per
cubic foot. A board foot of 4/4 dried
(9 percent MC) and planed lumber
(3/4-inch thick) will weigh only about
1-1/4 pounds. This is the lightest
weight native American species.
Drying. The wood is very easy to dry
without many defects. However, if
dried under 9 percent MC or dried at
over 180 F, the wood will become brit-
tle, leading to splits when machining.
This brittleness cannot be removed by
increasing the MC after drying is com-
plete. In practice, this wood is often,
inadvertently, over-dried. Shrinkage in
drying is 3 percent maximum.
Gluing and Machining. This is
one of the easiest woods to glue and
is quite forgiving if gluing parameters
are not perfect. Aged surfaces may
have a slight oil accumulation, so
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Soft and low
strength, but
decay resistant.
used for tight cooperage, boat building,
fences and tableware. Northern white-
cedar is often used for log cabin logs;
Atlantic white-cedar is used for furniture.
Native Americans used the leaves
and twigs to treat malaria, coughs, gout,
and rheumatism. This purported medical
benefit is most likely the original of the
term arborvitae (tree of life) used for
this species. Cedar leaf oil is distilled
from boughs and used in medicines and
perfumes. ❮
always use freshly prepared surfaces.
Machining is very good, although the
softness of the wood means pressures
must not be excessive. Planer splits and
other machining defects will be com-
mon. When these cedars will be used
for fine woodworking, it is critical to
avoid over-drying.
Stability. The wood is extremely stable.
It takes over 6 percent MC change to
result in a 1 percent size change in
the tangential direction (the width of
a flatsawn piece of lumber) and a 12
percent MC change in the radial direc-
tion. Note that because of the demand
of this wood for boat building, much
of the wood is quartersawn, providing
excellent stability...better than teak.
Strength. As with all lower density
woods, the mechanical properties are
low. The ultimate strength (MOR)
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is 6,500 psi, the elasticity (MOE) is
800,000 psi, and the hardness is 320
pounds. As a comparison, the values
for Eastern white pine are 8,600 psi,
1.24 million psi, and 380 pounds.
Screw, staple and nail holding is
quite low, requiring more fasteners with
larger diameter shanks and larger heads
to develop good fastener strength.
Color and Grain. The wood color is
light brown, perhaps with a little red-
dish color. There is a distinctive spicy
odor and a bitter taste, similar to the
wooden pencil smell and taste (if you
are old enough to remember a cedar
pencil). The grain is very even and
fine, with a little oily feel at times.
Although lacking the heavy grain and
appearance of some of the pines, this
is a good utility wood and would be a
top choice for outdoor furniture, as
well as many indoor uses.
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Home Design Trends Survey finds residential construction market still suffering
The American Institute of Architects’ Home buyer home market and 35 percent less for
Design Trends Survey focused on commu- the townhouse/condo market.
nity and neighborhood design, finding that The survey also found that there has
the residential home market continued to been a definitive shift away from construc-
struggle in the third quarter of 2011. tion of large residential subdivisions towards
The national home design billings index smaller scale infill development projects in
dropped from 50 in the second quarter of 2011 recent years. A greater emphasis is being
to 45 for the third quarter of 2011, indicating a placed on affordability, access to public
decline in home construction activity, though transportation, commercial opportunities
index scores are not adjusted for seasonal and job centers. Home construction styles
variation. The index score for new project have become simpler with low maintenance,
inquiries was 52, dropping slightly compared to AIA survey showed the residential durable building materials, amid continuing
the score of 54 in the previous quarter. home market continued to struggle in concerns over housing affordability.
In the kitchen and bath remodeling seg- the third quarter. “On the development side, low levels of
ment, the number of respondents reporting new home construction, steep foreclosure
an improvement in the sector less the number reporting a weak- rates and a surge in the popularity of urban living are the primary
ening in the sector dropped to 37 percent for the third quarter reasons for high levels of infill projects,” said AIA chief econo-
of 2011, from 43 percent for the same period in 2010. Home mist, Kermit Baker, PhD. “From a home design perspective the
additions were at 35 percent, down from 42 percent in 2010. preference is for building materials such as fiber-cement, stone,
For third-quarter 2011, the number of respondents reporting an tile or natural earth plasters that are durable and require little
improvement in the sector compared to respondents reporting maintenance.”
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RAYMOND’S VIEW
Opportunities in a shifting
furniture universe
There are many
opportunities for producers
everywhere, even in
the U.S., to grow their
shipments to our market.
In 1997 Chinese wood furniture makers
exported $572 million of their products
to the U.S. Those shipments represented
only 16 percent of total wood furniture
imports that year. Overall total wood
furniture imports that year were only 35
percent of U.S. domestic production.
By 2006, a mere nine years later,
producers around the world had
mastered the design execution and
quality needed to penetrate the U.S.
market in depth. Imports had jumped to
125 percent of domestic output. In the
face of that import tidal wave, over 250
U.S. wood furniture plants had been
shuttered. China took over the number
one ranking among source countries
for imported wood furniture and alone
accounted for over 47 percent of the
import market with $5.16 billion in ship-
ments. The second ranked supplier,
Canada, held only a 12 percent share.
The center of the furniture universe had
shifted to China.
What competitive advantages
did China hold that enabled this
dramatic shift?
The critical impetus behind China’s
development was not only its wage rates
relative to those in the U.S. but also to
Taiwan. Producers in Taiwan were the
first to introduce low-cost, foreign-made
wood furniture to the U.S. market. In the
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early 1990s that country was the leading
source of imported wood furniture for
the U.S. By 1995, however, a Taiwanese
worker’s wage had risen to 35 percent
of that earned by his counterpart in the
U.S. Factories in Taiwan rapidly became
uncompetitive. Seeing their revenues
shrink, Taiwanese furniture entrepre-
neurs began relocating their factories to
the Chinese mainland and found four key
factors for success:
1 Productive Labor – Furniture
making always migrates to where
labor rates are cheap. It stays where
labor is productive as compared to other
locations. China’s wages combined with
their native productivity resulted in a la-
bor cost as low as five percent of selling
price versus 25 percent in the U.S.
2 Low Cost of Entry – Land and
buildings were cheap, low labor
costs enabled the use of less costly pro-
cess machinery, and safety/environmen-
tal regulations were less stringent. The
result: the capital investment required to
set up a furniture plant in China was two
thirds lower than in the U.S.
3 Government Incentives – The
Chinese government offered low
cost plant sites, provided rebates of
value-added taxes on export sales, and
enabled a steady flow of workers for the
new plants.
4 Fixed Currency Exchange
Rate – For the decade prior to July
2005, China pegged its renminbi to the
U.S. dollar. This condition eliminated all
foreign exchange risk from purchase
contracts/agreements.
Taiwanese entrepreneurs
Other success factors included,
first, the availability of efficient ocean
transport that allowed fast, inexpensive
delivery of finished products and receipt
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of popular North American veneers
and lumber and, second, the advent of
the internet, which enabled the ready
exchange of drawings and photographs.
And don’t underestimate the importance
of the full-fledged infrastructure of coat-
ings, machinery, tooling, and materials
suppliers that quickly developed to sup-
port the producers.
These Taiwanese entrepreneurs
also held one other critical advantage:
Willing U.S. customers. By the mid-1990s
Taiwan and other source countries had
proven the benefits of importing: design-
rich products at 20 to 30 percent lower
costs featuring carving and marquetry
that could not be duplicated by U.S.
plants. Our industry and its customers
fast became addicted to these products.
The die was cast. The blow that brought
the death of U.S. wood furniture had
been struck.
Without the momentum brought to
China by that initial group of Taiwanese
producers, China’s furniture indus-
try would undoubtedly have started
slower and experienced a lower
growth trajectory.
So what’s happened to China’s
wood furniture industry since
2006?
Starting in 2007 with the global
recession, U.S. wood furniture imports
fell 30 percent over three years. China’s
share of those shipments dropped from
47 to 41 percent. Many experts say that
share will continue to fall. The halcyon
days of Chinese wood furniture produc-
tion for exports seem to be over.
China’s export decline
Beyond the recession, four other fac-
tors have contributed to China’s furniture
