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14 Oneida maximizes airflow
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TAKING STOCK
with TOD RIGGIO
They don’t make ’em
like they used to
L
et’s start with a few random thoughts…
We remodeled our kitchen 12 years
ago with a new dishwasher and refrig-
erator. Both appliances have had to be
replaced. A disappointing development but not
uncommon since the life expectancy of most
kitchen appliances is only 10 to 20 years. Sad.
Last year, I shared my apprehension about
teaching young children to work with tools.
Readers sent notes of encouragement and
project ideas. I’ve since taught my Cub
Scouts to use a pocket knife and build a tool
box. Fantastic experiences and can’t wait for
the next woodworking adventure. Thanks
for the support.
I was amused by the media’s outrage con-
cerning the furniture order placed by the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment. The bill came to $31,000 for 10
chairs, a dining table, sideboard and break-
front in mahogany. The costs were broken
down to about $1,000 per chair, $7,000 for the
breakfront, $3,000 for the table, and $2,500 for
shipping. If we’re talking about well-made
pieces, are these prices shockingly high? I
don’t think so.
A reader writes that last month’s “60 Grit”
carton was “objectionable, particularly with
the recent harassment issues nationwide. I
found it insensitive and crude. It strikes me
that it was not carefully considered in your
publication. With the focus of the magazine
often on finding future skilled help, includ-
ing advancing women in the trades, the car-
toon questions the sincerity and dedication
to treating, in particular women with respect
by your publication.” We apologize for a joke
used by nearly everyone with a stud finder.
The tool should be used responsibly.
Working with tools and wood is inherently dangerous. We try to give our readers tips that will enhance their understanding of woodwork-
ing. But our best advice is to make safety your first priority. Always read your owner’s manuals, work with properly maintained equipment
and use safety devices such as blade guards, push sticks and eye protection. Don’t do things you’re not sure you can do safely, including
the techniques described in this publication or in others. Seek proper training if you have questions about woodworking techniques or the
functions of power machinery.
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EDITOR TOD RIGGIO
ART DIRECTOR BRIANA SMITH
STAFF WRITER JENNIFER HICKS
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BOB FLEXNER, JOHN ENGLISH, GREG WILLIAMS
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In other news affecting the wood industry:
Red Hawk Fasteners LLC announced it has
finalized the acquisition of all of Kyocera Senco’s
composite fastener program assets which in-
cludes tools, fasteners and related spare parts.
“We are very excited to support the existing GROUP PUBLISHER, GENERAL MANAGER GARY DE SANCTIS
business relationships that Senco has devel- VP EDITORIAL DIRECTOR BILL SISSON
GROUP CREATIVE DIRECTOR DAVID POLLARD
oped while, at the same time, expand our mar- VP, MARKETING AND EVENTS JULIE JARVIE
VP DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT ERIC DALLIN
keting reach around the world. Composite fas- DIGITAL DIRECTOR IAN BOWEN
teners are a blend of fiberglass and resin that PRODUCTION MANAGER SUNITA PATEL
SENIOR PRODUCTION COORDINATOR CHRIS CIRILLI
can be sanded, shaped and cut without dam- PRODUCTION COORDINATORS AMY PINTO, ALEC PUCILLO
age to router bits, blades or sanding belts,” the TRAFFIC COORDINATOR SARA CARPENTER
GROUP CIRCULATION DIRECTOR DANA RAVEN
company said in a statement. CIRCULATION, FULFILLMENT MANAGER CERISSE CARPENTER
Judges have been selected for the 14th an- IT SUPPORT COLLIN DEHNERT
nual Veneer Tech Craftsman’s Challenge, an
international design competition highlighting
achievement in the use of natural wood ve-
neer products.
The judges are Michaelle Bradford, editor
with the Woodworking Network; Woodshop
News’ contributor Scott Grove, an artist, de- PRESIDENT & CEO ANDREW W. CLURMAN
signer, woodwork instructor, and author of SVP, TREASURER & CFO MICHAEL HENRY
CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER JONATHAN DORN
Advanced Veneering and Alternative Tech- VP AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT TOM MASTERSON
niques; and Thomas Brooks, global commod- VP, CONTROLLER JOSEPH COHEN
VP, IT NELSON SAENZ
ity manager at Masonite International. VP OF PEOPLE AND PLACES JOANN THOMAS
Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Associa-
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NEWS DESK
Furniture Society readies for
San Francisco conference
By Jennifer Hicks
T
he Furniture Society will hold its
2018 conference June 13-16 at Dog
Patch Studios in San Francisco. The
agenda is firming up with a long
list of speakers and day presentations, awards
and exhibits, as well as local museum and
business tours.
Society president Forest Dickey says the
biennial conference typically draws 300 to 350
attendees. Given this year’s location and pro-
gramming, he thinks the turnout will exceed
the average.
The conference theme is Nexus: Perspectives
on Art, Design, Craftsmanship and Technology.
“What we’re trying to do with this confer-
ence is focus on new technologies, new ways
that we’re making things, and new ways that
Award of Distinction
going to Craig Nutt
By Jennifer Hicks
C
raig Nutt will receive The Fur-
niture Society’s Award of Dis-
tinction at its upcoming con-
ference in San Francisco. The
award recognizes those who have had a
significant impact on the field of studio
furniture as a maker, educator, activist
and advocate.
“It was a unanimous decision and a
short discussion,” says Furniture So-
ciety president Forest Dickey. “We’re
all really excited that he is the awardee
and we’re really excited about his work.
With all the work he’s done with CERF
(Craft Emergency Relief Fund) and other
groups, he’s just done so many amazing
things in the studio and out.”
Nutt has been a woodworker for over
40 years, starting as a restorer. He runs Craig
Nutt Studio in Kingston Springs, Tenn., where
he creates imaginative furniture and sculpture
8 WWW.WOODSHOPNEWS.COM APRIL 2018
people think about those things they’re mak-
ing. That covers everything from people using
3D printing and CNC technologies in small
manufacturing to how one-off makers are
using these technologies as well,” says Dickey.
Emily Pilloton, founder and executive direc-
tor of Project H Design/Girls Garage and a
lecturer at University of California at Berke-
ley’s Department of Architecture, will be the
keynote speaker. She will share her social ac-
tivist philosophy on design and making in
underserved communities around the world.
Attendees will be encouraged to explore San
Francisco’s Dog Patch neighborhood, a transi-
tional area of residential and light industrial
properties featuring many small businesses of
craft items.
using traditional techniques. For a decade he
divided his time between making and serving
as CERF’S director of programs.
“We’re excited about the venue,” says Dick-
ey. “We have a lot of local events going on
around the Dog Patch neighborhood like gal-
lery visits and curated tours of the Museum of
Craft and Design.”
Autodesk, maker of AutoCad software and
the conference’s lead sponsor, will provide
tours at its nearby Pier 9 research and de-
velopment facility. Other sponsors include
Shaper Tools and the American Craft Council.
For information, visit www.furnsoc.org.
Past Award of Distinction recipients in-
clude James Krenov, Sam Maloof, Wendell
Castle, Art Carpenter and Tage Frid.
“It’s so humbling to be in the company
of people who’ve gotten the award in the
past,” says Nutt. “They’re all people I re-
ally respect a lot. I think about other col-
leagues that I know that are equally de-
serving of the award that haven’t gotten
it yet. There’s just an amazing amount of
talent in this field and that’s why it means
so much to me.”
Nutt’s work is in numerous public collec-
tions, including the Smithsonian American
Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery in Wash-
ington, D.C. He has lectured, presented and
taught workshops at craft schools, confer-
ences and furniture programs around the
country since the 1980s.
For information, visit www.furnsoc.org and
www.craignutt.com.
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Go figure: Curly cherry
provides that little extra
By Jennifer Hicks

