Wood and materials: design and construction considerations
What materials are best for your project? Whatever your wood working project you have the choice to start with raw materials that are either solid wooden boards or a composite material
Furniture Manufacture
Cabinet design preliminaries
A guide to choosing the best way to design and build your cabinets. From a rich history to the brink of an exciting future Whether you are an amateur or a professional,
CutList Plus and Polyboard Integration
CutList Plus is a cutting optimisation solution that will take a cutting list and from it generate a cutting diagram or map optimised to minimise material waste. Polyboard is our furniture
Polyboard 7 Full Version Revealed plus Download Advice
We’re excited to announce the official release of the Polyboard 7 full version, now available for download and sale. This major update to Polyboard version 7 is packed full of new
Mach3, Mach4 and alternatives to LazyCam for furniture manufacture
Mach3 and Mach4 are PC based software solutions for generating the GCode to run your CNC machine. They are developed and supported by ArtSoft. Mach3 came first and targeted the hobby
Free Cabinet Design Program + Manufacturing Service
This commercial project shows you how a professional workshop partnered with one of our Approved Suppliers to design with the free version of our cabinet design program Polyboard, then outsource cut
Furniture Design with Optimised Manufacturing: All-in-one Configuration
The biggest constraint to setting up a woodwork business is the initial cost of investment. This is particularly the case with furniture manufacture. Albeit on a smaller scale, it requires an
Design and manufacture to corner the woodwork market
Do you ever think…there's got to be a better way? You've got the work coming in, perhaps too much to handle. You know you're spending too long on each job
Woodwork manufacturing case study: software, nesting and CNC integration done right
We would like to introduce Dean Price from Tees Tech Joinery in the UK who earlier this year set up Polyboard and OptiNest with his company's SCM CNC machines. Dean has