making decline:
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has brought inflation. Government policy is
now encouraging the development of high-
er value-added industries in place of labor-
intensive businesses like furniture making.
That policy envisions annual increases of 15
percent in wages over the next five years on
top of the 120 percent increase seen in the
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2 Lower Productivity Growth –
Importantly this increase in wages
has not been offset by productivity
gains. The resulting higher labor costs
are negatively hitting producers’ profit-
ability. Their choices are to raise selling
prices, absorb lower margins, or invest
in equipment that improves productivity.
Only the latter will recoup lost competi-
tiveness.
3 Falling U.S. Dollar – Since
July 2005 our dollar has fallen 23
percent vs. the Chinese renminbi. This
factor negatively impacts the producer’s
revenues as each dollar of sales yields
fewer renminbi.
4 Anti-Dumping Duties – In
2005 our Department of Commerce
began levying duties on Chinese wood
bedroom imports at an average rate of
7.25 percent. China’s shipments of that
product category fell by $700 million
through 2010, a 50 percent drop. Last
year these duties were renewed for five
more years.
Make no mistake. China is not disap-
pearing as a key source of wood furni-
ture for our market. Taiwan, the country
whose furniture industry declined as
China’s rose, remains among the top ten
source countries. But the negative fac-
tors above have combined to open the
U.S. market to other countries with an
appetite for furniture making. Vietnam,
for example, can thank the anti-dumping
duties for the $560 million growth of its
wood bedroom shipments since 2005.
Bottom Line: The center of the
furniture universe is shifting. Nothing
lasts forever. The era when a single su-
perpower completely dominated the top
ten of wood furniture sources is passing.
Opportunities now abound for producers
everywhere, even in the U.S., to grow
their shipments to our market. Who will
take up that challenge? ❮
After 40 years as a consultant to
furniture, cabinetry, and millwork
producers, Art Raymond is now Vice
President – Operations at Hooker
Furniture Corporation, Martinsville,
Va. Contact him at 276/666-3965 or
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LEAN JOURNEYS
Applying 5S lean thinking
in your work place for 2012
Start with reviewing
your past year, then give
your computer a 5S lean
makeover.
As you get ready to embark on the
New Year, practice your 5S training on
this little exercise. Write down all of the
business resolutions you made at the
beginning of 2011, or the strategies you
had planned to implement. First, SORT
those that worked from those that didn’t
and discard the latter.
Then SET-IN-ORDER the remain-
ing strategies/resolutions by how effec-
tive they might have been in achieving
your objectives.
Next, SHINE those that may not
have worked so well and give them an-
other try in a different, improved way.
STANDARDIZE how you will mea-
sure success of the remaining initiatives
so you can make fine tuning adjustments
through the year to continuously improve
the strategy or overhaul it completely if it
isn’t delivering the desired results. Also,
communicate your strategy across the
organization with everyone translating the
objectives into terms that can be applied
in their work area or field of expertise.
Finally, SUSTAIN your continuous
improvement initiative by involving all of
the staff in periodic information sessions
where you can all collaboratively share
successes and best practices, and
brainstorm solutions to barriers that may
be holding up progress.
Apply 5S thinking everywhere
That may seem like a silly example,
but I used it to demonstrate how you
can apply 5S thinking anywhere and
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everywhere. Now let’s take a look at a
more serious issue that confronts you
and every person on your staff who has a
computer. I am not a computer geek so I
can’t tell you how to double your speed or
clean up viruses that might have infected
your system, but I do know how to take
an Extreme 5S approach to improving
productivity when using a computer. This
is also a great way to get your entire staff
engaged in continuous improvement.
Get your entire staff
engaged in continuous
improvement.
Organizing files and folders on a
computer is not an easy task, nor will
it be accomplished quickly, so you will
need to develop a plan that allows every-
one to continue to meet their customer’s
needs while achieving the objective. I
suggest beginning with something easy
and working to the more complex or
convoluted folders and files as people
get comfortable with the process. Refer
to the CabinetMakerFDM archives for ar-
ticles on developing an executable plan.
Computer cleanup
To achieve a feeling of accomplish-
ment in the early stages of this project, you
might consider starting with the desktop
folders and files. Do you remember when
you downloaded that beautiful scene or
family picture for your screensaver? Can
you still see it through the mass of icons on
your desktop? Mine had 106 icons before
beginning the 5S process. Follow me
through my desktop organization project
and see how easy and fulfilling getting rid
of the clutter can be.
Sorting was done in two stages. The
first stage separated system folders from
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personal folders/files so I wouldn’t delete
the wrong folder by mistake. I put system
folders on the left of the screen and left
a caution gap between them and my
personal folders. Then I looked at all of the
file icons to see if they were still current.
If they weren’t I deleted them, and if I felt
they were still necessary, but not current,
I moved them to My Documents to be
reviewed again when I clean up that part
of the system. I came across a few files
that I wasn’t comfortable deleting yet, so
I moved them to My Documents as well.
Moving them gives me more time to pon-
der the relevance of the file. It’s embarrass-
ing to admit, but as I sorted through the
files I found several that were duplicated. I
have no idea why I felt it was necessary to
have two of the same files on my desktop.
Reviewing personal folders
The next stage of Sorting included a
review of all of the personal folders that
I had placed on my desktop. Some had
been placed there for quick access during
training sessions and then not removed
when the training was complete. There
were some folders that contained files that
were no longer required, so I deleted all of
the unnecessary files before moving the
folders to a permanent location.
During the sorting process I removed
73 folders or files from my desktop and
can now view my screen saver again. More
importantly, it is easier to find the things I
need. There may be more folders that can
be removed, but I will need to consult a
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APPLYING 5S
systems expert before making those deci-
sions. That can be part of the enhance-
ment during my next Sort process.
Set-in-Order and Shine
The next step, Set-in-Order, was a lot
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easier with all of the clutter out of the way.
I arranged the icons I use most along the
left edge of the screen and lined the rest of
them along the top and right side in the or-
der of their frequency of use. The least used
icons are on the right side of the screen.
The Shine process included cleaning
the computer screen and keyboards so
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the whole computer was more present-
able, and I emptied the recycle bin. I also
reviewed some of the systems icons to
make sure they weren’t outdated. During
the systems icon review I found one that
I originally assumed was necessary, but
found it was for a printer that I no longer
owned. I deleted that one and arranged
the remaining icons by frequency of use.
Checklist to Standardize
To Standardize the process and begin
establishing a new norm going forward,
I developed a checklist of tasks that
would be performed at predetermined
intervals. For instance: icons for train-
ing modules will be removed as soon
as the training is complete; the screen
and keyboard will be cleaned weekly
with special attention given for loose
keys, missing screws, broken latches or
hinges, and USB port function; and, a
monthly review of all desktop icons to be
sure they are current and relevant. My
business partner will hold me account-
able by auditing the task list quarterly.
I am very pleased with this first
attempt to organize my computer files,
but I know that completing the culture
shift and Sustaining the new process
will require revisiting the first four steps
frequently, if not daily, until they become
habit. Sustain is the 5S step that usually
receives the least amount of attention,
but is the most critical in developing a
self-sustaining process.
Let me know how your 5S project
comes out so I can share some success
stories or respond to issues that you
encounter along the way. ❮
Jim Lewis has worked in the furniture
industry for more than 30 years with
a special emphasis on facilitating the
transformation to the Lean Business
Philosophy. He is an independent
lean business consultant, author, and
writer. Jim’s most recent book, “Story
of a Lean Journey,” chronicles the
journey of one company through the
lean transformation process. The
book is available through the Society
of Manufacturing Engineers (SME.
org), and amazon.com
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MACHINING V by Karl D. Forth
karl.forth@ccimedia.net

