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Directory Welcome to WOODWEB! You've
found the World Wide Web's most-visited site for woodworking professionals, and
we're happy you're here. Our goal is to provide industry pros like you with comprehensive
information - information you can put to use in your business right now.
We do this through a variety of free resources, which are described below. Sincerely,
Carl Hagstrom, Systems Administrator
Michael Poster, Publisher
Resources WOODWEB offers more ways
to find the information you need to do your job better and more profitably... Video
Library
Index of industrial woodworking related digital videos on
the web. Video listings are organized by product and activity categories, and
there is a complete list of videos arranged alphabetically by company. Software
Connection
Download product demos, freeware and shareware. Many free
offerings are fully functional copies of woodworking, productivity, CAD, and Internet
applications. There's even great information about computer viruses and how best
to protect your system from infection.
In using WOODWEB's free business-building services, make
this your first stop. You can create a customized Web page for your company, which
is then indexed based on the type of work you do, where you're located, and other
search criteria. You'll also be signed up for our "Request for Quote," where people
seeking woodworkers for specific projects post details and bidding instructions.
This service is also free. Or, you can search the directory to locate the professional
woodworkers you need.
Sawing
and Drying Directory
Create a free listing for
your sawing, drying or lumber grading company. Or look for a sawyer, drying
company or grader to help you with your primary processing needs.
The
Wood Doctor
Dr. Gene Wengert (the Wood Doctor) is Professor Emeritus
in Wood Processing, Department of Forestry, at the University of Wisconsin (Madison)
and president of The Wood Doctor's
Rx, LLC, through which he provides educational and consulting services to
lumber processing firms. WOODWEB has a large and growing collection of articles
and other contributions by Dr. Wengert.
Bookstore
Powered by amazon.com, this is possibly the most extensive listing of woodworking
titles on the Web. Browse categories including boatbuilding, cabinetmaking, forestry,
furniture design, furnituremaking, general woodworking, lumber, primary processing,
and wood engineering. Enjoy the kind of detailed title descriptions for which
amazon.com is famous, and the convenience of instant, online ordering. Lumber
Buying Guide
A listing of current distribution yard prices for kiln-dried
rough lumber in various grades and quantities. And because a great price can become
a bad one if you have the lumber shipped 2,000 miles, the Lumber Buying Guide
is categorized by geographic region.
Tradeshow
Directory
Early planning will make your tradeshow attendance far more
productive. Get dates, locations and travel information to help arrange your next
wood industry trade show visit. Our directory features many important shows in
the U.S. and abroad.
Auctions,
Sales and Special Offers
WOODWEB advertisers offer our readers special
discounted pricing on selected woodworking related products and services. Special
offers are added regularly.
Industry
News
WOODWEB offers late-breaking news from all sectors of the wood
industry that will help you stay ahead of the curve. Learn about new product launches,
major changes in key industry companies, and noteworthy events affecting your
business.
Newsstand
Links to an assortment of wood industry-related magazines from the widely known,
like Fine Woodworking, to more specialized ones, such as Sawlog
Bulletin. A different magazine is featured every day, and links to each
magazine are provided, allowing you to subscribe quickly and conveniently.
Lumber and
Timber Calculators
A series of Wood Doctor approved Calculators to
make your lumber and timber related estimating a little easier. The calculators
were designed and created by the WOODWEB programmers with technical guidance from
Professor Gene Wengert, the Wood Doctor. There's also a handy Tree value calculator
created by the Timber Buyers Network.
Refer
a Friend
We even make it easy to spread the word about WOODWEB. Click
the link for an e-mail message you can send to friends and colleagues.
Subscribe to the WOODWEB
Update
WOODWEB's twice-monthly electronic newsletter, keeps you up
to date on events at WOODWEB. You'll get information about new articles, interesting
forum discussions and other noteworthy WOODWEB happenings.
Knowledge
Base
The Knowledge
Base is a comprehensive, indexed collection of more than 10,000
files - and it's growing every day. Here you'll find the most fact-packed
discussions from our interactive forums, articles from some of the industry's
finest magazines, and advice from experts you can trust. And because we've
got woodworking's best search capability on the 'Net, the choice is yours:
you can take a leisurely browse through the entire Knowledge Base, or
"power search" for info in an instant.
Forums WOODWEB's
free technical forums cover every facet of professional woodworking, from the
moment lumber is harvested until a project is installed. Each of these forums
is monitored by a recognized expert in the field. And because they're "live,"
you can post a question in the morning and often have a multitude of responses
by afternoon.
Recent
Posts from All Forums
View the most recent posts from all of WOODWEB's
discussion forums. You can choose the forums you want to include and the number
of posts you want listed.
Adhesives
Forum
Technical Advisor: Jeff Pitcher
Discussing the use of woodworking
adhesives, contact cements, epoxies, and other bonding agents, and troubleshooting
common problems encountered in adhesive use. Architectural
Woodworking Forum
Quality standards and other issues related to
the manufacture and installation of mouldings, doors, windows, and other types
of architectural work are covered here. Business
and Management Forum
Featuring lively conversation on topics ranging
from starting up your business to sales and marketing, project management to people
management, and legal issues to accounting. Cabinetmaking
Forum
Technical Advisor: Jon Elvrum
32mm, frameless, and face-frame
cabinet design, construction, and installation techniques are discussed here,
along with drawers, pullouts, and other accessories.