C herry hasn’t lost any of its luster,

according to hardwood suppliers
interviewed by Woodshop News.
But most keep a small supply of
figured cherry to really make a design statement.
“Regular cherry has a beautiful color and all
that but when you add that figure, it just adds
a tremendous amount of life to the wood,” says
Lou Irion of Irion Lumber in Wellsboro, Pa.
“Obviously the straight grain cherry is al-
ways more popular because for one thing
there’s more of it. Less than 1 percent of cher-
ry cut has good figure. But the difference is
people tend to get excited about the curly
cherry, much more than they do with the
straight cherry.”
Steve King of Yankee Pine Lumber Corp.
in Rowley, Mass., says that because figured
cherry often comes in small batches, one-off
pieces also tend be the only option.
“I sold some figured the other day and it was
just enough to do a bar top,” says King. “We
sell it when we get it. When furniture people
are making something, and they want a little
extra ‘ba-bam’, that’s what they get. Some peo-
ple don’t like it, but some do. It’s just for furni- Albany, Ind. they’re requesting figure, they want it heav-
ture, as far as I know, for people who want to “We’re not getting many requests for fig- ily figured but we’re just not seeing those
make their piece look more interesting.” ured cherry, but it is available. Calls for quar- requests,” says Gilland. “The industry is fickle
Veneer buyers tend to reject figured cherry, tered cherry seem to be picking up, but people and it could change tomorrow.”
preferring straighter grain patterns, according don’t want figure in it, even where the figure Prices for 4/4 figured cherry were quoted
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By Jennifer Hicks

C
elebrating 25 years in business,
Oneida Air Systems is currently
focused on promoting its new
Smart Boost System as the future
of dust collection.
The patented technology was launched last
summer as an optional feature with the Go-
rilla Pro series. It is now standard.
Smart Boost technology monitors the
dust collection system for suction loss and
automatically boosts the fan’s motor speed
for optimum performance, according to
the company. Oneida’s Smart Boost equipped systems sense
“Because it can ramp up and change as any resistance and adjust the motor speed to
compensate through variable speed technology,
according to the company.

needed, you can have more blast gates open at

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Even better, Letta says the flexibility of the
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“These new machines incorporate some of
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Tooling around
New aggregate heads, chucks, spindles and router bits
can increase your digital fabrication capabilities

By John English

I
f you didn’t catch it at AWFS last summer, Benz Inc., (benztooling.
com) introduced a couple of adjustable angle head systems at the
show. The Flex 5 and Flex 5 Plus were previously available only
in Europe, and are now being sold in North America. What makes
them unique is their ability to change output angles in seconds, using
the movement of the C axis. An onboard braking system locks the
output angle in the desired position and, once locked, the C axis can be
used to rotate the aggregate head within the horizontal plane. These are
heavy-duty, automatic, adjustable angle heads with oil bath lubrication.
With a maximum input speed of 15,000 rpm and a 1 to 1 gear ratio,
both heads are ideally suited for sawing, drilling and routing. They
provide a sawing swivel range from 0 to 90 degrees and a routing
swivel range from 0 to 100 degrees. These heads cannot be retrofitted,
so woodshops interested in outfitting a CNC router with either one
should contact an OEM machine builder to ask for additional details
and pricing.
GDP/GUHDO (guhdo.com) has introduced a new generation indus-
trial diamond (PCD) router bit. The two-flute opposite shear design
on a solid carbide tool body runs quiet and it also provides an excel-
lent finish (top and bottom) on double sided panels, according to
the company. Suitable for nesting operations and feed speeds in the
range of 500 ipm, the solid tip design ensures a consistently smooth
edge. The company says that ordering this tool on an HSK heat shrink
tool holder can increase its life by up to 30 percent. Sizes are available
from 8mm to 1/2 .
The company has also introduced a cost-effective solution for pro-
totypes and small runs – it’s a new corrugated head adapter for CNC
(called the Series 4524) that comes in 40, 60 and 80mm widths and is
supplied on an HSK-F63 heat shrink tool holder for use with 5/16 cor-
rugated knives. The carrier body is steel because the corrugations ma-
chined into an aluminum head would eventually wear out, and knives
could become dislodged.
Amana Tool (amanatool.com) has introduced a couple of new afford-
able, high performance, heavy-duty spoilboard inserts. They are the
3-11/32” diameter RC-2259 and the 2” diameter RC-2255, which can
also be used to chamfer edges and surface timber slabs. The 2259 has
four-sided solid carbide insert knives (rotatable), and it can plunge to
1/4” and then start resurfacing. It is also capable of removing very thin
layers of material (less than 0.001” per pass).
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Amana also introduced the 46167 CNC (leuco.com) announced that it had
solid carbide Spektra compression spiral bit been awarded a European patent
recently, which has a nanocomposite coating for its Airstream system. Tools
(nACo, a micro-thin ceramic that prevents equipped with this new technol-
high heat and oxidation). It comes with a ogy have a characteristic bore in
3/8” diameter cutter that’s 7/8” long, on the body that is patented by both
a 3/8” shank, and it is designed for a sig- Leuco and Holz-Her (they are ex-
nificantly longer lifetime in abrasive material clusively available for Holz-Her
such as MDF and laminate. Built for CNC ap- machines). Jointing and edge trim-
plications that require high feed rates and a ming cutters that have Airstream
clean finish, it is particularly well-suited to produce less noise. With standard
handle double-sided melamine. tools, a high-pressure area is cre-
Freud (freudtools.com) has introduced a ated on the face. This in turn cre-
new series of CNC router bits that are opti- ates a low-pressure area behind
mized for smaller CNC machines. The only the cutting edge. Both air pressure
manufacturer that produces its own carbide, areas try to level out, and the re-
Freud specifically designed these new bits sulting pressure fluctuations cre-
with unique cutting geometries and its Perma- ate noise. With the new tools, an Amana Tool’s new spoilboard surfacing insert CNC router bits.
Shield non-stick coating. They’re ideal for cre-
ating detailed inlays, decorative projects, or
sign making in hardwoods, softwoods, alumi-
num and plastics.
And CMT Orange Tools (cmtutensili.com)
has introduced a device that throws dust up
from a CNC cutter into an extractor hose.
Known as a KDE, it can be easily installed
and removed as a clamping nut. The health
and safety benefits are obvious, and it also
improves tool performance and cut quality by
removing excess waste that the tool doesn’t
have to re-cut numerous times. It is recom-
mended for nesting and routing operations,
and simply replaces the standard clamping
nut. It works on many standard collet chucks
and router bits and is available for some spe-
cialty collets. A thick ceramic coat gives KDE
an anti-corrosion, anti-friction and ant-static
surface. The tool body is a light alloy, and
the device delivers good results even at low
revolutions: it works from 6,000 to 20,000 rpm
in chipboard, coated chipboard, MDF, solid
surfaces, OSB and HPL.