E
R integration a
T Store fixture and display

I to compete globally.
producer uses innovation

C TC Millwork is in the product in-

A novation business.
“We look at problem solving as

Biesse flat-table Rover CNC router makes V-grooves for the company’s
many miter-folded designs.
Four related companies are located in Bensalem, Pa., plant.
At a glance
Who: TC Millwork
Where: Bensalem, Pa.
What: Store fixtures for retail
and casino markets
Employees: 100
Plant size: 400,000 square
feet
Web site: www.Tcmillwork.com
L
High quality films and miter folding
are featured in many of TC Millworks
retail displays.
a challenge here,” says company
owner Art Kubach. “When custom-
ers come to us, they want to us to
build upon our existing knowledge,
experience and technology to develop in-
novative and cost-effective solutions.”
To be successful, Kubach says that
TC Millwork has to make a product that
is unique, can be made in a quantity of
one or 10,000 at the same price, and use
raw materials not available in the U.S., or
too costly to buy here.“We’re using China
to our advantage, to make our products
here,” he explains. “It’s been a global
market since the early 1980s. American
manufacturers have to be innovative
enough to compete globally, and I think
we can. We just have to be smart about
how we do it.”
There are three companies at same
location in Bensalem, Pa., just outside
Philadelphia. TC Millwork designs and
manufactures wood and metal store
fixtures serving the retail and casino
markets. Spectrim Building Products
specializes in architectural millwork and
serves the health care, hospitality, long-
term care, and GSA contract markets.
Tricon Construction handles installations,
turnkey projects, retail buildouts and acts
as a full service extension of TC Millwork.
The company’s primary markets are
store fixtures, health care and casinos.
Customers include Macy’s, Yankee
Candle, Pier 1 imports, Lord & Taylor,
Burlington Coat Factory, Jones New York
and Clarks Shoes. Much of the com-
pany’s work centers around products

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n aids product innovation
LED lighting and high-quality laminates have driven much of the product design.
developed in house. One such product
line is casino slot machine bases.
“We have the original patent on
the wood Ergobase, and we have sold
those for years,” Kubach says. “We got
our start in Atlantic City in the 1970s,
and with many of the big-name casinos
in Las Vegas and on Indian reserva-
tions.” They also provide slot bases to
corporate accounts, and have converted
much of the industry to newly developed
Hybrid slot bases that uses the same
paradigm of combining materials from
Asia and combining domestic materials
and domestic labor to achieve a cost-
effective product.
LEDs drive innovation
Film technology, miter folding and
LED technology are key development
areas. LED lights drive a lot of TCM’s
product innovation. “The whole thing
is based on 24 volts,” Kubach says. “I
can’t drive an incandescent lamp at 24
volts, and fluorescent light would have
to be converted. LED lends itself to low
voltage. My entire display at Global Shop
last year, with 60 or 70 light pucks, only
used 280 watts.
“We have the best puck light in the
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TC Millwork stays on top of the latest
puck light technology.
See the Biesse Rover CNC router at
work at TC Millwork. Watch our video
on your smart phone or at www.
Snap it!
CabinetMakerFDM.com/85380.html. If
your phone has a web browser and camera, download the free app at
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Product st rate
for success
market. We’re taking a light that is 3.7
watts per puck, and we’re generating
be unique
almost 850 lumens at 16 inches. The ❯ Product has to
color rendition is in the high 80s. We’re made 1 or 10,000
❯ Product can be
continuing to improve, and we’re on our
at the same price
third generation of puck lights. We’re all t
raw materials no
over any new LED technology”. ❯ Product uses to o
, or were
LED technology is at the heart of made in the U.S.
bu y in th e U.S.
TCM’s Smartwall. Using the company’s costly to
Leggero lightweight shelves, proprietary
wiring harnesses are built into a shelf shelves, shadow
core and wired to embedded LED puck boxes, step shelves and a lit clear shelf
lights. The shelf then makes its connec- with a proprietary design strip LED light
tion to the powered standards. The lit with a groove that it fits into. There are
shelves can be placed anywhere on the no wires, only two magnets that are used
wall and it lights up and connects au- with the contact points inside the shelf.
tomatically. “You bring the light directly
to the product. It’s totally seamless and Laminate and miter folding
wireless for the customer,” Kubach says. Miter folding, using high-gloss, high-
TC Millwork makes a wide variety quality laminates, is another important
of display products for use on their product area.“We can laminate virtu-
Smartwall to include straight and slanted ally any material to any other material,”
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VERTICAL INTEGRATION
Slot machine bases for casinos have been an important
product since Atlantic City’s early days.
Kubach says. “We’re using PUR glue and
no contact cement.”
The PUR lines are fairly new. It took
several years to completely understand
PUR adhesives. “Once we figured it out
and used it to our advantage, I couldn’t
imagine how we could go back to using
contact cement or PVA glues,” he says.
“Using our proprietary Ven4ma PVC
material, an entire typical display table
for retail can be miter folded, which of-
fers a better appearance, and significant
labor savings. One table display now has
five pieces instead of 21.
“We don’t need a skilled mechanic to
post laminate, and we can use semi-
skilled labor to do the folding so there’s
cost savings for us and the customer,”
Kubach says.
“The second thing is that as the parts
come through the mill we don’t have to
keep track of each of them separately,
we keep track of one part that’s all
together.
“The third advantage is it’s so much
easier to fold four sides to create a table
top or create a leg than it is for us to
machine the edge, wrap the edge, glue
the apron around it and post laminate.”
The third company housed under the
same roof is Spectrim Building Products.
Spectrim uses high-end film veneers
to create architectural millwork that is
made from a combination of wrapped
mouldings, membrane pressed compo-
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Customers can plug and play lighted shelves like this.
Biesse Rover B7 point-to-point is used
for a variety of jobs.
nents and high end wall protection made
from composite materials.
Another product, Ven4ma, is 50 to 60
mil thick material. TC Millwork is import-
ing a high-quality film from Japan and
laying that up on panels. TC Millwork has
two PUR laminating lines in the plant,
and is adding a third one.
Vertically integrated
One of the main goals at TCM is the
vertical integration of its manufacturing,
design, sales, project management, and
ERP system to cover the wide variety of
markets that are serviced under one roof.
“This allows for overhead costs to be
spread over a wide array of customers
and markets which help us and our cus-
tomers especially as markets fluctuate."
Drawings are done in AutoCAD In-
ventor. Work goes basically from screen
to machine. TC Millwork’s flow of work
includes laying up panels, creating pan-
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els from multiple materials, taking them
to the machining area, and then into a
large assembly space.
“Sometimes they come back to
laminating to be folded. Anything that
requires folding over a core will come
back to PUR,” Kubach says.
Kubach says a Biesse Stream edge-
bander was a good addition, and allows
TC Millwork to process large quantities
of 2 and 3 mm edgebanding quickly and
accurately.
An 11-year-old Biesse flat-table
Rover is one of the workhorses of the
shop. It was seen making V-grooves
during a recent visit. The Biesse Rover
B7 point-to-point CNC router is relatively
new, with automatic positioning for pods,
has also been used for many jobs.
The flat table routers are all used
for the V-grooving, and have aggregate
tooling heads. Point to points are used
for machining, including light puck holes
on shelves.
Also here is a Holzma Optimat
HPP350 panel saw, Altendorf F45 slid-
ing table saw, Weeke Optimat BHP 200
machining center, Brandt edgebander,
and Koch Sprint PTP dowel inserter. A
C.R. Onsrud Panel Pro CNC router is
used to V-groove corrugated material for
continuous ceiling beams.
The company uses a variety of high-
end films, so finishing is not as important
as it once was, although it has a finishing
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For more info: facturing is today. If you don’t do that, parts instead of 20 parts, that gives us a
you’ve already gone out of business, you real advantage.”
Biesse America, Stream edgebander, just haven’t picked the date yet. After almost 20 years in business
Rover CNC routers
877.824.3773 www.biesseamerica.com “You have to create an innovative TCM has realized the importance of the
product and use China to your ad- vertical integration of processes, manu-
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704.508.7000 www.cronsrud.com vantage. Everyone can grumble about facturing, and innovative ideas to enable
Koch Machinery and Systems, Dowel China. Their labor rates kill our labor it to compete in the global marketplace
inserter rates, but when I only have to handle five now and into the future. ❮
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Stiles Machinery, Holzma panel
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booth. “They’ve almost made it commer-

