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Jan 21, 2025 | 
woodshopnews.com | John English
Innovations in the finishing spectrum are often groundbreaking in scope, but not always. Sometimes, they cater to smaller operations and help custom woodshops compete. Guffey Systems in Tennessee (guffeysystems.com) takes that to another level as it differentiates between the needs of small- and medium-sized shops by offering both single station and line systems.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
woodshopnews.com | John English
Since the advent of cordless power, both battery and hose driven nailers, pinners and staplers have become more adroit and flexible. They’re also getting lighter and smaller as design engineers take advantage of advances in metallurgy, plastics, mechanics and electronics. Before we look at what’s new, just a quick word about definitions. The higher the gauge, the smaller the diameter of the nail, so a 15-gauge finish nail is fatter than a 16-gauge. Brads are 18-gauge, and pins are usually 23-gauge.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
crosstimbersgazette.com | John English
As soccer season gets underway, several local teams have legitimate shots at making the postseason and potentially having long playoff runs. A traditional hotbed for soccer talent, the southern Denton County region typically produces some of the strongest programs in the state each year, and 2024-25 should be no different. The Guyer boys team went 12-8-1 last season and 8-6 in district competition.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
community-news.com | John English
Parker County has become an increasingly popular filming destination for movies and television series in recent years, and local Medicare broker Lee Ann Miller has experienced much of it firsthand. A mother of two from Willow Park, Miller, 59, started dabbling in the film industry six years ago, and from the moment she started she was hooked. “In November 2019 I saw a casting call on Facebook for extras to film the movie 12 Mighty Orphans in Fort Worth and Weatherford,” Miller said.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
woodshopnews.com | John English
Bruce Lee, John Wayne and Clint Eastwood were some of the toughest, meanest, baddest movie stars, and each of them did something extraordinary every morning at work. They put on makeup. If a Hollywood artist can transform those guys into sympathetic characters, a woodworker should have no trouble turning a well-made cabinet into a conversation piece.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
woodshopnews.com | John English
David Bowie once noted that “tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming”. Apparently, woodshop owners have good hearing. Casework and furniture manufacturers are undergoing a transition from traditional machines to automation, and hands-on labor to robotics. Prescient shop owners have accepted technology as a viable solution to the scarcity of affordable skilled employees, and that places them in the forefront of the new Industrial Revolution.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
woodshopnews.com | John English
Specialty sanders come in all shapes and sizes. There’s a stationary machine that can sand just about any contour from flat panels to profiled doors, curved edges, moldings or even textured surfaces. There are wide belt, edge, stroke, contour, profile, brush and drum sanders, along with aggregate heads for CNC routers and solutions designed for robotic arms. Whatever a shop is sanding, there’s a machine for that. Or an optional upgrade. The Opera 5 from Biesse America (biesse.com) is a good example.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
woodshopnews.com | John English
Technology keeps marching onward, and the wood industry seems to stay in step. Our machines are evolving rapidly, but so are the materials they cut, shape and coat. The transition from carbon-based fuel to electric vehicles over the next couple of decades may be one of the biggest factors here. There’s a perception that oil-based plastics and resins may become more affordable over time as demand for gasoline declines, and that hints at a whole new array of surface materials.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
crosstimbersgazette.com | John English
The Liberty Christian Warriors, under coach Jason Witten, won its second consecutive state championship on Saturday night, defeating Parish Episcopal by a score of 45-24. The TAPPS Division I State Champions scored 21 unanswered points in the third quarter to put away the game. Quinn Murphy connected with Brady Janusek on a 50-yard touchdown pass to give the Warriors an early lead, but Episcopal answered with a touchdown of its own.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
crosstimbersgazette.com | John English
Argyle 42, Lucas Lovejoy 17With a 42-17 victory over Lovejoy on Friday night, the Argyle Eagles are headed to the state semifinals. Lovejoy jumped out to a 3-0 lead early in the first quarter, before Maguire Gasperson scored on a 10-yard keeper to make it 7-3 Argyle. Lovejoy regained the lead and was up 10-7 after one. In the second quarter, Gasperson hit Jaxon Greene on a 10-yard touchdown pass to make it 14-10 Eagles, and Logan Rexroat scored on a 1-yard run to give Argyle a 21-10 lead.