Chucks and spindles

The Swedish company ETP Transmission
AB (etp.se) has been in business for more
than 35 years and has recently introduced
the G2 Combo 16/30 HSK 63F. The G2 lets
a woodshop enjoy all the benefits of using
a hydraulic chuck for router bits and a hy-
draulic arbor for profile tools, at the same
time. One can also use reduction sleeves in
the 16mm chuck, and run several smaller,
frequently used shaft sizes.
Precision Drive Systems (spindlerepair.com)
supplies and repairs spindle motors nation-
wide from its headquarters in North Carolina.
Now the company has a new West Coast loca-
tion in Arlington, Wash., and it has also added
an online store. By the way, PDS has also
begun offering repairs on an extensive range
of main and scoring saw arbors.
Last fall, the German manufacturer Leuco

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TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
intelligent bore at a precisely defined place on
the body prevents the creation of air pressure
areas. Plus, improved chip direction prevents
double hogging of the chips, which means
longer tool edge lives.
Getting an accurate measurement of router
bits with three cutting edges is difficult to do
with standard calipers. The new 3-point digi-
tal calipers from Rangate (rangate.com) allows
CNC operators to get the precise dimensions
of any Z=3 bit within moments, once prop-
erly calibrated.
Vexor (vexorcwt.com) has a relatively new
line of tooling for both shapers and CNC.
Called the Multi-Pro series, the tools are de-
signed with maximum flexibility in mind,
and for use on a variety of machines. What’s
unusual is that the shaper inserts and back-
ers are interchangeable within several of the
company’s tooling lines, such as Micro-Pro,
Mikron Pro and Multi-Pro-CNC router bits.
The insert tool is available in a variety of
widths (35mm, 40mm, 50mm and 60mm),
and in right- and left-hand rotations. It is also
available with 3/4”, and 1” diameter shanks.
While you’re on the site, have a look at the
Multi-Panel-CNC tool.
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Other resources
Freeborn Tool Co. (freeborntool.com) was one
of the first cutter manufacturers to offer both
carbide and alloy tipping to its cutters. The
company uses 5-axis machining and CNC
milling to build tools, and state-of-the-art Wal-
ter grinders on all profiles to ensure exact re-
peatability cutter after cutter.
Charles G.G. Schmidt & Co. (cggschmidt.
com) has been helping woodshops mill mate-
rial for more than 90 years, and the company
has recently added an online store to its web-
site. C.R. Onsrud (cronsrud.com) also has an
online store for CNC tooling where you will
find everything from cutters to collets and
chuck nuts.
Techniks USA (techniksusa.com) supplies a
huge catalog of aggregate heads, retention
knobs, setup equipment and accessories for
CNC router, and a wide catalog of cutters
and tooling. H3D Tool Corp (h3dtool.com) is
a single source supplier for diamond, car-
bide and insert tooling, including custom
tools. And for small shops, Eagle America
(eagleamerica.com) has created two sets of its
most popular CNC router bits, one with 1/4”
shanks (model 106-1010) and the other with
1/2” (model 106-1015).
Bosch (boschtools.com) lists 18 CNC bits on
its website, including down spiral, up spiral
and compression bits. ComSurge (comsurge.
com) carries a wide selection of industrial qual-
ity router bits and also builds custom tooling.
And Riverside Tool (riversidetool.com) notes
that its polycrystalline diamond “performs
exceptionally well in CNC woodworking
machines.” The company also says that its
tooling with the micron sized manufactured
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 THE CUTTING EDGE
with R.W. LEE
Back up that hard drive
A
mid-sized cabinet shop with a CNC
router for milling flat stock is quite
dependent on either personal com-
puters or work stations. There is
probably a PC for the boss, salesperson, book-
keeper, designer and perhaps the CNC machine.
Though today’s personal computers and
work stations are quite dependable, they are
machines and machines can fail. Your worst
nightmare is a hard drive failure, which means
you’ve lost everything on your computer.
There are ways to prevent and prepare for a
failure, all of which are easy and inexpensive.
A hard drive is a non-volatile digital storage
device. It is made of several rapidly rotating
magnetically-coated metal platters upon which
data is stored non-sequentially by read-write
heads. Non-volatile means that even when the
computer is turned off, the data stored on the
hard disk drive is retained exactly as it was
originally written. Non-sequentially means that
the data is written to the rotating platters in a
random fashion, not as a block of data, for it to
transfer as quickly as possible.
To minimize the strain on a hard drive, add
a partition or install a second hard drive.
A hard drive is designated as the comput-
er’s ‘C’ drive and stores the operating system.
Newer computers have tremendous storage
capacity and can be partitioned with a read-
ily available software program. A partition
causes the operating system to see two hard
drives, and the second can be designated as
the ‘D’ drive to hold specific data, such as
the designs for a set of cabinets. An ‘E’ drive
could also be added for an archive of past
jobs. The main advantage of partitions is faster
data retrieval.
Adding a second hard drive frees up the
first from storing data. Therefore, all data can
be stored on the ‘D’ drive for ultimate re-
trieval speed as the read-writes heads would
no longer be shared as they would be on a
partitioned hard drive. The second drive can
be partitioned to separate data folders.
Just like any tool, hard drives require main-
tenance. This most often involves defragment-
ing or removing gaps between data sets to
improve a computer’s performance.
Defragmenting takes data sets and moves
them about the hard drive, first joining sub-
sets, and as larger storage areas become avail-
able, the data sets are moved to areas on the
platters where there is enough space for them
to be contiguous. It is best to defragment
when the computer is going to be idle for an
extended period of time.
There are two easy ways to back up a hard
drive. The first is to have an additional hard
drive installed in the computer, then back up
everything – including the operating system,
software and data – to that drive. The second
is to back up to an external hard drive.
If all this sounds confusing or complicated,
spend the money to have a computer tech set
up a backup system. It is a wise investment
for a computer dependent shop.
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FINISHING
with SCOTT GROVE
Adding color to match
takes an artistic flair
L
ast month I discussed various meth-
ods to fill voids like a check, open knot
or damaged area. The next step is to
color and blend the filled areas.
I’ve had great success using colored pigments
over the years. The process is reversible so at each
step you can rework the color until it is just right.
It is important to seal the wood first to bring out
the surrounding color. I like to work with lac-
quers, but it can be done with other finishes.
Observation is the key. Seeing the subtle colors
within the wood and visualizing how to create
layers of color and grain detail is very important
and takes a keen eye. This is more like artistic
painting than woodworking and understanding
some basic color theory and application tech-
niques will make any repair easier to do.
Most common wood colors are on the red to
yellow side of the primary color wheel and are
often muted and dark, as with cherry and wal-
nut. As a rule, I find that darker colors are easier
to match than lighter ones like maple and oak.
In most cases it is easier to make the repair
look like an existing knot or mineral stain, as
opposed to attempting to make it look like the
unblemished wood.
My technique
I rely on a small Blendal kit from Mohawk
with the following colors: Black, Blue, Burnt
Sienna, Burnt Umber, Canary Yellow, Dark
Burnt Umber, Raw Sienna, Raw Umber, Red,
Van Dyke Brown, White, and Yellow Ochre.
I’ve added a green. With these colors I can
match just about any type of wood.
But here’s a tip: After mixing, most colors
are too saturated and need to be toned down.
Adding grey (black and white) will not help
as this will change the color. For example,
deep red will become pink. Instead, add the
complement color to the mix. A complement
is the opposite on the color wheel: red/green,
yellow/purple, orange/blue.
I use a No. 4 sable hair brush for the mixing
and application. It holds enough pigment to
make the repair without having to return for
more color after every stroke and the tip is
pointed enough to paint in fine grain lines.
To start mixing, I use an unwaxed 6 oz.
white paper cup with a little wax-free shellac
in the bottom. I dip my brush into the shel-
lac, then the Blendal powder and apply to
the inside rim of the cup. I repeat the process
for a second color, leaving room between the
two dabs for intermixing. I then mix the two
in varying degrees until it looks right. With
this process, I can create a large pallet of raw
colors around the rim with combined inter-
mixed colors in tone and value. When I think I
have a good match I test it near the area I want
(Clockwise from top left) The process of using colored pigments is revers-
ible in the early stages; an unwaxed paper cup makes a great pallet for
touch up work; add the final details with a graining pen
to touch up. If the color is a good match, I immediately apply it to the
repair. If the color isn’t quite right, I go back to the cup and adjust the
color slightly.
I use shellac as a binder because it allows me to erase whatever I have
done by simply wiping with a rag and alcohol. Another trick is after
I am satisfied with the color, I seal it with a light coat of lacquer. This
allows me to work on the second layer, but I can still erase it without
affecting the first layer.
Most touchups require two or three layers of color, working from the
lightest to darkest. I add some fine graining with the brush or a grain-
ing pen, which is a fine-tipped marker with similar pigments.