cially unviable to finish in this country,”
Kubach says. “So the more composites
we do, the less we have to finish.”

Large assembly and staging

A large staging area is required
so they can build multiple displays for
shipment. The company has 435,000
square feet overall, with 400,000 square
feet of plant space in Bensalem. There
are 102 employees, all at this location.
TC Millwork is making store fronts for
Yankee Candle, and does a lot of miter
folding for these.
“We take a paintable film and make
14-foot members that into v-grooved
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FINISHING will.sampson@ccimedia.net

Chemcraft Airguard, left is Sample panels show the Chemcraft Airguard finish.
the first solvent borne pre- Chemcraft Airguard was designed to wet the wood like oil-
catalyzed topcoat to earn based products and is designed to have improved moisture
Greenguard Certification. resistance, household wear, and chemical resistance.

First solvent-borne
pre-cat green finish debuts
Chemcraft, a brand
of AkzoNobel, makes
breakthrough with release
of new Greenguard
Certified solvent borne pre-
catalyzed topcoat Airguard.
In an apparent technological break-
through, AkzoNobel through its Chem-
craft brand has announced the release
of the first Greenguard Certified solvent
borne pre-cat topcoat. Branded as Air-
guard, the new finish is the first solvent-
borne pre-cat to break the green barrier.
“With Airguard, users don’t have to
change their manufacturing processes
to use a Greenguard material,” says John
Crawley, AkzoNobel technical director.
“This is a huge benefit for the end user.”
Birth of a green finish
Ray Birdsall, Chemcraft distribution
business manager, says the new product
was market driven from a green standpoint
as more customers demand sustainability.
To meet that need, the company’s research
department embarked on an effort to pro-
duce a solvent borne pre-cat product that
could achieve Greenguard Certification.
“The predominant third-party certi-
fication standard is Greenguard,” says
Birdsall.Greenguard Certification is an
independent process that certifies a
product meets standards for environ-
mentally acceptable levels of emissions.
“It involves keeping VOC emissions very
low,” says Crawley. “Having to meet
those requirements is key, and it’s very Cover of the Chemcraft Airguard
difficult.” brochure.
After development, the AkzoNobel
team found a solution. “We had to use
new chemistry,” says Dany Cote, distri- helping create healthier indoor environ-
bution and new project manager. ments. The US Environmental Protection
A new brochure for the product Agency and various health organizations
describes Airguard as a “ready-to-use, have all targeted indoor air pollution
self-sealing pre-catalyzed lacquer that’s as a serious risk to human health, and
durable and light stable.” off-gassing from manufactured products
has been cited as a contributing factor.
Why Greenguard? Greenguard Certification identifies
Created in 2001, the Greenguard En- products as meeting the organization’s
vironmental Institute develops and certi- stringent chemical emissions standards.
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fied must undergo quarterly monitoring
and annual re-testing to maintain their
certification. AkzoNobel has subscribed
to that process to achieve and maintain
the Greenguard Certification for the new
Airguard product.
Company officials caution that,
although the finish is Greenguard Certi-
fied, shops that use the finish can’t claim
their finished products are Greenguard
Certified without themselves undertak-
ing the certification process. However,
the shops can tell customers that they
are using a Greenguard Certified finish.
Making it user friendly
One of the biggest challenges in devel-
oping the Airguard product was to make
the product perform without users having
to make any drastic changes in their
finishing procedures. “From a technical
standpoint, that was the task,” says Ron
Cooper, general manager. “We wanted to
make it user friendly and robust.”
According to AkzoNobel officials, the
end result is a product that performs and

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“The lab gets credit for making it in a

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Future of green solvent finishes

