A Few Minutes With...
A Few Minutes With… Todd Herzog, CEO
Accu-Router, Inc., Morrison, TN
Politics silences a once-great U.S. industrial giant:
Tell the story as an impetus for change

Custom Shop
Serving both the custom residential cabinet market and commercial cabinet market requires flexibility in design and production methods. Cabinets Plus, based in Bakersfield, Calif., has both.

Hot Gear
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Drying and Roughmill
Some comments on hand-held moisture
meters in hardwood lumber drying. Dr. Fred Lamb examines the different types of moisture meters and their role in hardwood drying.

Material Issues
Bill Altman, president of the Hardwood Plywood and Veneer Association gives us an update on global and domestic veneer markets.

Production Line
Healthcare casegoods producer Kangoo Products of Englishtown, NJ, says the lifeblood of its com - pany’s production lies in a free software package.

Process of the Month
For Ernst Cabinet Works in Hamburg, Pa., the implementation of an advanced software program has simplified the complicated designs associated with high-end custom kitchen cabinetry, along with streamlining its production process. Meanwhile, Top Drawer Component in Apache Junction, AZ, has improved its margins with new optimization software.

Sanding Sense
Sanding expert Howard Grivna helps you define your widebelt sanding requirements, select a specific brand and then make the most of your decision.

Supply Side
Take a look at the latest product offerings from some of the industry’s leading finish manufacturers.

Think Lean
Value Stream Mapping used properly can be a strategic tool to scrutinize business processes from beginning to end and create a focused plan for real breakthrough performance. Lean manu- facturing expert Ken Rolfes explains the ins and outs.

Trends
The American Furniture Manufacturers Association (AFMA) has become the American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA), reflecting these changing times of overseas furniture manufacturing and imports — in short, globalization. Modern Woodworking interviews its CEO, Andy Counts, to analyze the name change.

Trends: Wood Bits
The Woodworking Machinery Industry Association (WMIA) announced the 2004 Innovator, Educator and Global Marketer of the Year Awards on October 19th at its annual awards dinner honoring woodworking industry leaders.

Words of Wisdom
Customize me! That’s the latest cry from a consumer audience that doesn’t want its decor to look like page 35 in the latest catalog, or like every other bedroom in the neighborhood, or worst of all, like their mother’s living room. They want to bring their own ideas for furniture to life — ideas to suit their lifestyles and personalities.