Other methods
There are a variety of application techniques you can use in addition
to brushing. You can dab with your finger or rag to blend in or blur
the painted line. Adding a puddle of alcohol before or after is great for
blurring or creating a gradient of color, much like water coloring.
A common mistake is to apply too many layers, which will muddy
the match or leave a noticeable mound.
If your existing finish is shellac, color matching and erasing becomes
more tedious. I recommend testing the color match using a clear piece
of Mylar on top of your project wood.
Most woods change in color over time, so you might have a perfect
match one day and later the touchup looks lighter. With a high chatoy-
ance wood, color touchups are almost impossible. Chatoyance is the
shimmery, three-dimensional effect that you see in curly maple or ribbon-
striped sapele. The effect is caused by how light reflects off the grain,
making the wood look lighter or darker depending on the viewing angle.
In both scenarios, I don’t recommend trying to match the wood. In-
stead, I match an existing defect like a knot or mineral stain.
Other touchup tools include markers and colored pencils. Markers
are available with or without a finish and are great for onsite repairs.
Unfortunately, the tips harden with use and its more difficult to blend
the finish. Markers without finish require a protective coating. Colored
pencils are a good substitute in a pinch, but it is important to get soft
lead types.
With these simple techniques and some practice, most repairs can be
concealed and fixed with minimal effort.

Scott Grove is an art furniture maker, sculptor, and YouTube personality who
selectively teaches and lectures, most notably at the Marc Adams School of Wood-
working and The Chippendale School of Furniture in Scotland. For more, visit
www.imaginegrove.com and www.scottgrove.com.
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 While there have been some
bumps in the road, Damon
Rebhahn’s custom cabinet
shop in Atlantic Beach, Fla.,
has been going strong for
nearly 25 years

By Jennifer Hicks

H
ard work and dedication has paid off for Damon Rebhahn,
owner of River City Custom Cabinetry in Atlantic Beach,
Fla., a coastal city adjacent to Jacksonville. Specializing in
kitchens, baths and other home cabinetry products, his
company offers turnkey services to the residential market.
Rebhahn started the business in 1994 at 23 years old when he
rented a 3,000-sq.-ft. space and pounded the pavement for custom-
ers. It has grown to have more than 30 employees and $3 million in
annual sales.
“It took a lot of hard work, a lot of late nights but I wasn’t tied
down to a family at that time. Obviously when you start something
like this you’ve got to give 110 percent, so the first three to four
years I worked until midnight, sometimes 2 a.m.,” says Rebhahn.

STARTING OFF
Originally from La Crosse, Wis., Rebhahn moved to Jacksonville
in sixth grade where his father was stationed in the U.S. Navy. He
took an interest in woodworking in middle school, participating in
state competitions and making an elaborate grandfather’s clock. In
high school, he made reproductions of Queen Anne furniture.
Through a work study program in grades 11 and 12, he secured
a job as a finisher at a cabinet shop. He also worked in the shop’s
building and production departments while attending classes at the
University of North Florida.
When a friend’s parents sought his expertise building their house,
he didn’t think twice about opening his own shop. He used that job
and several references to gain new clients and the work snowballed.
By 2001, he built his 15,000-sq.-ft. shop from the ground up.
“Mostly all of our clients are residential builders and interior
designers for homes around here and in Ponte Vedra Beach, with
some down by Palm Beach and a few in Orlando. It’s all residential.
We don’t get into commercial. The average homes we work start at
$800,000 and go up into the $5-6 million range.”

TURNKEY SHOP
Offering full design, build, finish and installation services, nothing
is subbed out at River City.
“We used to sub out doors and other components but we had is-
sues bringing those prefabricated parts here with this humidity. In
2003, we started manufacturing our own,” says Rebhahn.

