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Privacy Policy
CPO Commerce, LLC ("CPO") operates the websites located at www.cpooutlets.com and other websites on which a copy of this privacy policy appears (cumulatively the "CPO Sites") as a service to its customers residing in the United States of America, its territories and possessions. CPO is the owner or authorized user of the content displayed on the CPO Sites.
CPO has adopted this privacy policy to inform you of the following:
- How we collect information on the CPO Sites.
- The types of information we collect on the CPO Sites.
- How we use information we collect.
- The circumstances under which CPO may disclose information gathered on the CPO Sites to third parties.
- The choices available to you on the CPO Sites regarding the collection and use of your information.
- Security procedures that we have put in place to protect your Personal Information.
For the purposes of this privacy policy, "Personal Information" is personally identifiable information about an individual person, as more particularly described under applicable privacy laws. You should carefully review this privacy policy before using the CPO Sites.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this privacy policy or the CPO Sites, you should contact us you should contact us (see section 12).
1. Policy Scope
This privacy policy applies to your use of the CPO Sites and CPO's treatment of information, including Personal Information, collected by or on behalf of CPO through the CPO Sites. Your use of linked or associated websites, or websites to which you may be directed, may be subject to different or additional terms, notices and policies, and such terms, notices and policies shall control as to those websites. For information regarding the collection and use of information on any of those websites or other third party sites, please refer to the terms of use and policies provided by those websites.
NOTE: THIS PRIVACY POLICY DOES NOT APPLY TO INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE, EITHER VOLUNTARILY OR INVOLUNTARILY, THROUGH RESPONSES TO SOME SURVEY REQUESTS INITIATED AT THE CPO SITES. SOME OF THESE SURVEYS ARE CONDUCTED BY YAHOO! INC. AND OTHER THIRD PARTIES. SUCH INFORMATION WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE APPLICABLE PRIVACY POLICY(IES) OF YAHOO! INC. OR OTHER THIRD PARTIES.
2. Our Information Collection Practices
Automatically Collected Information. When you visit the CPO Sites to place an order, browse, read, or download information, we may automatically collect and store the following types of non-personally identifiable information:
- Information collected as server logs from information provided by your browser.
- Click-through statistics.
- Your IP address.
- The type of web browser you are using to access CPO Sites.
- The type of operating system you are using.
- The name of the domain and host from which you access the Internet.
- The date and time you access CPO Sites.
- The Internet address of the sites from which you linked directly to CPO Sites.
Personal Information Provided Voluntarily by the User. You can use portions of the CPO Sites without providing any Personal Information. However, in order to take advantage of the full capabilities of the CPO Sites and to obtain access to, and use of, many of the features found on the CPO Sites, including placing orders for products offered for sale on the CPO Sites and receiving CPO email exclusives, you must provide certain Personal Information. You may also provide Personal Information when you participate in various services and offerings on the CPO Sites. Personal Information may include, without limitation:
- Your name, mailing address, email address, telephone number, fax number, billing information, and credit card number and related information.
- Information concerning your interests, occupation, product use and preferences.
You may also be asked to respond to additional questions to help us meet your needs. Certain functionalities on the CPO Sites, such as the "Email This Page to a Friend" feature, may require you to provide information regarding third parties. Similarly, if you request that an order or gift be sent directly to an individual other than yourself, you will also be asked to submit information about the recipient of the order or gift. This information may include a third party's name, address, phone number, fax number, email address, and other similar information.
3. Information Warranty
If you do provide Personal Information through the CPO Sites, including Personal Information regarding individuals other than yourself, you warrant that (i) you have the authority to provide that Personal Information and to grant CPO the right to use such Personal Information consistent with this privacy policy, (ii) you have provided that Personal Information voluntarily, and (iii) you consent to the use of that Personal Information consistent with this privacy policy.
4. Use and Disclosure of Information
Use of Automatically Collected Information. Information collected automatically through the CPO Sites provides us with information regarding your use of the CPO Sites, including which pages are the most popular with CPO Sites users. That information also allows us to determine if the CPO Sites are working properly and to make changes to the CPO Sites to allow the user to have a better experience on the CPO Sites. We do not use that information to identify a particular user.