Airguard is available now through
Chemcraft which is the distribution net-
work of AkzoNobel. Officials say users will
be required to take some specific training
to use the project, not so much for techni-
cal reasons but so they understand how
the third party certification works.
AkzoNobel officials predict the new
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TOOLING
New cutting-edge geometry
boosts milling efficiency
Jointing, trimming
and rabbeting can be
performed in wood and
other materials.
A new tooling product has helped a
large wood operation increase its cut
quality and improve tool life. The Leuco
P-System was installed on the milling
head stations of the Homag double-end
tenoner at the Steelcase wood plant in
Grand Rapids, Mich.
According to Anthony Kauffman
of Steelcase, the tenoner uses scor-
ing, hogging and milling heads (where
the P-system was installed). From the
tenoner, the parts are transferred to
edgebanders, panel saws and routers in
the specific work cell.
“This was installed the same way
as our old milling heads were," he says.
"The new heads gave us the advantage
to run all types of products with one
setup.”
Varied materials
Steelcase is cutting surface materials
such as laminate (HPL), wood veneer
and melamine (LPL). The core materials
are particleboard and MDF.
“When switching from veneer to lami-
nate we had to change the machine’s
program, run a sample and measure
the board, recalibrate the machine and
begin running product,” Kauffman says.
“When switching back from laminate to
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tools, and was developed primarily for
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Milling, jointing, trimming and rabbeting
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The tooling system was designed
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thick-edge materials.
Efficiency wanted
Steelcase’s Kauffman says that effi-
ciency was the issue with the company’s
process. “With our production we may
run five pieces of veneer and two pieces
of laminate,” he says. “The mix of prod-
uct is very inconsistent, causing several
changeovers per day. We were suscep-
tible to human error while changing the
machine over.
“The P-System has improved ef-
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using only one program on the machine.
This eliminated any errors with machine
changeovers. Installing these tools was
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Cut edge quality
The P-System also increased the
quality of Steelcase’s cut edges of
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(laminate, veneer, cross grain veneer
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edge with no tearouts. This enhances
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Leuco’s P-System uses a new cutting-
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developed primarily for the machining
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the edgebanding process and even
assembly.
The double-end tenoner has three
cutting stations: scoring saws, hoggers
and milling heads. The old process re-
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be used on veneer product only. When
processing veneer product, Steelcase
had to make sure the scoring saw and
hoggers were in perfect alignment. If not
perfectly aligned, there could be issues
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face and back material. Aligning of the
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The life of the tool was also improved
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RESOURCE
CabinetMakerFDM Article Index 2011
Use this list to retrieve
valuable information from
our online archives.
Here’s a handy list of all the articles and
features published in the print edition of
CabinetMakerFDM during 2011. All of
these articles are archived at www.Cabinet
MakerFDM.com. Use the titles listed as
keywords to search for the articles online.
January
Karl Forth: Make social
media work for you
Wood Doctor’s Rx:
Wood moisture content.
Art Raymond:
Predicting a housing
comeback
Marketing: Customers drive lumber
company’s success. MacDonald &
Owen Lumber Company focuses on
both quality and service for business
and marketing, producing an award-
winning combination.
Materials: High-tech softwood-based
product offers hardwood performance
Tooling: Helical or straight cutting tools?
Millwork: Ready-to-install millwork fills
market need. Component and veneer
supplier manufactures millwork as-
semblies for installation.
Hardware products
In the Shop: Testing Bench Cookies
Plus, Wolf Bench Paws.
Videos: Hardwoods Done Right; Test-
ing Bench Cookies Plus and Wolf
Bench Paws.
February
Karl Forth: FDM 300
-- A fan’s notes.
William Sampson:
Let’s build business
back in 2011
Wood Doctor’s Rx:
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Drying stress, warp on resawn
basswood; slow drying and darker
colors.
Wood Explorer: Soft Maple
Jim Lewis’ Lean Journeys: Increase
sales or improve productivity?
Special report: FDM 300 Sales slip
$38.49 billion or 6.4 percent for FDM
300 companies in 2010. Spotlight on
the top 25 companies in the wood-
working industry. Complete listing
of the 300 biggest companies in the
woodworking industry.
Furniture: How Bush Industries sur-
vived the recession. Jim Sherbert,
Bush Industries CEO, tells how his
company has survived while other
RTA manufacturers have failed.
Cabinets: 11 tips for better cabinet installs.
In the Shop: Oneida Dust Sentry moni-
tors dust level.
Videos: Review of Oneida Dust Sentry.
March
William Sampson:
Optimism, cynicism and
the recovery
Karl Forth: Seating,
health care, education
in lead
News: CCI Media LLC purchases Cabi-
netMakerFDM from Watt Publishing.
Wood Doctor’s Rx: Using beetle-killed
pine as lumber; how to avoid veneer
tape telegraphing.
Jim Lewis’ Lean Journeys: Extreme
5S: Workplace organization on steroids
Cabinets: A Ward Design puts people
into automation equation. Florida
cabinet shop drives growth with team
building, networking, and effective
production techniques.
Production: Bernhardt converts to
just-in-time frame production. Opti-
mization software improves material
yield and process control.
FDM 300 Recap: Openings and clos-
ings in the FDM 300. A few familiar
names were closed in 2010, and there
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were several consolidations and com-
panies listed for the first time.
Dust collection products
In the Shop: Delta 1-1/2 hp dust col-
lector
Videos: Reviewing Delta 1-1/2 hp dust
collector; A Ward Design.
April
Tim Fixmer: An open
letter to our readers
William Sampson:
Directory brings best of
print and online together.
Annual Woodworking
Product Source: Directory of machin-
ery, tooling, mall equipment, decorative
hardware, functional hardware, supplies,
materials, parts and components, finish-
ing, and technology.
May
Karl Forth: Comeback
for Made in U.S.A.?
William Sampson:
Promoting your product
begins at home.
Art Raymond:
Ignore logistics costs at your own
risk.
Jim Lewis’ Lean Journeys: Getting
started on your lean journey.
Furniture: Desk design aids access,
boosts business. Special educational
desk provide flexibility and helps
keep woodworking company busy
during difficult times.
FDM 300 Recap: Cabinet industry be-
gins climb back. Cabinet manufactur-
ers in the FDM 300 recorded smaller
sales declines in 2010.
Production: Working small to build big.
Morphosis architectural model shop
adds CNC routing to its repertoire.
Marketing: Pennsylvania cabinetmaker
hosts “buy local” event.
Innovator: Andy Steinberg’s Big Draw-
ers super-sizes furniture to serve
plus-size customers.
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In the Shop: WorkSharp WS3000 belt July quality stored log lumber.
sharpening system William Sampson: Wood Explorer: American elm.
Videos: WorkSharp WS3000 belt sharp- Unleash the power of Art Raymond: Factory of the Future.
ening system; Morphosis model shop custom Jim Lewis’ Lean Journeys: See the
Karl Forth: Green in flaws in your organization process as
June the desert. you put it to work.
William Sampson: Wood Doctor’s Rx: Furniture: Custom approach reinvigo-
Comeback tales breed Proper drying and color contrast; lower rates Colecraft. Commercial furnish-
optimism.
Karl Forth: Be your
own search engine.
Wood Doctor’s Rx:
Tear out on yellow poplar; explaining
ray fleck.
Wood Explorer: Osage orange.
Jim Lewis’ Lean Journeys: After
Sorting and Setting in Order, it’s time
to Shine as we move through the
Extreme 5S system to put workplace
organization on steroids.
Gero Sassenberg on The Efficient
Shop: Are we overlooking an op-
portunity?
Furniture: Getting a bet down on the
contract market. Contract furniture
producer expands into large Las
Vegas space with advanced panel
processing capabilities.
Management: Social worker rescues
Maine woodworking plant. Saunders
Brothers dowel mill revived; Mooseh-