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 “We’re trending towards flat panel doors, a more modern style panel
cabinet. Most of our work is in newer homes and [customers] want the
cleaner lines. Right now, our paint-grade woods are all soft maple. We
try to bring our wood in here and leave it sit to get it to the right mois-
ture level and get it acclimated. We’re also using a lot of rift cut white
oak and walnut.”
The shop’s equipment includes a SCM CNC rout-
er, edgebander and wide belt sander, two spray
booths, and a PMK door machine. The employee
count ranges from 28 to 32. Keeping a well-
trained crew on board is extremely difficult,
Rebhahn says.
“Our turnover rate can be pretty high. Last
year I was pretty shocked when my CPA told
me how many had turned over. There are
just a lot of kids who will come here thinking
they can do it and they can’t. We try to train
them, we give them a chance, and it’s unfortu-
nate the younger kids today are not taking this
skill set as a career path.
“Around here they’ve closed our skill centers
and they took woodshop out of most of the schools in
Jacksonville. Another thing that’s unfortunate is we try to
reach out to schools to get kids to come here and we just get
no response. We’ve been trying to get proactive. We emailed them
something to put on the board for the kids, but nothing happens.”
NUMBER CRUNCHING
Rebhahn made strategic upgrades to the shop in 2007, starting with
a 6,500-sq.-ft. addition for a spray and finishing area, followed by the
purchase of an SCM Routech model 210 flat-table CNC router in 2008.
Unfortunately, this coincided with the Great Recession that cut his pro-
duction in half by 2009.
The shop’s filing system
(above) for profile cutters.
Rebhan (far right) and part of
the team on another busy day.
“Last year we hit $3 million in gross revenue, which is our target.
During the recession we were right at a million or under. We would
like to hit $3 million again this year. That’s the best we’ve done even
prior to 2009 and is kind of my sweet spot.”
The recession left him feeling vulnerable and hesitant to continue
pushing forward the way he had been. He was down to 11
employees and admits it was a challenging time.
“It was like the water was turned off. We were try-
ing to save on electricity, sand paper usage, every-
thing. You critique everything you possible can
to squeeze every dollar out.
“I think I’m going to try to be a little smarter
in purchasing equipment. I will try to stay out
of debt. I just maintain all of our equipment
as best we can to keep costs down.”
Rebhahn adds he is fortunate to have a
good relationship with several other residen-
tial shops like his in the area.
“It’s not a cutthroat business. We call one
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 Manufacturers of prefinished panels offer an array
of high wear surfaces and design options
hile many woodshops use pre-
W finished hardwood veneered
panels to cut down on construc-
tion time, there has been resis-
tance among others to jump aboard because of
a belief that the coating will scratch in transit
or use, and also because of an impression that
the choices are limited to a clear UV on natu-
ral veneer. Here, as in almost every aspect of
the wood industry, technological norms are
changing those preconceived notions.
Prefinished panels have been around a
long time, and today the term has become
a little more fluid and all-embracing. Many
panels, for example, are not so much ‘fin-
ished’ as they are ‘ready to use’. There are
still lots of suppliers who manufacture a
coated wood veneer panel, and the quality of
the topcoat has improved dramatically over
the past few years. Shops have traditionally
just used them for low wear surfaces such
By John English
as cabinet interiors, drawer parts and some-
times shelves. But given that over half of
the new cabinets being built today are non-
woodgrain, shops also need to know about
options for high wear surfaces that involve
printing wood patterns, or powder-coated
MDF, or even pre-applied plastics.
Real wood options
In its literature and online resources, Tim-
ber Products Co. (timberproducts.com) makes
a very good case for prefinished panels. The
company notes that its ultraviolet curing tech-
nology on natural woodgrain panels is one
of the most environmentally conscious ways
to finish a product. UV curing contains no
formaldehyde and no harmful volatile or-
ganic compounds. Plus, the overall cost for
UV-cured panels is well below traditionally
applied coatings.
Timber Products’ flat line process helps
reduce waste by allowing excess finish to be
recycled and reapplied. That keeps the pur-
chase cost for a woodshop in check. And the
shops also experience direct cost advantages
after purchasing because of improved in-
house production times, lower spray equip-
ment and inventory requirements, and the
fact that some employees are now freed up
to focus on specializing in other areas of pro-
duction rather than finishing such as design,
machining and assembly. As evidence of the
way the industry is moving, Timber Prod-
ucts’ Sierra division (sierrafp.com) carries an
extensive assortment of hardwood plywood
and composite panels including MDF, LVL
and PB, plus decorative surfaces including
TFL, HPL, veneer and FRP options. Its pre-
finished hardwood panels meet AWI, KCMA
and miscellaneous ANSI standards.
Columbia Forest Products (columbiaforest-
products) makes a prefinished product called
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 Murphy Plywood’s
PermaGuard UV finish.
the FinishLine, a hardwood plywood with
four coating options designed to save fabrica-
tors time and money on cabinetry compo-
nent; UV Wood with a durable, VOC-free,
UV-cured, clear topcoat, and FirstStep, a pre-
primed panel.
Richwood Industries (richwoodind.com) dis-
tributes domestic, pre-finished, UV-coated
veneer core plywood in 1/4”, 7/16” and 1/2”
stock thicknesses (custom sizes are available),
and with a variety of face grade veneers. The
company also makes UV-cured doweled or
dovetailed drawers.
Pre-finished Nova panels from States Indus-
tries (statesind.com) are used primarily on inte-
rior vertical surfaces such as cabinets, closets,
fixtures and architectural interiors, particu-
larly where finish consistency across a large
number of panels is important. The company’s
Nova Peak line is pre-stained and finished,
and Nova Lab is a laboratory grade prefin-
ished panel. States also offers prefinished and
edge banded components.
Murphy Plywood (murphyplywood.com) of-
fers PermaGuard UV clear top-coating for the
panels that it manufactures, and the company
says it’s more durable than catalyzed coatings.
Murphy also has the ability to apply transpar-
ent or solid color stains, sealers, primers, toner
and water-based colors to wood panels. The
company has a commercial spectrometer and
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Some pre-finishes aren’t simply clear coats.
North American Plywood (naply.com) makes
DesignPly, which uses digital staining tech-
nology to print veneer grains, stains, and
graphics onto substrates such as plywood,
MDF and particleboard. Robots and a huge
inkjet printer make quick work of the process.
And Indiana Architectural Plywood (iaply-
wood.com) manufactures uniquely sized ar-
chitectural panels that can be ordered pre-
finished and machined. They are used for
blueprint matched applications that range
from wall systems and doors to furniture com-
ponents, inlaid conference table tops and even
aircraft interiors.
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nishes, high pressure laminate, and a panel
called Prime that is coated with a water-based
acrylic paint primer. Royal Plywood (royalply-
wood.com) offers a LEED-certified UV coating
on birch, maple and exotic prefinished panels,
while Far East American (feaco.com) offers an
imported white birch UV-finished plywood
panel in B-2, C-2 and C-3 face grades. Shelter
Forest International (issuu.com) makes Quad-
raPro, a four-coat UV-cured epoxy acrylate
plywood with a coating that’s twice as thick
as the industry standard, and comes in semi-
gloss or satin.
Seemac Inc. (seemac.com) offers prefinished
hardwood components including panels,
drawers and doors. And Plywood Express
(plywoodexpress.com) offers customized high-
end wood panel product manufacturing.
Most mills offer an in-house coating or can
recommend a subcontractor that can custom
coat panels, pre-cut and mill them, too. It’s a
good idea to check with your regular sales-
Funder America’s TFL panels.
person before beginning a search for a new
prefinished panel supplier.
Ecotech (ecotechpanels.com) is a prime exam- same color as the surface. That means a shop
High traffic panels ple. The company is a Latin American manu- can deliver essentially invisible joints without
With a global trend away from natural facturer of laminates and related products. edge strips. It is available in white, black, red,
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Oneskin high-gloss panels, available from Plywood Express.
fused laminate (TFL) panels that are avail-
able in a broad spectrum of sizes, thicknesses,
textures, and designs. It recently expanded
its Elme textured series from five colors to
eight. At the 2016 IWF, Funder launched the
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Freeborn shaper cutters ture combinations such as these are replacing
& Amana router bits natural wood as the quality and aesthetics
improve. Suppliers are beginning to hedge
their bets and offer both choices. For example,
California-based American Laminates (ameri-
canlaminates.com) offers a full catalog of TFL
panels, plus 14 wood-textured HPL options.
Bonlex (bonlex.com) is another enticing
choice. It’s a rigid thermoplastic PVC foil
(RTF) gives woodshops a nearly unlimited
selection of colors and finishes. The laminate
is manufactured by the Japanese company C.I.
Kasei Co., which prints a digitally enhanced
woodgrain, or a solid color or other pattern on
an inner layer of the PVC, blending it to de-
crease the appearance of cylinder lines.
Vesta panels from the Trupan division
Great pricing on replacement of Arauco can be ordered with a TFL finish
from the company’s Prism collection (prismtfl.
knives for Terminus, Tersa, com), and Arauco has recently added five new
Centrolock, and Quick-lock woodgrains to the menu. The new patterns
heads! (Alabaster, Argento, Gibraltar, Kodiak and
Palomino) reflect the gray overtones so popu-
lar right now.
Based in Quebec, Uniboard (uniboard.com)
Order online at offers a collection of more than 120 TFL col-
ors in 11 finishes, while Georgia-based Arclin
www.shapertooling.com (arclin.com) offers more than 75 stock designs
and receive free shipping on orders over $50000 and custom options, too. Plus, Collegewood
(collegewood.com) in Lincoln, Calif., offers a
Or Call 800-228-8151 line of rift cut grain patterns in deep embossed
panels that seem to pick up on flooring trends,
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and translate that linear grain to casework.
Despite the march of plastic, patterned
paint on wood is still a viable option. For
example, Roseburg (roseburg.com) says that its
UltraFinish panels are produced with a clear,
solid or woodgrain pattern that’s painted di-
rectly onto the substrate. UltraFinish comple-
ments the company’s line of Duramine pan-
els for drawer bottoms and cabinet backs, for
example. And CompactWood (compactwood.
com) is architectural quality wood that’s en-
capsulated within a phenolic compact sheet.
Showing grain, it is designed to withstand
harsh environmental conditions.
Other considerations
One of the more interesting options with
ready-to-use panels – and one that should
soon be available widely in the U.S. – is a new
process from Merino (merinolaminates.com).
The Indian company’s Digital Laminate lets a
woodshop customize panels with images. So,
for example, a shop might incorporate a pri-
vate client’s family portrait on flat panel closet
doors, or superimpose a product image on a
landscape in the background of a retail space.
It’s essentially custom-made plastic laminate
with photography.
For designers who want to use prefinished
panels to add drama to a space, Interlam in
Mt. Airy, N.C. (interlam-design.com) is a de-
signer and manufacturer of high-end sculpt-
ed, carved, decorative and ornamental wall
panels. Among those is a through-colored
engineered fiberboard known as ForesColor,
and the company also supplies a number of
wood and metal weaves that can add texture
without having to run them through the spray
booth.
Joinery options have increased to include new hardware, tool and machinery choices
BY JOHN ENGLISH
emember back in shop class when joinery used to mean lap, tion was designed to show cabinetmakers how easy it is to build with