We may aggregate and use certain non-personally identifiable information for research or marketing purposes and may share, sell and rent or trade that information and statistical information derived therefrom with our marketing partners, advertisers, or other third parties.
Use of Non-personally Identifiable Information Provided Voluntarily by the User. By remaining opted-in to our email list, you are acknowledging that we may sell, rent, share, trade or otherwise provide or transfer your non-personally identifiable information such as demographic and occupational information to third parties. Such third parties may use such information for whatever purposes they wish or may transfer such information to other third parties.
Business Uses of Information. CPO uses Personal Information you provide to us for internal business purposes, such as (i) for verification at login as a registered user, if applicable; (ii) for marketing purposes; (iii) to contact you regarding the products or services that you have ordered or requested and to provide the same; (iv) for fulfillment of promotions, including but not limited to sweepstakes, contests or subscriptions that you have entered; (v) to process and ship orders; (vi) to send order and shipping confirmations; (vii) to provide customer service, respond to your requests and inquiries and enhance product and service offerings; (viii) to keep records regarding orders, returns and exchanges; (ix) to protect both you and us against error and fraud; (x) to send information, product and service alerts and exclusive offers; (xi) to record usage of the CPO Sites; (xii) to adjust the CPO Sites to your personal preferences; and (xiii) to customize advertising and CPO marketing information regarding our products and services. We may also exchange information, including Personal Information, with other companies and organizations for credit fraud protection and risk reduction.
Service Providers and Vendors. We may also share your Personal Information with certain third parties that perform services for CPO. Those third parties may host the CPO Sites, operate certain features on the CPO Sites, print or send mailings, provide marketing materials for the CPO Sites, authorize and process your payments, provide customer service, analyze data and assist in fulfilling your orders, send emails on CPO's behalf, or otherwise assist CPO with the operation of the CPO Sites. Those third parties are not authorized to use or disclose your Personal Information for any purpose other than to perform the services designated by CPO.
Cooperative Database Services. We may participate in cooperative database services. These services help us to direct print mailings and other marketing initiatives to appropriate purchasers and website visitors. Names and mailing addresses may be shared between participating parties in the cooperative database services, but no credit card information or email addresses are provided to the cooperative.
Business Transfers. Automatically collected information and your Personal Information may be transferred as an asset in connection with a merger or sale involving all or part of CPO or as part of a corporate reorganization, stock sale or other change of control.
Required Disclosures. CPO may also provide your Personal Information to a third party if CPO in good faith believes that access, use, preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable government request. For example, CPO may be required to disclose your Personal Information to respond to a subpoena, court order or other legal process.
5. Consent to Processing and Transfers of Information
CPO may transfer information that you send to us, including, without limitation, Personal Information, to recipients in countries that do not provide the same level of legal data protection as the country from which you access the CPO Sites. By using the CPO Sites, you consent to those transfers and to the processing by CPO of that information.
6. Notice for Parents
The CPO Sites are considered to be general audience Sites and are not to be used by children. CPO does not sell products that are intended for children and does not intend to collect Personal Information from individuals under the age of eighteen (18). If you are the parent or guardian of a child who has provided personal information to us, please inform us as provided under Section 12 below, and we will delete that Personal Information.
7. Use of Cookies
Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to an individual's hard drive to identify previous visitors to the Sites. Cookies are text files that can be rejected or deleted by you at any time. You may disable cookies using your Internet browser settings. However, by deleting or rejecting cookies, you may inhibit the user experience on the CPO Sites and other sites. For example, in order to complete online transactions, cookies must be accepted.
CPO uses cookies to store information about your visit to the CPO Sites in order to enhance your visit to the CPO Sites. For example, storing that information will allow us to, on occasion, customize account pages for you. We also use cookies and tracking technologies to:
- Track user visits.
- Track your shopping cart and purchases.
- Determine what set-ups are most frequently rendered.
- Save your password so you do not have to provide it each time you visit CPO Sites.
