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Sponsored Advertorial: Streamline Your Workflow with Shaper Origin

From inlays to Dutchman patches and more, here are some ways Shaper Origin can streamline your workflow.

September 28, 2020

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Sponsored Blog: How to Check Your Moisture Meter’s Calibration in Three Easy Steps

It's important to periodically check the calibration on your moisture meter to make sure you're getting accurate readings—here's how to do that.

September 9, 2020

It's important to periodically check the accuracy of your moisture meter's readings.

Sponsored: A Portable CNC Machine: ‘This Was the Problem Solver!’

This company found that the hand-held Origin portable CNC machine filled a need that nothing else could.

March 24, 2020

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Sponsored: Hand-Held Precision CNC Cutting on the Job Site

How high-end wood flooring pro Mark Scheller pulled off an otherwise nearly impossible job with the help of the Shaper Origin hand-held CNC machine.

December 2, 2019

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Sponsored Blog: How to Manually Make Species Corrections for Wood

Moisture meter expert Tom Laurenzi explains how to accurately adjust for the wood species when taking moisture meter readings of wood flooring.

October 30, 2018

Make sure you know if your meter has a built-in species correction, like this J-2000 from Delmhorst Instrument Co., or if you have to manually correct the moisture meter reading.

Wood Flooring Q&A: Which Compressor Should I Buy for my Nailer?

Wood flooring pro Stephen Diggins explains some factors to consider when pairing up a compressor with a pneumatic wood flooring nailer.

July 19, 2018

When in doubt, check with the nailer manufacturer to make sure your compressor is right for your nailer.

Wood Flooring Trick of the Trade: Is the Square Square?

Wood flooring pro Joe Clarke of Joe Clarke Hardwood Services shares a traditional method for knowing if your carpenters square is really square, and how to adjust it if it isn't.

May 22, 2018

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Ask and Ye Shall Receive: Videos of a Floor Grooving Jig

Joseph Statti grooves flooring as his father did before him, and his grandfather before him ... see the videos he shared for grooving wood flooring using a specialty tool and jig.

December 18, 2017

Tool Reviews: Cordless Circular Saw, Cordless Orbital, More

Three wood flooring pros review new products in the industry, including a cordless track saw, a cordless orbital sander and work pants.

November 21, 2017

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8 Tools That Will Make You Say What the #$%&

A list of some unique tools from the ingenious to the WTF.

October 9, 2017

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The Winners of the 2017 Nastiest Kneepads Contest

WFB announces the winners of the 2017 Nastiest Kneepad Contest sponsored by ProKnee Corp.

August 2, 2017

Trick of the Trade: Taking a Swing With a Better Mallet Handle

Wood floor pro Jim Hyde cleverly modified his mallet handle to make sure he could keep a grip on it.

August 1, 2017

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The Next Generation: Black Wood Floor Pros Look to the Future of the Industry

WFB spoke with Black wood flooring pros from across the U.S. and beyond to share their thoughts, experiences and advice for building and uplifting the next generation of Black hardwood flooring pros.

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From Start to Finish: How We Did This Gym Floor

The raised edge of this wear layer (lamella) was created by shrinkage due to seasonal low relative humidity.

Engineered Flooring and Low RH: What Can Happen and Why

Our company fell victim to a new type of scam going around. We’re bolstering our security measures to prevent it from happening again.

How We’re Adapting to the Latest Credit Card Scams

My family thought I was nuts when I said I wanted to buy an electric work van.

Why I Bought an Electric Work Vehicle

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