R butt, mortise or dovetail? Well, times have changed.

The transition began when we tried to make those old
joints on new machines, and it didn’t take long to figure out
that there was a better way. Now, flat-packed casework can pop to-
gether with integral joinery that’s milled into the parts, or else it’s as-
the system, and how a small investment in desktop CNC could revolu-
tionize the output of a one- or two-man shop. Lockdowel’s E-clips let a
woodworker just snap casework together without screws or even glue.
The industry is certainly taking note of these new generation dowel
options. For example, CNC Factory (cncfactory.com) recently introduced
sembled with increasingly sophisticated hardware that, congruously, a Lockdowel automatic inserter machine with four stations, which
is becoming simpler with time. Yes, we’re still milling dovetailed it calls the Scorpion LDR. Larger shops like the fact that the system
drawers on CNCs, but the boxes eliminates the need for glue and re-
have moved along. duces labor costs. The new machine
Take, for example, the evolution has four working zones, automatic
of the lowly wooden dowel. The material loading, laser guided ro-
engineers at Fastenlink (fastenlink. botic measuring, advanced wireless
com) added a little shape to it and barcode reading - and a single em-
used plastic instead of wood. That ployee can run it.
transformed it into an entire snap- Laguna Tools (lagunatools.com)
together system. One end goes in has also designed a new boring/
a hole in one cabinet part while the inserting machine for Lockdowel
other slips into a ramped slot in fasteners. Known as the SmartShop
an adjacent part. When one part LD4, it can team up with a
is moved, they click together. It’s SmartShop CNC router to create a
fast, easy, cheap and simple. Plus, complete fastening solution. The
employees can assemble cabinets LD4 has four zones and two drill-
on the job in minutes. And milling ing units; one for 5mm and one for
the parts is easy on a CNC router 8mm. Its two vibratory barrels have
with software from Cabinet Vision, the ability to insert 30mm or 40mm
Microvellum, WoodCAD/CAM or spring pins and Locdowel E-clips,
KCD, using a special router bit. H-clips or channel locks.
Still talking about dowels, there’s
the catamaran (two-hulled) version Just popping in
developed by Lockdowel (lock- Häfele America Co. (hafele.com)
dowel.com) that looks like a pair of has a new piece of hardware called
ribbed dowels connected in a U or the Ixconnect Spreading Connec-
H shape. The company recently tor SC 8/25 that also delivers tool,
joined with ShopBot to demon- glue and clamp-free casework as-
strate the use of a Handibot por- sembly. Just drill a couple of 8mm
table CNC to drill holes for these holes, pop the connectors in and as
tool-less fasteners. The demonstra- the parts are pushed together the

