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New Shelf Blocks Make Do-it-yourself Furniture Easy – Rockler Introduces ISemble Shelf Blocks to Simplify Construction of Desks, Shelves and Other Custom Furniture

January 29, 2012 By 1 Comment


Rockler Woodworking and Hardware has introduced ISemble Shelf Blocks to help do-it-yourselfers make custom furniture with ease. Furniture can be built in minutes using simple household tools. Using included screws, the ISemble Shelf Blocks form sturdy columns between shelves or countertops made of wood or other material. They are made of steel and feature a black powder coat finish and classic cross design to fit almost any decor.

“There is no easier or quicker way to build furniture,” said Steve Krohmer, Vice President of product development. “If you have the building material you want to use and a drill to drive the screws, the ISemble Shelf Blocks and included screw make the rest of the process easy. People can now build their own furniture without complicated wood joinery skills or a shop full of expensive tools.”

ISemble Shelf Blocks make construction of custom furniture a viable option for anyone from college students to grandparents. The simple shape lends itself for use in a variety of furniture forms, from end tables and entertainment centers to bookshelves and desks. The steel construction and bracketed shape of the ISemble Shelf Blocks will support shelving spans of up to 36″ of standard 3/4″ lumber. Reasonable cost and quick assembly make this an attractive new option for anyone who desire to make furniture that fits their space and personal style.

The ISemble Shelf Blocks (47512) come in pairs and retail for $ 19.99. They are available at Rockler Woodworking and Hardware stores nationwide, Rockler independent resellers, Rockler.com, or in the Rockler catalog. For store locations or a free catalog, please visit http://www.ROCKLER.com or call 1-877-ROCKLER.

Note: Hi-resolution visualize and text to go along with this news release are available for download at http://www.rockler.com/news

About Rockler Woodworking and Hardware
Celebrating its 58th year as a family-run business, Rockler Woodworking and Hardware is the nations premier supplier of specialty hardware, tools, pounding and other high quality woodworking products. Rockler has 29 retail locations in AZ, CA, CO, GA, IL, IN, MA, MI, MN, MO, NH, NY, OH, OR, PA, TX, WA, and WI positive 60 independent reseller locations nationwide, as well as extensive catalog and internet operations.

To learn more about Rockler, please see http://www.ROCKLER.com or call 1-877-ROCKLER.

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Do It Yourself Carpentry Is Here To Stay: 5 things you need to know about carpentry

January 25, 2012 By 2 Comments

Article by Trevor Dalley

Most carpentry schools accost courses on how to jog a successful carpentry business. If you’re interested in being your own boss, you will take to acquire about the rules and regulations in your industry and other little things such as how much you should charge for a peculiar type of work.

Carpentry is a very large field and most of the time, it is virtually unimaginable to acquire all the skills when you simply have so much time and resources. That’s why it is oft advocated that you select a specialty and further raise your skill in that area.

For example, if you love building cabinets, you might desire to regard specializing in building cabinets so that you can make the better cabinets or trot a carpentry company that manufacture nothing but the better cabinets.

Anyone pursuing a career in carpentry must have carpentry training courses as part of their education. If you are grave about your career it is imperative that you are prepared and manifested decently.

There are a variety of options uncommitted when it comes to readying for your career. The first thing you should do is do certain carpentry is a full suit for you. There are two principal types of carpentry.

The first is morphologic carpentry which of course deals with buildings. The second is detail carpentry which involves building and reconstructing furniture and other items. Out of the two geomorphological carpentry requires the most education and experience.

If you are a carpenter or are regarding a career as a carpenter, you are be like rummy about carpentry books. A carpenter is someone who builds things away of wood. Carpentry books infect you useful information about what carpentry is and the canonic practices of a carpenter.

While many carpenters are utilized on unexampled construction sites, others clear their living doing remodeling or geomorphologic alteration work. As you can glimpse, carpentry is a broad-unfastened field with many job opportunities and the chance to increase your move-home pay as your craft skills turn.

But still more significantly, since carpenters are mostly conversant with the total construction process, they are regularly shown with opportunities to be boosted to construction foremen and superintendents.

Among the things that you will learn during your years in carpentry apprenticeship is the difference between the unlike types of carpentry.

Fine carpentry is a task that will likely move the long to master. This special discipline involves working with elements of the structure that will be quite seable after concluding construction such as wood detailing, cabinet doing, window installation and other such tasks.