CAD
Forum
Beat the Computer Aided Design learning curve with help from
experienced CAD users discussing cabinet, architectural millwork and furniture
design. Commercial
Kiln Drying Forum
Technical Advisor: Professor
Gene Wengert
Discuss issues facing commercial drying operations that process
at least 750,000 bd. ft. of lumber per year CNC
Forum
Technical Advisor: Brian Personett
Learn all about Computer
Numerically Controlled (CNC) woodworking equipment, software, and automated manufacturing
techniques. Dust
Collection, Safety Equipment and Plant Operation Forum
Technical Advisor:
Curt Corum
Share ideas on plant layout, dust collection systems, and other
techniques and accessories for making the workplace safer. Professional
Finishing Forum
Technical Advisor: Bob Niemeyer and Paul Snyder
From traditional finishes like lacquers and shellacs to specialty coatings and
the new wave of water-based products, you'll find tips for putting it on, taking
it off, and making it look great right here. Forestry
Forum
Learn about the science and art of forest cultivation and timber
management. Discussion covers these (and other) topics of interest: planting,
surveying, tree diseases, silviculture and timber harvesting. Professional
Furniture Making Forum
Advice to help professional furniture makers
improve quality, save time, and increase profits. Laminating
and Solid Surfacing Forum
Technical Advisor: Mario DeSavino
Learn
about fabricating solid surfacing products and plastic laminates in cabinetry,
countertops, and other applications.
Sawing
and Drying Forum
Technical Advisor: Professor Gene Wengert
There's
no better source of both technical and practical information on lumber harvesting,
sawmilling, and air and kiln drying available on the Web. It's that simple. Shop
Gallery
Professional woodworkers display and describe their shop facilities,
products and equipment. Solid
Wood Machining Forum
Technical Advisor: Dave Rankin
This forum
covers every aspect of machining solid lumber, including proper tool sharpening,
equipment care and maintenance, and correct feed rates.
Value
Added Wood Processing Forum
Join industry experts to discuss ways to "add value" to your current
production. The Value Added Wood Processing Forum spans the gap between WOODWEB's
popular Sawing and Drying Forum and our many secondary-processing discussion forums.
Learn how to increase profitability by: improving your products, finding new markets,
making new products with your existing output, and improving marketing and sales.
Veneer Forum
It's thin. It's economical. It's beautiful. And it's technically demanding. Whether
you're a veneering novice or expert, get reliable information on veneer, from
purchasing it to applying it, right here. WOODnetWORK
This, our first forum, has remained true to its original mission: To give woodworkers
a "town square," where any woodworking-related topic is up for discussion, any
time.
Exchanges These
free message boards are the only ones where advertising is permitted in user-posted
messages. Post your free ad at the appropriate exchange (linked below) to buy
or sell equipment, lumber, and other goods - or even to find a new job, or perhaps
an employee!
Recent
Posts from All Exchanges
View the most recent posts from all of WOODWEB's
buy and sell exchanges. You can choose the exchanges you want to include and the
number of posts you want listed.
Job
Opportunities and Services
Employers and employees the world over
post ads here, at the World Wide Web's most comprehensive staffing resource for
the woodworking industry. Can't find a job? Can't find good help? If you haven't
posted an ad here, you haven't really tried.
Classifieds
Exchange
Buy and sell lumber and wood products at the Lumber Exchange,
machinery and equipment at the Machinery Exchange, and list jobs and services
at the Job Opportunities Exchange. Use the Classifieds Exchange to buy and sell
everything else!
Lumber
Exchange
Dealers and individuals advertise lumber and wood products
for sale, from the everyday to the exotic. Lumber and wood products buyers list
their material requirements. Dealers and suppliers may quote on these Wanted to
Buy listings using a powerful RFQ system developed by WoodPlanet. And daily e-mail
compilations of the newest postings can be waiting in your Inbox each morning,
when you enter your free subscription to WOODWEB's Lumber-Gram.
Machinery
Exchange
The world's busiest on-line machinery market. Buy and sell
new and used equipment and surplus machinery. Each day all listings are emailed
to machinery buyers in WOODWEB's exclusive Machinery-Gram.
Galleries Project
Gallery
Professional woodworkers post examples of their work in this
interactive venue. Projects suitable for the Gallery include completed jobs, jobs
in progress, your shop layout, shop techniques, installation tips and solutions
to problems.
Project
Gallery Help Forum
Help and advice for creating Project Gallery postings. Sawmill
Gallery
Professional primary processing companies display and describe
their sawmill facilities. Shop
Gallery
Professional woodworkers display and describe their shop facilities,
products and equipment.
Product Directory
The Product
Directory
A comprehensive listing of wood industry companies and
manufacturers, with interactive product information and links to each company's
Web site. This fully searchable resource means that finding a vendor of, say,
hinges, is as easy as choosing "Search Product Directory" at any search box on
the WOODWEB site, typing "hinges" into the box at the right, and clicking "go!"
In a flash, you'll have a full listing of hinge suppliers. It really is that fast
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