Vol 20 - Spring 2014 - Madison Area Technical College

VOLUME 20
SPRING, 2014
W O O D M OV E S
E-News from the Cabinetmaking & Millwork Program at Madison College
HEADED FOR WASHINGTON D.C.
Our students have been working on an interesting
piece of history. Last fall, we were approached by Bob
Ross at Forest Products Lab, located here in Madison,
to see if we could build a reception desk for the U.S.
Forest Service building in Washington D.C. The desk
was to be made from re-purposed materials: southern
yellow pine glulams from one of the first ever laminated timber structures in North America and white oak
from the navy minesweepers built in Sturgeon Bay, WI.
We received the materials in December and were able
to resaw the timber before winter set in. The SYP timbers, which had supported a building for 75 years until
a fire damaged the building, looked fresh as the day
the wood was harvested. Our students participated in
the design and construction of this desk, and perhaps
will someday take their kids to see it in Washington
D.C. The desk will soon make its way to its final resting
spot, within eyesight of the Washington Monument.
In this issue:
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Program News & Upcoming dates
(Page 2)
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Recent donations

Building a woodworking family
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Euro Rangate 2014 (Page 3)
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Stiles solid wood seminar Thursday, 4/24 (Flier/Page 4)
Above: Resawing the laminated timber with our Woodmizer.
Below: Students with the soon to be completed reception desk.
FREE SOLID WOOD SEMINAR—APRIL 24TH
Back by popular demand, representatives from Stiles Machinery will
present at our third and final seminar of the year. Joining Peter Van
Dyke will be David Hise and Dave Schmidt, both from the High Point,
N.C. office of Stiles Machinery. Peter will discuss the modern rough
mill; David Hise will conduct knife grinding and moulder set up demonstrations; and Dave Schmidt will share his tooling expertise. If previous
seminars are any indication, this seminar will surely fill up quickly. Participants can attend free of charge, but must pre-register. Details can
be found on the last page of this newsletter. Lunch is included.
PROGRAM SUPPORT GROWS
In an era of stagnant or decreasing budgets, we
have benefitted from great industry support. This
spring, Graco donated an Air-Assisted Airless spray
system valued at $3,000. This system will allow us
to expand our educational offerings using waterborne finishes.
Stiles Machinery recently held a drawing and Madison college was selected to receive a cut-off saw or
$4000 discount on any of their Ironwood line of
machines. We selected a line boring machine.
Recently two area manufacturers donated several
thousand dollars worth of panel products for students to work with. No donation is too small. We
thank the following list of donors since last July:
3M
Applied Adhesives
AquaCoat
AWFS
Bessey
Carley Wood Associates
Fred Bull
Graco
Quickscrews
Rangate
Stiles machinery
Sveneers
Ceramic Industrial Coatings
Colonial Saw
Colorspec
Franklin International
TJ Hale
Veneer Tech
WCA
Wood Design
FREE EMPLOYMENT LISTINGS
AVAILABLE ON TECHCONNECT
Madison College, in collaboration with the other 15 Wisconsin
Technical Colleges, has created a job posting website - Wisconsin TechConnect. Employers can post an ad free of
charge via this link:
http://www.wisconsintechconnect.com/
Graduates who sign up for this service automatically receive e
-mail notifications of your posting. Here are a few tips on using the Tech Connect website:
Check out our Program Website
www.madisoncollege.edu
M Y WO O D WO R K I N G FA MI LY
I went to my first trade show in 1999. Since then, I
have been to at least one major trade show annually,
including IWF in Atlanta, AWFS in Las Vegas, Ligna in
Hannover, and most recently, Fensterbau in Nuremberg (see page 3). When I first started, I didn’t know
a single person. Through the years, I have developed
an extended family of friends. This helped me greatly
over the past several months as I took on the monumental task of revising a textbook—Modern Cabinetmaking. As one colleague told me, it’s the last good
book out there, and only about 25% of it is still relevant.
I’ve called in a lot of favors to update this book and
personally have invested over 1500 hours in the project. This year has been intense, and I never would
have made it this far without the support of my family, both close and far. To all those who answered my
call for images, or took the time to review my manuscript, thank you! To my students who posed for
many of the pictures, thank you! An to my colleague,
brother and close friend who has kept the program
running as I focused my non-teaching hours on the
book, words cannot express my appreciation.
DONATIONS TRULY MATTER
We are grateful for the numerous
donations over the past several
years which have supported a
number of class activities and
scholarships. If you have something to donate, be it materials,
money or time, please contact us.
Your support makes a difference
in the lives of our students!