Lockdowel’s fasteners snap together
for quick assembly.
connectors rachet, expand and then lock
into place.
Colonial Saw (csaw.com) announced the
arrival of Lamello’s new Cabineo last sum-
mer. This is a one-piece, ready-to-assem-
ble cabinet connector that was developed
by Lamello AG in Switzerland, and it can
be inserted in a surface routed recess on
cabinet components in the shop or on the
jobsite. When factory-installed, the parts
are easily flat-packed for transport and the
installer doesn’t need to remember to bring
loose fittings along. Cabineo can be used
with all kinds of CNC machines, includ-
ing very simple 3-axis and nested-based
machines, and the finished product can be
popped in and secured in a few seconds
using only a cordless drill. Optional decora-
tive cover caps are available in a variety of
colors.
Lamello has also introduced a new ver-
sion of the Classic X biscuit joiner, and
this one can cut grooves for 15 different
joining elements. It has a totally reworked
base plate, where the swiveling front and
stop square are now flush on both sides,
so it can be positioned flush to the work’s
outer edge. The angle and height scales
have been upgraded, and the base plate is
equipped with durable reference marks. A
new multi-functional stop square, which is
included in the kit, can be used for many
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Fastenlink’s plastic dowel, dedicated router bit and assembly process.
Castle’s model 100 portable machine.
functions. It can be placed on the bot-
tom of the base plate to increase the ap-
plication surface and stability during
vertical cutting. That makes it possible
to mill miter joints in pieces of differing
thicknesses, so they line up flush on the
outer surface, which can be very handy
in angled corner door and face frame
construction. Additionally, the groove
position can vary from 0 to 50mm, and
the motor has been upped to 780 watts.
And as if that wasn’t enough, Lam-
ello has developed the Invis Mx, a hid-
den connection that it drawn together
with a magnet. With no visible openings,
Invis Mx can be quickly detached and
reconnected at any time via its magnet
drive. Both halves of the system, con-
nectors and studs, are quickly and easily
screwed into pre-drilled 12mm holes. A
magnetic device called the MiniMag is
then fixed to the cordless drill and rotat-
ed on the surface to close the connection.
Festool (festoolusa.com) continues to
grow its family of Domino joinery op-
tions with the introduction of a new
Connector designed to make knock-
down joinery simpler and also more
stable. The Connectors’ large tightening
distance and long bolts can simplify fur-
niture or cabinet assembly, especially for
a one-man project. And each Connector
is quite forgiving: they will compensate
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By John English
T
he scale and dimension of drawer fronts and doors is often
determined by hardware. Over the years, kitchens have gained
a lot of new appliances – everything from blenders and proces-
sors to coffee systems and cellphone chargers. The physical re-
quirements that those impose, when added to changes in aesthetics and
taste, have changed the way that we store things. Soffits have given
way to taller wall units while simple Lazy Susans have evolved into
lavish hinged pull-outs. And drawers are getting bigger… a lot bigger.
Part of the reason for that is hardware.
Take, for instance, the new 3160EC from Accuride (accuride.com). In-
troduced last summer, it’s a commercial-grade, full-extension drawer
slide that can support a 100-lb. load in drawers that can be up to 5’
wide! Built like a tank, it has an anti-racking system that keeps the
drawer in line, and it comes with the company’s new interior Easy-
Close system that also reduces noise. Woodworkers especially like that
the 3160EC has multiple front-adjustment features on the engagement/
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Whether it’s drawer slides, pulls,
corbels, aluminum doors, moldings or
lighting, there’s a world of possibility
out there for casework designers
disconnect lever for horizontal, vertical, front-to-back and even in-and-
out adjustments. This slide can be a great choice for institutional proj-
ects where large, yet relatively flat items such as surgical apparatuses
or perhaps unrolled blueprints or maps need to be stored.
Blum (blum.com) has also been thinking about accessibility. Among
the company’s newer ideas is the Aventos HK-XS for installing top-
hinged doors on shallow wall cabinets. There’s a servo-drive for Aven-
tos that opens cabinet doors with just a light touch, and then closes
them with the press of a button. It’s like a tiny garage door opener.
Then there’s LegraBox, a metal drawer system that can save a lot of
shop time while meeting a lot of institutional (think medical) specs.
LegraBox is also very appealing to hygiene conscious consumers. Blum
has also combined its Tandem slide with Blumotion soft close to create
concealed full-extension runners. And complementing that is Compact
Blumotion, which is a face frame hinge with soft closing action built in.
Glideware is now part of the Rev-A-Shelf line (rev-a-shelf.com), and
some of its products take advantage partitions, plus accessories for cutlery.
of Blum’s soft close technology. In Titus was recently awarded a Gold
a nutshell, Glideware is a couple of Medal at the Furnica woodworking
drawer slides that are attached to a show in Poland for its T-type hinge
small beam about the size of a 2x4, with an intuitive hinge-to-plate mount-
and this is screwed to the top surface ing in any one of three directions.
inside a cabinet. Open the door and
pull out the device. Hooks or other Knobs and pulls
hangers can be placed anywhere Let’s face it – most consumers
along the bottom of the beam, and move right past hidden slides and
instantly adjusted back and forth. hinges to focus on knobs and pulls.
Glideware also offers a Lazy Susan The past few months have been es-
version for storing cookware in a pecially rich in new offerings in this
corner cupboard. field, as design trends inch farther
Grass America (grassusa.com) has and farther away from Grandma’s
developed a metal drawer system Blum’s Aventos (left) and storage raised panel, plainsawn red oak
called ZBox with ball bearing slides, solutions from Element Designs. kitchen with that ubiquitous fruit-
plus standard and deep drawer wood stain. New faces require new
heights. Grass has also added two new heights to Vionaro, its double hardware. Sleek options and color schemes in flooring, counters, wall
wall drawer line. There’s a new Tipmatic soft close option for its Dy- treatments and panels have melded with European influences over the
napro drawer system that includes an improved liquid damper (the past few years, and huge technological advances in paint, foil, print-
old ones were air), and a new front locking device. And the company’s ing and laminates have changed the way that kitchens, bathrooms and
Maxcess is now available in a frameless, Euro version with clever new offices look. But the new clean lines and almost sterile casework have
rear brackets. Maxcess is an under-mount slide that fits conventional also driven a need for some kind of visual, or at least tactile relief, and
drawer construction and offers maximum storage because of the mini- thankfully the manufacturers of knobs and pulls have delivered.
mal top and bottom clearances required. Now in its 37th year, Emtek (emtek.com) encourages designers and
In a similar vein, Titus Cabinet Hardware (cabinet.titusplus.com) has builders to mix and match from its inventory according to a customer’s
added the new Tekform double wall drawer with 0.55” thick sides. It taste and needs, rather than be tied to a single collection. Emtek has
comes in a variety of finishes and includes a simple mounting procedure. introduced a new Transitional Bath Hardware Collection that, while
It also has the Titus damper system, Confident Close. Tekform drawers somewhat stark and minimalist, still celebrates color by offering fin-
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and ZBox metal drawer system.
polished nickel, satin brass and un-lacquered
brass. The company has also straddled the line
between austerity and tradition with a similar
yet decidedly different offering, Transitional
Heritage, cabinet hardware that shows its Art
Deco roots.
Not to be outdone, Top Knobs (topknobs.com)
has introduced the new Hopewell Bath Collec-
tion that sports a matte black finish and soft,
round, yet dramatic lines. Included are double
and single towel bars, single hooks, bath tis-
sue holders, tissue hooks and towel rings. The
10-product collection is also available in brushed
satin nickel, oil-rubbed bronze, polished chrome
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and polished nickel finishes. The company has
also posted its 2018 catalog online as a download-
able PDF. There, woodworkers will find three new
collections called Lynwood, Ash Gray & Honey
Bronze, and Devon. The pulls run the range from
sleek and elegant to a hint of retro.
Richelieu (richelieu.com) is launching a new collec-
tion of decorative hardware that delivers an astonish-
ing selection of over 1,000 new knobs and pulls. The
hardware has a lot of retro influence (again, more than
a hint of Art Deco) that is delivered in warm, metal-
lic tones and very contemporary lines. The collection
comes in chrome and nickel, but also in new finishes
such as honey, champagne and chocolate bronze.
Decorative accents
In a throwback to hand tools, today’s designers are remembering that
carved and molded accents can be painted. But unlike the corbels and
columns of old, this generation of accents is milled on CNCs or cast in
foam and plastic. That means the parts are more reliably identical, mak-
ing them easier to incorporate and build around.
Osborne Wood Products (osbornewood.com) has recently added five
very attractive shelf brackets that feature a hardwood top and back
plate with a curved front. Inside the triangle formed by these elements
is one of several scrollwork high-density fiber plates. They come in
cherry, oak and maple, and a paintable alder version.
Brown Wood (brownwoodinc.com) has collected thousands of turned
and carved decorative wood components in its Designs of Distinction
catalog. The company has been supplying woodshops since 1927.
Designers who are reaching to outfit cabinets in the most modern
of styles might want to think about adding a few aluminum and glass
doors to their casework. Mixed in with painted or laminated surfaces,
they hint at industrial chic. Element Designs (element-designs.com) has
added several new inserts and finishes to its contemporary product
lines this year. Among them are leather inserts from EcoDomo and a
new matte black finish, called Onyx.
Sliding barn doors are back, too. Even big box stores are carrying
hardware kits, and a sliding door added to a work or living space can
pick up the style and finish of surrounding casework. Outwater (outwa-
ter.com) offers a number of kits online.
A. Lewis Manufacturing Co. has recently introduced a couple of
dozen new embossed moldings available in most Appalachian hard-
woods plus alder, mahogany and pine. Lewis also manufactures cus-
tom profiles and produces rosettes and a number of rope moldings. Glideware’s pull-out storage for pots and pans.

