Your Passion for Woodworking vs. Transformative Technology: Where To from Here?
If you have ever thumbed through any woodworking magazine, you might perceive that the world of woodworking is reserved only for those with meticulous technique. When I first started woodworking, I―like many―romanticized the cultivation of technique and the pursuit of complex joinery: A journey that usually resulted in hours of slow methodical cuts…a side project […]
Construction Jobs Drop In March but Still Up Over a Year Ago
The construction job picture continues to be unstable, showing a decrease in positions in March versus the month before but still gaining versus 2022 numbers. The slowdown in the residential housing market continues to have a negative impact on the number of construction jobs but the results so far this year are outpacing the 2022 […]
Vanguard Debuts New Printers and Partnering Tech
Four new printers as well as accompanying software technology have been introduced this spring by Vanguard Digital Printing Systems, a Durst Group Company who exhibited at IWF 2022. Vanguard, the digital printing systems company headquartered in Lawrenceville, GA, is introducing new flatbed, roll-to-roll and hybrid printers, as well as partnering technology with its Colex Sharpcut […]
IWF Night at the Tabernacle Is Back in 2024
Exclusive Preview: IWF Night at the Tabernacle—the hottest ticket at IWF 2022—is BACK with more at IWF 2024. IWF Night at the Tabernacle 2022 delivered nonstop entertainment and networking for more than 1,000 attendees in the largest all-show event in IWF history. To see what’s in store at NATT 2024, check out the best of the […]
Lumber Remains #2 Seller at Lowe’s
Sales of lumber and building supplies are a larger part of sales at Lowe’s than they are at arch-rival competitor Home Depot. Taken together they represent the best selling products at the DIY chain. A new analysis of sales by product categories at the country’s second biggest home improvement chain, Lowe’s, shows that lumber and […]
More Millennials Now Own Than Rent
Throw out your old cliches about the millennial generation being largely renters – or worse, still living with their parents. New research shows more than half of this generation now are homeowners. More millennials now own their own homes than rent, a remarkable shift in the status of the nation’s largest demographic group. And it […]
How Big Is Too Big for Mass-Timber Buildings?
Even as builders around the world continue to put up larger and larger structures using mass-timber construction, a new report says there are limits to how big you can make a wooden building. Construction of residential, office and commercial buildings using timber construction have boomed the past few years as builders look to the material […]