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Woodworking Tools : How to Use a Wood Turning Lathe

January 23, 2012 By 13 Comments

In order to use a wood lathe, lock a piece of wood into the head stock and tail stock, start the tool at its slowest speed and support the tool with the blade in hand. Learn how to rotate the chisel when using a wood turning lathe with help from an experienced woodworker in this free video on woodworking tools. Expert: Dave Trull Contact: www.trullgallery.com/ Bio: Dave Trull has been in the woodworking business for 18 years. Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz

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Basic Woodworking Tools

January 20, 2012 By 2 Comments

Woodworking is popular all over the world as both a profession and a pastime. There are a wide range of woodworking tools, however, when you’re first starting out you should only need a handful of them and you certainly don’t need to go out and spend loads of money.

The best advice anyone can give you is to start exposing buying only those tools you feel comfortable using and to add tools later on as you need them. Also, while it may be tempting to go for the cheaper tools, it’s the sturdier the tool is, the longer it will finally. So if you want to save money, check for tool sales or you can level buy them second hand. If it’s a good tool, it will often last for many years.

When it comes to woodworking tools, the basics include drill bits, hammers, hacksaws, levels, pliers, safety glasses, sandpaper, screwdrivers, tape measures and wrenches. Make sure you are familiar with how to use the tool, as well as what it’s used for, before you even pick it up. Being overly confident about a tool before you learn about it is a good way to get injured.

If you are a beginner woodworker, you should always start with delicate woods such as pine or spruce, as they are much easier to work with than harder woods. Once you become more comfortable, you tin then move on to more exotic woods like cherry or Baltic birch.

Once you become more experienced, you can move on to power tools. Circular saws, power drills, jigsaws, random orbital sanders, table saws and compound miter saws are excellent tools to work with if you wish to create more complex woodworking projects.

No matter what woodworking tooling you’re using, withal, you should always put safety foremost. You should always wear the proper safety equipment. Safety goggles, ear protection if you’re using power tools, and gloves are necessary so as to prevent injury.

You’ll also want to pay attention to the clothing you wear. Loose fitting clothing should be avoided and instead you should choose thicker materials such as denim. This will protect you from heat as well as flying wood chips. You should also refrain from wearing any jewelery that can get snagged by any of the tools you’re using.
Woodworking can be a lot of fun as long as you educate yourself on the proper procedures and you put safety first.
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Carpentry Plan Strategy and Tactics

January 15, 2012 By 2 Comments

Article by Jereme Green

A carpentry plan is very important to have when doing carpentry. When a person has a plan he or she is now ready to get the job done in a professional way. One charactistic that a great carpenter has is planning ahead. Here is some strategic ways to plan out a carpentry job, home improvement job, and many other projects that one may be interested in.

Have A Vision

One great way to plan out a project is first to have a vision know what you want before it is complete. This is the number one rule. If a person starts to build or work on a project and they are not sure how it is supposed to look they are surely doomed. Recently I was working in Bay Way Refinery doing scaffolding and one thing that I realized is that before building the scaffold it is very important to picture how the finish product before producing it. If I didn’t things would not work out in a productive manor.

Make A List

Making a material list is very important. Most carpenters know a material can save allot of confusion and wasted time. The material list wont always be accurate but it should be very close. Usually the list is checked twice to make sure everything is ok. Normally it is not a huge list but something small just to start out with. The list should include things to complete the job such as nails, glue, tape, paint whatever. Also create a tool list on all the tools that will be need to do the job.Preparation is very important in carpentry,being prepared always makes the job go smooth.

Get The Job Done

The next step is getting the job done. Putting the pieces together.Try to have fun life is what you make it so live it up and have a great time. Some carpentry projects will be more difficult than others. Love to challenge yourself it will make you a better person in the short and long run. Through out my carpentry career I have been challenged by as well but nut being persisatant is what got me through and you can do the same.

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Sam Lippman Announces Orlando as the Exclusive Destination Sponsor of the 2012 Attendee Acquisition Roundtables

January 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Arlington, VA (PRWEB) January 07, 2012

Sam Lippman, president of Integrated Show Management & Marketing (ISM) and producer of the Exhibition & Convention Executives Forum (ECEF), Large Show Roundtable (LSR) and the new Exhibit Sales Roundtable (ESR) announces that Visit Orlando will be the exclusive city sponsor of the March and June 2012 Attendee Acquisition Roundtable (AAR) events.

AAR is an invitation-only workshop for convention and exhibition marketing professionals. AAR, limited to 20 event marketers, share the latest tactics, technologies and best practices for effective attendance promotion, acquisition and retention. Other AAR sponsors include: CompuSystems, ds+f, Jacobs Jenner & Kent and Trade Show Executive.

