FDMC May 2024
In This Issue
Do you have the right tool for your job?
Are you letting your current skills and equipment limit what you can do?
FDMC 300: Architectural woodwork and retail fixture firms share outlooks
FDMC 300 manufacturers interviewed are cautiously optimistic on sales projections for 2024 and beyond.
Notable Nine: Top trending woodworking stories in the May issue
The nine most widely read stories that appeared in the May issue of FDMC magazine.
Mass-timber garnering mass appeal
This strong, aesthetically pleasing, low-carbon alternative to concrete and steel is growing by leaps and bounds, and not just in height.
Lancaster: Your next stop for success
Wood Pro Expo in Lancaster, PA, is the only professional woodworking event in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions in 2024.
Slideshow: Custom woodwork helps create a Jules Verne vibe
MONTREAL – A passionate collector’s dream of opening a museum to house his extensive collection of Jules Verne related artifacts was brought to life by the design firm FOR. aided greatly by bespoke cabinetry and millwork manufactured by Chagall Cabinetmakers.
CNC long-term review: Projects and lessons
With every project, new lessons are learned on our journey with our first CNC router.
2024 Young Wood Pro finalists & winner
Watch a video montage of the finalists and winning project from the 2024 Young Wood Pro contest.
Slideshow: View the finalists of the 2024 #YoungWoodPro competition
Each year, Woodworking Network's Young Woodworking Professionals competition recognizes outstanding projects and the young wood pros who create them. Entrants must be between the ages of 18-35, (by year’s end 2024) and be a professional woodworker. This year we were able to narrow the submissions down to 15 finalists and one winner will be chosen by our panel of judges based on two categories: overall look/presentation of the project, and complexity of construction and design.
Converting whiskey barrels for furniture
Gene Wengert answers questions about using whiskey barrels for furniture and also questions about green color in walnut, a solar wood dryer, paint on bacterial infected wood, color variations in oak.
Rubberwood: From waste product to furniture.
Retired rubber trees in plantations become new furniture.
Three words you need to know
Learn three Japanese terms that are superpowers in your war on waste.
Trying a sustainable substitute for ebony
Thermalwood Canada introduces Obsidian Ebony, a modified wood product.
Sandy Berliner, former FDM publisher, dies at 86
Berliner published FDM, CabinetMaker, and UDM magazines and founded a firm to buy those publications in 1998.
Is your veneer work a winner?
There’s still time to enter your work in the Veneer Tech Craftsman’s Challenge.