FDMC January 2024

Learning is more powerful than training and is the key to future success.

The Revolution Workshop helps build skills, hope, and resilience in two of Chicago’s most underserved communities through construction and woodworking training, and through job creation.

What started out as a Cub Scout project in the early 1990's is now an annual company event.

This new non-profit organization is developing a scalable curriculum that incorporates the WCA Skill Standards and Passport credentialing system to teach students woodworking skills that will make them workforce ready.

Manufacturers offer a rainbow of coatings, but how do you decide?

Matt Buell returns as host, and Grizzly renews sponsorship of contest and portal for new pro woodworkers.

Century Components is growing. It recently opened a new assembly and warehouse facility.

Bora NGX rip guide makes for straight rip cuts with a circular saw.

One of the most interesting design innovations in recent years can make almost any material a premium surface option.

What are you doing to close your personal knowledge gap?

The Wood Doctor also answers questions about bumps in wooden flooring, and how thick 4/4 lumber is supposed to be.

Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) grows in the Rocky Mountains, from Alaska to northern New Mexico, in the Black Hills and on the Pacific Coast. Poles of this tree were used by Native Americans for structural supports for teepees and lodges; hence the common name of lodgepole.