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WMIA Elects Colonial Saw VP David Rakauskas as new Chairman
At the 2017 Woodworking Industry Conference (WIC) in Rancho Mirage, CA, members of the Woodworking Machinery Industry Association (WMIA) elected a new slate of officers to lead the Association for the next two years. David Rakauskas, executive vice president of Colonial Saw Company, Inc., Kingston, MA, was elected WMIA’s new Chairman of the Board at the Association’s Annual Business Meeting on Wednesday, April 26.
Colonial Saw Debuts the Connector of the Future
Tuesday, May 16 will see the widely anticipated worldwide debut of Cabineo, an innovative and time-saving one-piece RTA cabinet connector. Cabineo was developed by Lamello AG of Bubendorf, Switzerland, the pioneering wood joining company. Colonial Saw is the exclusive U.S. importer for Lamello and will be showcasing Cabineo in the U.S. at AWFS, woodworking’s largest tradeshow of the year in Las Vegas.
Industry Leaders Support SkillsUSA Contest
Royal Plywood, Blum, Colonial Saw/Lamello, Hafele, ESI, Decore-ative Specialties, Grex Tools, and West Wood Products donated nearly $10,000 in supplies, tools, and giveaways for students at the 2017 SkillsUSA California State Cabinetmaking and Introductory Woodworking contest Championships, held Saturday, April 22 at the Town & Country Resort and Convention Center in San Diego.
Introducing Revolutionary Grinding Technology
Colonial Saw, Inc., a leading distributor of advanced woodworking and tool grinding machinery, is introducing a new, hi-tech solution for sharpening a high volume of carbide saw blades.
Dealers of the Year Honored by Colonial Saw
Colonial Saw, Inc. has named Select Machinery of NY and Florida its 2016 Lamello Dealer of the Year and Professional Machinery Group of California the 2016 Striebig Dealer of the Year.
A Quantum Leap in Vertical Saw Technology
Following a world première in mid-2013, the first saws were commissioned at the beginning of this year. “Our new high-end saw, the Striebig 4D, has been extremely well received in the market. We’ve heard a great many positive comments here in Nuremberg too”, says Striebig Managing Director Marcel Brunner at the Holz-Handwerk trade fair.
Cutting Through the Saw Safety Controversy
Bosch continues to defend its flesh-sensing technology against patent-infringement charges levied by SawStop, as the German-based company works to sell its Reaxx jobsite table saw in the U.S. the bosch Reaxx saw uses flesh- sensing technology to drop the blade below the table saw when contact with flesh is detected. SawStop’s saws both drop the blade and stop the blade when flesh contact is detected.
Lamello Divario P-18 Self-Clamping Connector
The Divario P-18 clamps the components during insertion, creating clean tight joints. The clamping action only occurs at certain points making the components easier to insert and creating a strong connection between the work pieces.