Sharon, Tim, et. al.,
My family has a long history of cabinetmaking and fine woodworking. My uncle had a cabinet shop in my home town. In 1977 I co-founded a countertop and fixture manufacturing company in Oakland, CA which is still in business:
www.sullivancountertops.com
All the material on that website deals with solid-surface products, but about 25% of the actual billings are for laminated wood products, mostly for general contractors, etc. In 1991 I sold out my interest in the company to my business partner, but I continue to work there part-time as a kind of