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Producing students that are ready to perform in today’s ever changing industry when they graduate takes a balance between arming them with more traditional hands-on skills along with the latest knowledge on automatic machinery and software. That is just the experience that the woodworking program...
It doesn’t take an economist to realize that what goes on south of the border impacts Canadian manufacturers. According to a report issued by Export Canada, Canadian exporters of value added wood products are feeling the effects of the U.S. housing crisis more acutely than any other manufacturing...


Editorial/Columnists
Switching to lean
The owner of Saskatoon’s SBC Case Industries Ltd., Patric Byrns, was already sold on the potential benefits offered by the lean manufacturing approach before participating in a multiple module lean training program. However, he needed help to raise the knowledge level of shop employees and to implement the concepts on the shop floor first. That’s where the technical expertise of an outside resource really paid off. 
Software and design: two words that some think should never go together. Software is often perceived as technical, logical and sometimes just plain frustrating. Design is more commonly associated with art. It’s about vision, the harmony
of colours, lines, textures and space. I think many who eschew software for a more traditional approach would be surprised to discover just how far software has come in terms of helping in the design portion of the job.
I have a unique and exciting contract to provide millwork for a new building that will be front-and-centre at the upcoming Vancouver Winter Olympics. It consists mainly of wall and ceiling panels that are designed to make the visitor feel like they are inside a giant stack of lumber.


Products
The new SATA Vario top spray from Eurotech is a high efficiency 1:1 ratio double membrane pump. Virtually maintenance free, the fine pressure regulator ensures a steady, non-pulsating fan pattern....
The Bi-Matic Dynamic 4.5 edge bander from Akhurst is capable of applying PVC and coil tape up to 3mm, laminate, and solid wood edges up to 5mm thickness. The machine comes standard with Line Control...
The DSB Singlehead thin cutting band saw from Wintersteiger is designed for sawing of wood blocks into lamellas for engineered floors, doors, multilayer boards and many other uses. Its block guiding...
20-20 CAD by 20-20 Technologies supports commercial and residential design of cabinets, range hoods, vanities, corner cabinets, islands, store fixtures or other “special request” items.  This...