Snap panel lighting, available from Tresco Lighting.
Electrical upgrades
In the age of smart phones and tech hungry clients, charging ports
that hide in drawers or pop out of countertops are becoming main-
stream. Nobody does that better than Doug Mockett & Co. (mockett.
com), a supplier that also has a lot of answers when it comes to hiding
cables. The catalog is chock full of wireless chargers, pop-up power
docks, and under desk units. One of the newest additions is the PC-
S77A-23G, a 20-amp outlet built into a pop-up cylinder that is mounted
in a kitchen countertop.
LED lighting is also hot right now and Outwater offers a wide range
of options. For example, the company has a closet rod kit that can be
customized to any length in 2” increments. The lights are actually in-
side the rod itself, so when they are turned on they illuminate the cloth-
ing that hangs beneath.
On a larger scale, Hera Lighting (heralighting.com) designs, develops
and manufactures lighting solutions specifically for cabinets, furniture
and displays. Among its new offerings is FlexSheet-LED, which is ex-
actly what it sounds like – a flexible, customizable sheet containing sev-
eral small LED lights. It comes in two different light outputs and can be
cut along grid marks to create custom sizes and shapes. Multiple sheets
can even be tiled together to illuminate large surface areas. The flexibil-
ity of the sheet also allows for easy installation on curved surfaces.
A product from Tresco Lighting (trescolighting.com) has similar ap-
plications but is built in a different way. The company, which has been
part of Rev-A-Shelf since 2011, offers a dimmable, commercial-grade
Snap panel that is sold in 12” squares. Those in turn can be snapped
(folded and broken along pre-set lines) into 3” squares and connected
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arrange and square the layout of the room
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according to the company. The stand-alone battery sells according to the company. Avail-
for $99, in a two pack for $129, and with one battery and a able in April, the bare tool will sell
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AT THE GALLERIES
Winterthur Museum hosting
furniture forum in April
By Jennifer Hicks
T
he Winterthur Museum in Wilm-
ington, Del., has scheduled a forum
on Furniture Traditions of the Early
American Countryside on Apr. 12-
14. The program will include lectures, a craft
demonstration, and workshops highlighting
exciting new research on cabinetmakers in
New England, the Shenandoah Valley, and
the South
“It will inspire greater understanding of,
and appreciation for, the many cultural cross-
currents that shaped life throughout 18th-
and early 19th-century rural America,” ac-
cording to a gallery statement.
The Winterthur Furniture Forums are a
combination of tours, scholarly briefings, and
demonstrations providing a deep dive into
themed topic related to period furniture.
“The periodic forums provide an entertain-
ing and informative deep dive into period
furniture history, key pieces, major makers,
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original owners, attribution criteria, and dif-
ferentiating construction methods, all or-
ganized around the chosen theme for each
year’s meeting,” the gallery said.
“Several hundred attendees are drawn
from academics, high-end collectors, top
dealers, museum curators, museum conser-
vators, and furniture makers. The forum is an
excellent way to increase your appreciation
for, and understanding of, American period
furniture.”
For information, visit www.winterthur.org.
Chippendale exhibit
And now for something completely differ-
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The Leeds City Museum in West Yorkshire, day. It’s being called the most comprehensive
England, is hosting an exhibit on Thomas exhibition of Chippendale’s work ever pre-
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“Alongside well-known masterpieces from
public collections there will be rarely-seen fur-
niture from private houses and some new dis-
coveries, never-before exhibited,” according to
a gallery statement. “The exhibition explores
Chippendale’s life and work in five major
themes: his family origins, training, career and
the publication of the ground-breaking Direc-
tor; his furniture in the Rococo, Gothic, Chinese
and neo-Classical styles; the management of his
commissions, including relations with clients;
his workshops, including manufacturing and
decorative techniques; and his legacy from the
18th-century to the present day.”
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meets every third Thursday evening at 3809 W. Spring Show. Over 240 artists featuring their members. Location: Eisenhart Auditorium at
Broad St. in Tampa. www.tampawoodcrafters.org latest works in furniture, woodworking and the Rochester Museum and Science Center in
other mediums. Location: Three County Fair- Rochester. www.rochesterwoodworkers.org
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tours. Held prior to the IWF show, the event July 19-22 — Society of American Period ture and designs from over 800 international
includes tours of local manufacturing facilities Furniture Makers mid-year event. Annual exhibitors that attracts visitors from the design
throughout Atlanta. www.cabinetmakers.org gathering for members and guests to attend industry and general public. Location: Javits
workshops, lectures and more. Location: Old Convention Center. www.icff.com
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show featuring the latest products from hun- April 13-15 — 2018 Philadelphia Furniture
dreds of exhibitors and dozens of seminars MISSOURI Show, featuring fine furniture and other home
to help woodworking business operations June 22 — Cabinet Makers Association furnishings by professionals with a special
achieve maximum production, profit and ef- Regional event featuring a tour Cabinet Con- premier for emerging artists. Location: 23rd St.
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