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FDM 300 Focus: Rebound well under-
way for office and contract sector.
Production: Diverse products and
automation build business. Studio L
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AWFS: Show products
In the Shop: QuikJig is innovative
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Videos: Studio L; Report from KBIS;
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ARTICLE INDEX
ings manufacturer expands options
and emphasizes customer service to
build business.
Millwork: New millwork company
goal -- Do it right! New company
uses technology and hiring the right
people to do the job right.
Innovator: Clark Davis develops easy
to assemble – and disassemble -- fur-
niture for kids.
Tooling products
In the Shop: New clamping options
Videos: Pricing Survey; Report from
NeoCon; New Rockler Clamps; Clark
Davis.
August
Karl Forth: Design,
innovation needed to
compete in cabinets
William Sampson:
Another reason to
move upscale and educate clients.
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Wood Doctor’s Rx: What’s the best
water-resistant species?
Wood Explorer: Butternut (white walnut)
Jim Lewis’ Lean Journeys: Expand-
ing the lean process.
Cabinets: Exclusive annual kitchen
trends survey. Import companies
outnumbered domestic, colors such
as gray and beige were more popular,
and cherry and birch gained in doors.
Management: When is the best time
to sell your company?
Innovator: Bob Margulis, Seattle cabi-
netmaker emphasizes protecting the
“indoor ecosystem.”
Marketing: can home grown branding
help your woodworking business?
In the Shop: SawGear
is automation in a com-
pact package.
Videos: SawGear;
Report from KBIS.
September
William Sampson:
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No shortage of innovation
Karl Forth: Masco kitchen study takes
the long view.
Wood Doctor’s Rx: Controlling cup-
ping; pine or ipe preferred for doors?
Wood Explorer: Rock elm.
Jim Lewis’ Lean Journeys: Sharing
lean lessons learned.
Millwork: Flood challenges millwork
shop, provides opportunity. Nashville
flood shut down Cumberland Archi-
tectural Millwork’s casework shop,
but provided a way to start again.
Machinery: Action at the auction.
There’s plenty of woodworking
equipment being sold at auction –
but there are also plenty of buyers.
AWFS: Sequoia Awards honor product
innovations.
Management: When is the best time
to sell your company? (Part 2)
Design: Boat builder wins Veneer Tech
Craftsman’s Challenge.
Hardware products
In the Shop: CleanStop countersink bits.
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Videos: Biesse Rover A3; CleanStop
countersink bits; Belt sander racing;
CMA certification.
October
William Sampson:
Economic pressure
shows in pricing
Karl Forth: Skilled
workers wanted for
reshoring.
Wood Doctor’s Rx: Estimating mois-
ture content changes; testing for
longitudinal stress.
Wood Explorer: Hackberry
Art Raymond: Healthy conflict encour-
ages ideas.
Jim Lewis’ Lean Journeys: Applying
5S lean principles to work-in-process
Pricing: What would you bid? Pricing
Survey reveals tighter competition
but still wide range of quotes for
custom work.
Production: UV printer upgrades sign-
making capability. New UV printer
can reproduce a graphic image to
print on a variety of wood and uneven
surfaces.
Production: Information key for
specialized contract manufac-
turer. Maker of contract wood and
laminated components improves
customer service through information
and equipment.
Dust collection products.
In the Shop: Exakt EC-330 plunge cut
saw.
Videos: Thermwood Model 45; Exakt EC-
330; Schelling fh4; AWFS Smart Shop.
November
William Sampson: In
support of healthy risk
taking.
Karl Forth: Stop play-
ing politics with the
environment.
Wood Doctor’s Rx: No. 1 vs. No. 2
Common; open joints after pressing.
Wood Explorer: Redwood.
Gero Sassenberg on the Efficient
Shop: Creativity saves the day.
Book Review: Thomas Moser’s “How
to Build Shaker Furniture.”
Production: CNC router enables
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move from custom to casework.
Primeway’s equipment capabilities
and experience have helped it move
from custom contract work into the
casework side of the business.
CNC technology: Equipment
modernization picks up speed.
American CNC router manufacturer
Accu-Router is finding more ma-
chines at auctions to refurbish from
the ground up.
Design and Engineering: Templat-
ing technology aids in complex jobs.
Architectural millwork firms turn to
photo-computer measuring system to
tackle challenging projects.
Trends: Architects report emerging
home trends. Home offices, outdoor
living spaces on rise; economy forces
decline in specialty rooms and other
upscale features.
Components products.
In the Shop: Bench Dog Crown Sup-
port gives you an extra hand for
installing crown moulding.
Videos: Bima 310; Bench Dog Crown
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William Sampson:
Powerful lessons from no
power
Karl Forth: Tips from
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Wood Doctor’s Rx: Color
matching maple cabinet pieces; check-
ing and splitting in unfinished chairs.
Wood Explorer: American holly.
Jim Lewis’s Lean Journeys: Lean
begins with me.
CNC Machining: Automation and
green initiative drive Steffy Wood
Products. Indiana manufacturer of
children’s furniture invests to grow
business despite slow economy.
Millwork: Market and geographic flex-
ibility lead to rebound. Millwork and
fixture maker emphasizes quality in
its markets.
Education: WoodLINKS, AWI, WCA
team up for teacher in-service.
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Weinig expands wood processing machinery
manufacturing plant in China
Weinig AG, www.weinig.
com, is expanding its capac-
ity to produce solid wood
processing machinery with
an addition to the company’s
plant in China.
The manufacturing plant,
located in Yantai, Shandong
province, will expand its current
800 square-meter produc-
tion area to a total of 12,000 square
meters. The expanded plant will
produce Unicontrol 6 window machines
solely for the domestic market in China,
in response to strong growth in China’s
wood processing industry. The main
factory in Tauberbischofsheim, Germany,
will continue to produce the company’s
other machinery offerings.
“This means that the expansion of
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❯ Stiles Machinery will host a Stiles
PEOPLE & BRIEFS
Expo highlighting solid wood,
sanding and finishing applications
on January 25 and 26, 2012, at the
High Point, N.C., manufacturing
plant.
Customers are invited to
attend the Stiles Expo 2012
for seminars and machine
demonstrations using materials
from raw lumber to finished
moulding, for applications such
as ripping, cross-cutting, sanding
and finishing. Presentation
A ceremony for the opening of the topics include: the introduction
expanded manufacturing plant was of digital image processing for
held in China, attended by Weinig customized finishes, LED UV
board members. technology to reduce water-
borne curing time by half
with no heat and less energy
the plant in Yantai will not compete in
consumption, achieving color
any way with the production facility in
changes in under one minute.
Tauberbischofsheim; on the contrary, it To find out more, or to register,
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Blum Inc. Compact Blumotion
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Blum Inc. offers Compact Blumotion
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partial overlay applications. The face
frame hinges have the Blumotion soft
close mechanism integrated in the hinge
cup. The compact hinges are available
in Blum’s standard boring pattern and in
cup depths as little as 11 mm.
704.827.1345
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drawer slide. It has a minimum width of
24 mm (0.95 in.) and a 200 lb. capacity.
336.431.4646
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Murphy Wall-Beds Hardware Inc.
wall-bed hardware
Wall-bed mechanisms from Murphy
Wall-Beds hold more than 2,200 pounds
of weight and are counter-balanced for
easy lowering of the wall bed. All sys-
tems include easy-to-follow instructions
with a detailed cabinetry cut list.
604.576.7880
www.murphybeds.com
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Hardware Workbench Caster Kit
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four, 2 3/8-inch urethane casters with a
foot-activated lift mechanism. When fully
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of floor clearance to move workbenches
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had lead times of two to four weeks can
now be shipped in one to two days. The
minimum purchase requirement of stock
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InvisiDoor
Custom Service Hardware Inc. says its
production hidden door, the InvisiDoor,
can be used to conceal a seldom used
room, create a hidden safe room or turn a
door into a functional storage and display
area. The door is made from premium
plywood and domestic hardwoods, the
company says. InvisiDoor is sized to fit
standard 36-inch door openings and can
be hinged left or right, as an inswing or
outswing.It has one fixed shelf and three
adjustable shelves with a recommended
weight limit not to exceed 50 pounds.
262.375.7960
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caps, hex hider covers and
tap-on screw covers. Covers
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pops open with a light touch
on the cover. It is available
in satin aluminum and black
anodized.
310.318.2491
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Hardware Resources offers
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species, among which
are Maple, Oak, Alder and
Cherry. Pieces in the line are
sanded and can be finished
to match the application.
800.463.0660
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Boker’s Inc. standard
washers
Boker’s Inc. offers standard
washers in multiple sizes and
materials for industrial appli-
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stainless steel, aluminum,
brass, copper and nickel
silver. Non-metallic material
options include: ABS, acetal,
polyester, nylon, nylon
MD, polycarbonate, fiber,
polyethylene and various
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defense against under sink
damage from minor leaks.
The SBDT is designed for
installation in 36-inch base
cabinet constructions but
can be cut to fit a 33-inch
cabinet. The tray holds 1.75
quarts of water and is con-
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1/4 inches deep by 3/4-inch
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800.626.1126
www.rev-a-shelf.com
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HARDWARE

