The latest release of Cabinet Vision by Vero Software, Version 11, includes a powerful new photo-rendering engine geared specifically towards the design market. Customers can impress their clients with realistic-looking photos in a single program.
Thomas William Furniture, a shop in Oconomowoc, Wis., has put together an active show schedule in 2018, starting with the ArtFest in Fort Meyers, Fla., followed by 15 more venues.
What goes up must come down in the stair business, though that hasn’t been the case for King & Co. in Marlborough, Mass., celebrating its 32nd year anniversary.
Ovvo Technology introduces the model V-1230 hidden connector, specifically designed for use with high-grade particleboard.
There were more than 600 exhibitors at the 2018 Kitchen & Bath Industry Show, held Jan. 9-11 in Orlando, which registered its fifth straight year of increased attendance.
Colonial Saw, the U.S. importer of Swiss-made Striebig vertical panel saws, announces the availability of a new vertical panel saw, the Striebig Standard S. The model features a new head configuration and carriage.
Wendell Castle, referred to as the father of the art furniture movement, died Jan. 20 at his home in Scottsville, N.Y. He was 85.
ShopBot Tools introduces the Large Sheet Tool for its Handibot portable CNC machine, featuring a rigid frame that clamps onto large pieces of material up to 24” wide.
Storage and organization top the list of consumers seeking kitchen updates, according to the 2018 Kitchen Trends Study from Houzz, a popular online media platform for home remodeling and design.
Vero Software’s recent release of Alphacam R1 design software includes significant automation and nesting updates to handle a wide range of architectural millwork and casework applications, according to the company.
Kerfkore Co., a manufacturer of lightweight bendable panels, has started offering a veneer face option on its Flexboard panel products.
Rustic-grade woods used to be deemed crude and worthless, and quickly made their way to the scrap pile.
Maine Wood 2018 opened at the Messler Gallery at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship on Jan. 19 with a reception and awards ceremony.
Designers, contractors and homeowners throughout the greater Baltimore area have been commissioning custom cabinetry and furniture from TCS Woodworking for the past two decades.
The Generation Next Campaign, an effort to encourage young people to join the skilled trades, took center stage at the fifth annual Design & Construction Week, held Jan. 9-11 in Orlando.
The Architectural Woodwork Institute, a nonprofit trade association representing nearly 3,000 members consisting of architectural woodworkers and other industry professionals, is well into the process of creating a new suite of standards for architectural woodwork.
Product-sharing is a widespread and growing trend across all industries in the current economy, allowing consumers to use and return items, making a financial investment much lower than the actual purchase price.
The new Powermatic 3520C wood lathe, model 1353001, has the design characteristics of its predecessor, the 3520B.
Next Wave Automation has unveiled the Shark II, a redesign of the company’s small-format CNC router.
The Association of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers recently launched “Design it Digital”, a new CAD-based online design contest that is open to middle school, high school and post-secondary students in accredited woodworking or related programs in North America.
OakBridge Timber Framing of Loudonville, Ohio, prides itself on crafting homes like finely built furniture, using traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery, only on a much larger scale.
SCM announced the availability of its FlexCut mobile gripper unit as an option for the company’s entire line of panel processing equipment.
Two Philadelphia organizations committed to supporting artists are joining forces this spring for one design-filled weekend.
The Association of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers recently launched “Design it Digital”, a new CAD-based online design contest that is open to middle school, high school and post-secondary students in accredited woodworking or related programs in North America.
Strong, flexible and versatile, domestic cedar varieties are softwood lumber broken into several families and types and used for decorative and functional purposes, including outdoor furniture.
Conversations in Craft: Furniture from the Trustees Collection and North Bennet Street School Artisans,” opened Nov. 18 at the Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, Mass., and will run through Mar. 28.
Castle presents a portable pocket hole machine, the Castle 100, to produce the company’s 6-degree screw pockets.
Martech Services Co., manufacturer of breathing safety equipment, has added the model 50-WB to its Quality Air Breathing System series for spraying waterborne finishes.
Urban Wood Goods of Gurnee, Ill., a reclaimed wood furniture manufacturer in the Chicago suburbs, has recently been awarded chain of custody certification from the Forest Stewardship Council.
Forrest Manufacturing Co. regularly hones its line of Woodworker II blades to suit a wide range of tasks, such as building cabinets and fine furniture.
In the wake of problems affecting availability of Honduras rosewood, including depleted supply and complicated government regulations, one instrument maker has found a solution that ensures his company an ongoing availability of the endangered hardwood.
Joined by several industry stakeholders, representatives from the American Alliance for Hardwood Plywood testified before the U.S. International Trade Commission in October and presented evidence that imports of hardwood plywood products from China are not having a negative impact on the domestic hardwood plywood industry.
The high demand for walnut continues, according to dealers interviewed by Woodshop News. Claro walnut (Juglans hindsii), a domestic from the Northwest, is particularly sought after.
Loud cheers and rounds of applause amplified the main floor of the new ‘MiLL’ training center in Colorado Springs, Colo., during the grand opening event on Oct. 5.
Apollo Sprayers International, a manufacturer of HVLP spray equipment, offers increased spray coating transfer efficiency with the new Twin-Turbo Precision-6 production system.
J.H. Klein Wassink & Co. is a custom cabinetry and fine woodworking firm in Concord, Mass., just west of Boston.
Martin Woodworking Machines is the exclusive North American distributor of the Corvus vacuum press VPL Series, a new machinery group from the Germany-based Barth brand.
The Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock, Ark., is hosting a chair exhibit, “The Art of Seating: 200 Years of American Design,” through the end of the year.
Woodcraft has added bevel edge socket chisels to its line of WoodRiver tools, designed with balance in mind to increase comfort and effectiveness, and inspired by details featured in classic chisels by Stanley, Keen Kutter, Buck Bros., Swan and T.H. Witherby, the retailer says.
Bessey Tools has made small but significant changes to its K Body Revo parallel clamp, which will be available in January 2018.
Laser Products Industries presents a new digital measuring system, model LT-2D3D-C, for fast and accurate jobsite use. The product captured a Visionary Award for creativity and innovation at the 2017 AWFS fair in Las Vegas.
Demand for koa (Acacia koa) is high, and so is the price. Endemic to Hawaii, the dense hardwood is regarded as a “semi-exotic” by its dealers due to its rather limited availability.
While the Philadelphia Woodworking Co. has the ring of an 18th–century furniture shop begun by Benjamin Franklin, it only dates back to 2013 and founder Matthew Smolens.
Though he claims to not have a musical bone in his body, Michael Thiele has been making and selling wooden art drums and other percussion pieces for 43 years.
The Society of Arts and Crafts in Boston announced Jack Mauch is this year’s Mineck Foundation Furniture Fellow.
In 2013, the National Kitchen and Bath Association and National Association of Home Builders agreed to co-locate the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show with the International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas under the banner of Design and Construction Week.
Lighting steals the spotlight at Messler Gallery exhibition
David Musty of Signal Hill, Calif., found his woodworking niche 20 years ago when he started David Musty Putters in 1997.
Festool’s roadshow hauler stood out as one of the more memorable exhibits at AWFS. It’s kind of hard to miss a giant truck, branded from stem to stern, Nascar style. Inside were a couple of newer tools, including the SE2 vacuum clamping module and STL 450 inspection light.
Accsys Group introduced a cutting-edge MDF panel product, Tricoya, at the AWFS fair. Tricoya is made from wood fibers that have gone through a modification process called acetylation, similar to the company’s sister product, Accoya wood, which alters the cell structure for a more dimensionally stable product.