As one of just a few DMOs offering an in-house marketing professional dedicated to working with our meeting clients, Visit Orlando has been a pioneer in attendance-building initiatives. Were looking forward to sharing our insights with AAR attendees, said Gary Sain, President and CEO, Visit Orlando.

Visit Orlando is thrilled to play a larger role in these great events that Sam and his team produce. Were looking forward to the face-to-face interaction and conversations around moving the industry forward in 2012 and beyond, commented Tammi Runzler, Senior Vice President of Convention Sales and Services, Visit Orlando.

Adding Orlando as a sponsor/subject matter expert to the 2012 Attendee Acquisition Roundtables is a major benefit to attendees because Orlando is skilled in attracting visitors from around the world, according to Sam Lippman, producer and facilitator of the AAR.

AAR will take place March 15 and June 20, 2012 at the Washington Marriott Metro Center in Washington, DC.

All AAR participants must qualify to attend and no more than two participants per organization may attend. If approved, the first participant from each organization will be charged $ 325. The second participant from each organization will be charged $ 195.

Qualified individuals can apply by visiting http://www.largeshowroundtable.com/AAR.

About Exhibition and Convention Executives Forum (ECEF)

ECEF is the worlds only one-day forum exclusively for independent and association executives. At this invitation-only forum 200 leaders of the exhibition and convention industry focus on ways to increase revenues and the relevance of their events through C-level content and networking. More information is available at http://www.eceforum.com.

About Large Show Roundtable (LSR)

LSR is an invitation-only workshop for show producers with 125,000+ net square feet of exhibit space. LSR gathers 18 producers for facilitated problem-solving. Participants own LSR because they create the agenda and play an active role in helping their peers define solutions. More information is available at http://www.largeshowroundtable.com.

About Exhibit Sales Roundtable (ESR)

ESR provides 18 exhibit and sponsorship sales and service professionals the opportunity to meet, network and learn from peers and a select group of subject matter experts in a hands-on, interactive format. Attendees will benefit from the latest practices and techniques to strengthen their exhibit sales and sponsorship programs. More information is available at http://www.largeshowroundtable.com/ESR.

About CompuSystems

CompuSystems is a full-service trade show registration contractor capable of providing a broad range of services. Its current proprietary registration system is the result of more than 30 years of development around client needs.

About ds+f

ds+f is a professional branding, marketing and advertising agency with nearly three decades of experience developing innovative solutions to help organizations define business strategy, transform company culture, increase brand performance and personality, deliver attendees and exhibitors to world-class events, and, most importantly, prosper.

About Jacobs Jenner & Kent

Jacobs Jenner & Kent is a full-service marketing research and consulting firm established in 1980. Its clients cover a range of business disciplines, including tradeshow management, association management, advertising, public relations, finance, IT and healthcare.

About Visit Orlando

Visit Orlando is the only officially recognized sales and marketing organization for the Orlando and Orange County area. Chartered in 1983 as a private not-for-profit organization, Visit Orlando represents more than 1,450 private businesses that make up the area’s tourism industry. Visit Orlando is dedicated to promoting the area as one of America’s great vacation and meeting destinations and provides comprehensive, unbiased information to all travelers.

About Trade Show Executive

Trade Show Executive magazine provides news, views and tools to the managers of shows large and small, in every industry from automotive to medical to woodworking, so that show executives can turn innovative ideas into a competitive edge.

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Get started in woodworking. Beginning woodworking: tools you’ll need.

January 8, 2012 By 56 Comments

This is a video to encourage people interested in woodworking to go ahead and get started in the hobby. Don’t be dismayed by woodworkers with their high-end tools and techniques. You don’t need a lot of fancy tools or space to set up a basic shop. With a small amount of money you can make a lot of practical projects.

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Carpentry?

January 5, 2012 By 2 Comments

Question by Diane C: Carpentry?
I am opening up a wall between 2 rooms, leaving a knee wall to be used for counter space. On one end of the opening the studs travel floor to ceiling, the other end opens into an existing doorway. The knee wall has no rigidity on the existing door side. Do you have any ideas how to stiffin the knee wall?
Thank you to all answers.

Best answer:

Answer by NottsandDerbys
Can’t make out why the doorway end isn’t rigid, it should have studs from the bottom to the top at the side of the doorways too, also a trimmer above the head of the door-frame, and a stud from the trimmer to ceiling, if it doesn’t have, put them there.

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