Using dowel pins for woodworking and furniture is an important, and elegant, part of making a strong, quality product, such as chairs, cabinets, and frames. It can make creating joints between various pieces of timber straightforward, quick, and uncomplicated. Dowel pin joints can be found in almost every piece of furniture, made in a factory, [...]

Coping joints are a fairly complicated technique of woodworking to shape the end of a piece of wood to match the contours of an adjacent piece of wood. This is most commonly used to shape the joint end of finish work or cabinet manufacture, such as a frame or molding. A Pillar Machine coping machine [...]

About CNC Machines CNC technology, something Pillar Machines specializes in, is a means for automated milling devices to fabricate industrial components without the direct assistance or manual operation by a person. "CNC” stands for Computer Numerical Control, and the numbers control the movement of a cutter, by way of an X, Y, and Z axis. [...]

All about Miter Machines The most common joint seen in picture frame or corner piece fabrication is the miter joint. Miter joints are ideal for this purpose because the 45° angle creates a much better surface area for adhesive than a butt joint. It also hides the end grain so that the finished product is [...]

Why Pillar Machine's Mortise and Tenon Machine One of the strongest methods known, to join two pieces of wood, is a mortise and tenon joint. It also happens to be one of the oldest known ways of joining timber, and is almost always achieved at a 90° angle. It is, without a doubt, the most [...]