Knaack Mfg. Co.

Brooklyn Hardware LLC
Panelclip SE
Brooklyn Hardware LLC says its second-
edition, Panelclip SE, was redesigned
to be lighter-weight. Customers save
costs by removing 1/4-inch of aluminum
from the non-locking edge of the Classic
Panelclip. Panelclip SE has the same
connection, hole placement and clip
thickness of the Classic Panelclip hang-
ing system.
503.232.1151
www.panelclip.com
Grass America Inc. Grass TEC
soft-close hinge system
Grass America Inc.’s Grass TEC soft-
close hinge system is based in the 3-D
TEC face-frame hinge. The damper is
pre-mounted in the hinge cup. It has a
nickel finish and zinc die cast cover cap.
It has a cup drilling depth of 10mm and
no protruding parts from the hinge cup.
The integrated face frame hinges are
made in the U.S.
800.334.3512
www.grassusa.com
crane lift accessory kit
The crane lift accessory kit from Knaack
Mfg. Co. is designed to improve the
mobility of jobsite storage equipment.
After a one-time installation, the lift
bracket system aids in tying and untying
loads for moving, and can lift and carry
storage equipment weighing up to 2,500
lbs, the company says. The kit features
four carbon steel lift brackets, mounting
hardware and installation instructions.
800.456.7865
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WAC Lighting InvisiLED Pro
WAC Lighting offers the InvisiLED Pro,
ideal for cabinet lighting. This low-profile
LED lighting tape delivers 200 lumens-
per-foot output. Available in two-inch,
one-foot and five-foot sections, the tape
is field-cuttable for custom lengths. The
tape is less than 1/8-inch tall and is 7/16
inches wide, with LEDs spaced one-inch
apart. The self-adhesive tape is designed
with 3M adhesive backing and sealed in
a thermoplastic enclosure.
800.526.2588
www.waclighting.com
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Berenson Corp. Biomimicry
Biomimicry from Berenson Corp. is a
line consisting of eight knobs and four
pulls. The knobs and pulls were inspired
by nature and organic patterns and tex-
tures. Available finishes include Brushed
Nickel, Weathered Vintage Bronze, Ve-
rona Bronze and Weathered Nickel. Pulls
come in sizes of 96 mm or 3 inches.
716.833.3100
www.berensonhardware.com
Top Knobs Passport Collection
Trevi Series
Top Knobs’ Passport Collection includes
the Trevi Series of knobs and pulls for
kitchens and baths. Inspired by the Trevi
Fountain in Rome, the series consists of
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six elements, including four pulls and two
knobs. It comes in five finishes: Polished
Nickel, Pewter Antique, Tuscan Bronze,
German Bronze and Patina Rouge.
800.499.9095
www.topknobsusa.com
Amba Products SLICK stainless
steel sliding door system
Amba Products says its SLICK sliding
door system has stainless steel compo-
nents with a smooth, quiet movement
and smooth-gliding Barn door hardware.
Each door has a capacity of 220 pounds.
Designs are available for both glass and
wood doors.
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PRODUCTS
Biesse America
Selco WN 7 series
Biesse America offers the
Selco WN 7 series. The line
of saws features Selco’s Twin
Pusher technology.
877.824.3773
www.biesseamerica.com
Laguna Tools
IQ CNC router
Laguna Tools’ IQ CNC
router is a smaller version of
the company’s SmartShop
technology. Two machines are
available: the IQ HHC and the
IQ Pro with a touchscreen in-
terface. Each has a 36-by-24-
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4-inch working envelope and
2hp liquid-cooled spindles.
800.234.1976
www.lagunatools.com
Stiles Machinery
Butfering SWT 300
series wide belt sander
Stiles Machinery offers the
Butfering SWT 300 series of
wide belt sanders. Most of
the SWT 300 series models
are equipped with segment-
ed pad technology, either
Grizzly Industrial Inc.
the EPS electro-pneumatic model G0716 10-inch
system or the advanced drum sander
MPS magnetic pad system. Grizzly Industrial Inc. of-
Either system will process fers model G0716 10-inch
parts within a thickness drum sander. The machine
tolerance range of 2mm, the features a 1 1/2 HP, 110V
company says. Standard single-phase sanding mo-
features on the SWT 30 tor with overload protection
series include constant pass drive and an aluminum sand-
line and variable feed speed, ing drum with a capacity of
with the option of a touch- 2,300 FPM. Variable speed
screen color control panel. control feeds the conveyor
The sanders are available in belt at a speed range of
single-, double-, triple- and 0-10 FPM. The sander also
four-head models, all with features fold-away handles
53-inch sanding widths. and wheels for mobility.
616.698.7500 360.647.0801
www.stilesmachinery.com www.grizzly.com
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This commercial-quality blade is ideal for
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whether finished or unfinished. It is also
perfect for cross cutting solid woods. In
fact, there’s no comparable blade on the
market today.
The Ply Veneer Worker (PVW) uses the
same high-precision technology that’s
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Designed for cutting wood products
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vibration-free performance and long life.
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surfaces. No scoring blade is needed. All Forrest blades, including the new PVW,
are made in the U.S.A. and have a 30-day,
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money-back guarantee. So order today
sharpenings. The PVW is made of super-
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strong C-4 micrograin carbide for extra
going on-line, or by calling us directly.
durability. Like other Forrest blades, it is
hand-straightened to ensure perfect flat-
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The PVW is superbly engineered. It
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True Cut Tool Corp.
precision cutting tools
True-Cut Tool produces,
repairs and sharpens preci-
sion cutting tools for the
woodworking and plastics
industries, specializing in
manufacturing custom router
bits and shaper cutters. Drills
for nonstandard and standard
applications are also available.
408.967.7220
www.truecut.com
Freeborn Tool Co. cutters
Freeborn Tool Co. can du-
plicate LRH profiles, or work
with companies to find the
nearest comparable Freeborn
cutter. Freeborn Tool Co.’s
catalog of stock profiles are
ready for immediate shipping
and can be mounted and
balanced on the tool holder
of the company’s choice.
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Custom cutters are specified
to the appropriate number of
wings, diameter, shear and
hook angles, and ship within
7-10 working days.
509.484.3033
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Glacial Wood Products
wood blanks
Glacial Wood Products offers
more than 250 wood blanks.
The blanks are offered in a
variety of species and styles,
including: square turning
blanks, blanks for stairs, blanks
for crafts, butcher block blanks
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320.346.9663
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G-maxx catalog WAVE Aqua These color pages
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plywood sawblades, particleboard ing Solutions’ and photos. The
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non-ferrous sawblades, steel saw blades brochure details tion sheets feature the company’s boring
and conical alternative top bevel scoring the features and machines, surfacing and thicknessing
saw blades. Router bit data is also pro- specifications of machines, moulders, mortiser and dowel
vided. Recommended cutting speeds for these paint booth filters. The color bro- boring machines, and sliding table saws.
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Guhdo 800.848.8738 www.martin-usa.com
270.401.3498 www.waveaquafilters.com
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631.752.1300 architectural millwork, cabinet, flooring and
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Adams Wood Products Inc.......................53 AXYZ Automation Inc................................13 Brooklyn Hardware.....................................52
www.adamswoodproducts.com www.axyz.com www.panelclip.com
American Fabric Filter................................55 Better Vacuum Cups..................................53 CabParts Inc..................................................22
www.americanfabricfilter.com www.bettervacuumcups.com www.cabparts.com
American Lumber Co................................. 11 Biesse America............................................ 17 Chemcraft Akzo Nobel............................. C3
www.alumber.com www.biesseamerica.com
Arkansas Wood Door Inc..........................53 Blum Inc............................................................ 7 CIM-Tech......................................................... 9
www.arkansaswooddoors.com www.blum.us www.cim-tech.com
Ark-Plas Prods Inc.......................................54 Bokers Inc......................................................49 Columbia Forest Products........................19
www.ark-plas.com www.bokers.com www.columbiaforestproducts.com

