The Cutting Edge™ - February 2004

Member News

Renowned custom woodworker Thomas Moser, founder and owner of Thom. Moser Furniture of Auburn, Maine, will deliver the keynote address at the 2004 Chicago CWB Conference & Woodworking Show. The event, which also features a one-day Cost Estimating workshop and six other educational seminars, is scheduled for March 24-25, 2004 at Marriott's Lincolnshire Resort, Lincolnshire, IL.

Moser will discuss the steps, as well as come missteps, he took in building up highly successful high-end furniture company. Over the last three decades, Thos. Moser Furniture has grown from just Moser and his wife, Mary, to a thriving custom woodworking business employing more than 125 people. The company also operates showrooms in five cities including Chicago.

The Chicago CWB Conference will kickoff with a full-day Cost Estimating seminar on Wednesday, March 24, presented in special cooperation with the Architectural Woodwork Institute. The session will be presented by Anthony Perno of Caseworks Technologies Ltd., Albuquerque, NM. The Cost Estimating seminar is of benefit to new and veteran estimators who want to learn or hone their estimating skills.

The conference will also feature six 90-minute seminar sessions split among three concurrent sessions on Thursday, March 25. Anthony Noel, popular CWB columnist, will present two of the sessions: Training & Motivating Employees and Cost Accounting: Am I Making Money? Others topics include Integrating Computers in the Custom Shop and How to Target New Customers, Project Management and Exploring the Closet/Home Storage Market.

Attendees will also be able to network with fellow custom woodworkers and key industry suppliers during informal networking receptions at the conclusion of each day of the conference and show. Tabletop exhibits hosted by key industry suppliers of hardware, veneers, software, equipment and more will round out the two-day affair. Display tables are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

To receive more information about attending or exhibiting, contact the CWB Show Management Office toll-free at (888) 903-9663 or (630) 323-7214; e-mail cwb-chicago@bacon-hedland.com. For the latest updates visit www.chicagowoodworkingshow.com.