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Columbia is one of four forestry and paper-goods companies jointly committing $1.35 million to a sustainable forestry outreach and education effort in four southeastern states: North and South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia. Greensboro, NC, May 27, 2015 – Columbia Forest Products is one of four forestry and paper-goods companies investing in a new program […]

Woodworkers will have an opportunity to see the new Bosch REAXX GTS1041A jobsite table saw – equipped with flesh detection safety gear – in action at the AWFS Fair. Robert Bosch Tools Corp. will conduct continuous demonstrations of the saw, before its biggest live audience to date July 22-25 at booth #4367 July 22-25 of […]

Rift cuts… Slip matching… Vine marks… These are all familiar terms to seasoned hardwood plywood pros. They also are just a few of the terms defined and illustrated in the updated 2015 Hardwood Plywood Grading Guide, by Columbia Forest Products. The 28-page “guide to understanding popular hardwood plywood face veneer grades,” is a great portable […]

SawStop, which introduced the woodworking industry’s first flesh-detecting, finger-saving table saw system 15 years ago, finally has a market competitor. Bosch Tools of Mt. Prospect, IL, recently launched the REAXX portable job site table saw. REAXX features Bosch’s proprietary flesh detecting Active Response Technology previously incorporated in its Brute Tough hammer drill/drivers. According to Bosch, […]