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Conquest Industries ..................................39 Oliver Machinery ........................................39
www.conquestind.com www.olivermachinery.net
Custom Service Hardware Inc................47 Corporate headquarters
Oneida Air Systems....................................50 CCI Media LLC
www.cshardware.com www.oneida-air.com P.O. Box 470, Fort Atkinson, WI 53538
414 807 3540
Doug Mockett & Co Inc ...........................46 Osborne Wood Products Inc ..................21
www.mockett.com www.osbornewood.com Sales team:
Drawer Connection...................................... 1 Market Manager Rob Roszell
Outwater Plastics Industries Inc. ...........57
www.dcdrawers.com New England, Mid-Atlantic,
www.outwater.com Southeast, E. Canada
Elias Woodwork..................................... 10-11
Pade USA ......................................................20 P.O. Box 3500
www.eliaswoodwork.com Chapel Hill, NC 27515
ETemplate System ......................................51 Panel Processing Inc .................................55 919 967 0460, fax: 866 825 2003
www.etemplatesystem.com www.panel.com rob.roszell@ccimedia.net

European Woodworking Mach ..............36 Planit Solutions Inc. .............................15, 23

www.ewmco.com www.planitsolutions.net
Regional Manager
Forrest Mfg Co Inc .....................................54 Rockler Woodworking and Hardware..31 Lee Kulbarsh
www.forrestblades.com www.rockler.com West, Southwest, Midwest
3400 Woodland Way
Freeborn Tool Co ........................................45 RouterCAD ...................................................26 Carlsbad, CA 92008
www.freeborntool.com www.routercad.com 760 720 0333, fax: 760 720 1333
Fulterer USA Inc. ........................................27 lee.kulbarsh@ccimedia.net
Royce/Ayr Cutting Tools Inc....................44
www.fultererusa.com www.royceayr.com
Grizzly Industrial Inc. ............................... 2-3
Safety Speed Manufacturing Co ...........56 Europe Sales Anthony Rochman
www.grizzly.com 4 Gunton Rd.; London, E5 9JS
www.safetyspeed.com
H3D Diamond ..............................................43 +44 208 880 8485, fax: +44 208 880 0859
Saint-Georges Doors.................................13 mobile: +44 793 915 1592
www.3d-diamond.com
www.portessaint-georges.com anthonyrochman@btinternet.com
Hanger Bolt and Stud Co. ........................52
www.hangerbolt.com ShopBot Tools.............................................. 41
Hickory Saw & Tool Co Inc .49, 51, 53, 55 www.shopbottools.com Taiwan, Hong Kong, China Sales Robert Yu
www.hickorysawandtool.com Stiles Machinery Inc .................................... 5 Worldwide Service Co., Ltd.
www.stilesmachinery.com 11F-B, No. 540 Wen Hsin Rd., Section 1
Hoffmann Machine Co. Inc......................51 Taichung, 408, Taiwan
www.hoffmann-usa.com Thermwood Corp........................................34 886 4 2325 1784, fax: 886 4 2325 2967
International Woodworking Fair .............35 www.thermwood.com sales@wwstaiwan.com
www.iwfatlanta.com True Cut Tool & Machine Inc ..................56
KCD Software ..............................................25 www.truecut.com
www.kcdsoftware.com Vac-U-Clamp ...............................................48
Laguna Tools ...................................16-17, C4 www.vac-u-clamp.com
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www.veneertech.com
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Virutex.com Corp. ................................ 22a-c
Lignomat USA Ltd ......................................51
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IN THE SHOP
Lamello Top 21 biscuit joiner
Swiss precision reigns in
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When the inventor of biscuit joinery
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What’s new?
New features of the Top 21 machine
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to work with the flush-side base plate to
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in tight corners. A stop square slides into
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The fences all lock with the standard
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A large knob on the top of the
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How it works
Another new feature of the Top 21
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are only two rubber anti-slip buttons,
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Top 21, I just keep coming back to the onto the base or fence for sure
concept of Swiss precision. The fit and alignment in a variety of applications
finish of everything is flawless, and the including miters.
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