4/24/14 Solid Wood Seminar
4/30/14 SkillsUSA-WI Cabinetmaking Competition
5/13/14 Advisory Ctte. Meeting
5/16/14 Graduation
6/3/14 New student orientation
7/17/14 New student orientation
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RANGATE EURO TOUR 2014
I recently had the opportunity to spend 10 days travelling through Europe with a group of window
and door producers from the U.S.A. and Canada. Organized by Rangate, the first leg of the tour included visits to several companies in Italy, Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic. The final 4 days
were spent attending Fensterbau/Holz-Handwerk in Nuremberg, Germany. This is the second largest
show in Europe for wood manufacturers. With 12 halls and over 100,000 visitors, this show is more
than four times the size of the largest North American trade show for the wood industry!
Thanks to a travel grant, some personal funds, and the generous assistance of Greg Godbout of Rangate and Cristian Zuani of Zuani tools, I was able to participate in this tour. Below is a summary of
the companies we visited.
Our journey
started in Italy
with tours of
two window
manufacturers. Fratelli Luchesa
is a 15 member company with
seven brothers participating in
the family enterprise. They are
located in the mountains surrounding beautiful Lake Guarda,
in northern Italy. We then travelled to Leonardi, a family operation producing windows and
doors for residences. In what
seems to be customary in Italy,
each tour ended with a sampling of Italian food and wine.
Our final factory tour was
to a company
located in
The fourth day included visits to Dalovice in the Czech Republic.
two small shops, one in Austria Bohemia Lignum is one of the
largest window manufacturers
and one in Germany. Both
in Czech. Thanks to Jaroslav
shops are producing windows
Soukup, of Soukup Machinery,
certified by Passivhaus. The
first, Freisinger Fensterbau, was we were able to tour their ultra
clean, automated manufactura 15 member firm located just
ing facility. After visiting the
south of the German border.
company, we had a walking tour
They showed us the evolution
of a nearby spa town, Karlovy
of their window designs over
Vary, home to many beautiful
the past decade.
historic buildings, with a lot of
windows and doors!
In addition to window manufacturers, we spent several hours
at Zuani. A family operation located in Rovereto, Zuani is one
of the premier manufactures of
custom tooling for the door and
window market world wide.
Their facility was immaculate,
and brothers Cristian and Thomas were generous with their
time and willingness to share
the entire production process.
Constantly innovating, the
Zuani’s shared recent trends
and solutions in the industry.
It is a rare opportunity to be
able to access shops the way we
did. Even more valuable were
the discussions and sharing of
ideas and observations by my
fellow participants after the
tours. All of this would never
have happened without the incredible organization of Greg
Godbout and Chris Chan. This
was their third European tour in
as many years, and they are already busy making plans for
next year. Visit them Rangate.com to learn more.
We then travelled to HolzWin
GMBH, which has a much different approach to producing windows. An offshoot of their modular home business, they started building Passivhaus certified
windows two year’s ago using a
patented assembly system
which greatly reduces the
amount of machinery required
for production.
The latest in
woodworking
technology
Tooling. Moulding. Modern Rough Mill.
The woodworking industry is competitive. Chances are that your peers are discussing the merits of adding new
equipment to their shops and you’re wondering whether it’s the right time for you.
Join us on Thursday, April 24 at Madison Area Technical College in Madison, WI for an up close look at the latest moulder
techniques. This unique experience will provide valuable information whether you are considering your first machine,
ready to upgrade, or have been running a moulder for years. There will also be lab demonstrations for the moulder and
grinder, and classroom sessions for the modern rough mill.
Event Schedule
Tool Room
David Hise, Stiles Field Service Representative
• Process
• Organization
• Knife grinding demo
Moulder
David Hise, Stiles Field Service Representative
• Machine overview
• Types
• Process
Moulder Tooling
Dave Schmidt, Stiles e-Tech Regional Manager SE
• Types of knives and uses
• Types of tooling
• Grinding wheels and uses
• Tool measurement
• Template making
Modern Rough Mill
Peter Van Dyke, Stiles Product Specialist
• Material selection
• Thickness sizing
• Defect Detection
• Ripping
• Cross cutting
• Moulding
• Material handling and flow
• Optimization
When & Where
Thursday, April 24, 2014
9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Madison College
1701 Wright Street
Madison, WI 53704
For questions about Madison College,
contact Patrick at 608.246.6842.
Register Today
Although there is no cost to participate,
registration is required to reserve your seat.
Lunch is provided.
For more information regarding the event,
contact Peter Van Dyke at 616.446.3373 or
pvandyke@stilesmachinery.com. To register, visit
www.stilesmachinery.com/events.
Stiles Machinery Inc.
3965 44th St. SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49512
p 616.698.7500
f 616.698.9411
www.stilesmachinery.com
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