In addition, we currently contract with several online partners to help manage and optimize the CPO Sites. We use the services of a marketing company to help us measure the effectiveness of our advertising and how visitors use our sites. To do this, we use Web beacons and cookies provided by our marketing company on the CPO Sites. The type of information we collect includes which pages are visited, which products are put into the shopping cart, which orders enter the checkout process, which checkouts are executed with payment, etc. By supplementing our records, this information helps us learn things like what pages are most attractive to our visitors, which of our products most interest our customers, and what kinds of offers our customers like to see. Although our marketing company manages the information coming from our sites on our behalf, we control how that data may and may not be used. If you do not want to help us learn how to improve our sites, products, offers and marketing strategy, you can "opt-out" of our ability to analyze such data by contacting us (see Section 12).
8. Security
CPO and authorized third parties employ reasonable measures, including administrative, technical, and physical measures, to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, loss, alteration, use or disclosure. For example, any Personal Information you enter when you place an order for a product, including, without limitation, your credit card and other Personal Information, is encrypted before transmission to CPO Sites servers by using Secure Sockets Layer 128-bit encryption, if supported by your browser. In addition, we use reasonable measures to limit the disclosure of your Personal Information consistent with this privacy policy. However, your Personal Information can never be 100% secure: information may be transmitted over networks without appropriate security measures and may be accessed, deleted, altered, used or disclosed by unauthorized persons. You can help us to protect your Personal Information by (i) not sharing your password or other account information with others, (ii) using a secure web browser, and (iii) changing your password frequently.
9. Managing Your Information
CPO reserves the right to retain any Personal Information reasonably necessary to appropriately document its business activities and for archival and record retention purposes. We will store your Personal Information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this privacy policy. You may find out more details regarding this privacy policy by contacting us (see Section 12).
You may "opt-out" of receiving future email or other communications from us by clicking the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of any email that you receive from us, or by contacting us (see Section 12). Please note that removal of your Personal Information from our database or "opting-out" will not stop (i) marketing or advertising content that is ready to be mailed or is queued for transmission to you prior to the time when we can implement your request, or (ii) the use of your Personal Information by third parties with whom CPO may have already shared your information.
10. Updates and Changes to Policies
CPO may change this privacy policy from time to time by posting updated versions of the privacy policy here. As we may make changes to this privacy policy at any time without notifying you, we suggest that you review this privacy policy each time you access or use the CPO Sites. Please note that our rights to use your Personal Information will be based on the privacy policy in effect at the time the information is collected.
11. Contact CPO
If you have questions regarding the CPO Sites, the privacy policy or your privacy on the CPO Sites, you can send a request with any further questions to our Customer Service Department by email to privacy@cpooutlets.com or by mail to:
CPO Outlets
P.O. Box 50768
Pasadena, CA 91115
California Privacy Rights
Under California Law, California residents have the right to request that CPO not share his or her personal information with third parties for those third parties' direct marketing use. To make such a request, email us at privacy@cpooutlets.com or by mail to:
CPO Outlets
P.O. Box 50768
Pasadena, CA 91115
Effective December 31, 2007
WOODWORKING BEGINNER’S STARTER KIT
Wood is a very enjoyable material you can use to build many things, both functional and decorative. It is easy to work, glues easily, takes a fastener well and can be finished to just about any shade or color you desire. So here are some essential tools to get started.
Safety Equipment is a good starting place. It’s pretty basic and does not require a big expense. Safety Glasses, Hearing Protection, Dust Masks & Push Sticks. Hearing protection has a Noise Rating Reduction, NRR, measured in decibels dB(A), the higher the number the better. NRR 29 is about the highest available. Dust masks with 2 elastic straps and an exhaust valve work great. Dual straps keep it in position and the exhaust valve helps prevent warm exhaled breath from hazing your safety glasses. Push sticks can be purchased or shop built, make several and keep them around every machine.
Layout & Measuring Tools are essential. The 3 basic ones are a Tape Measure, A Combination Square and a Ruler. You’re going to use these a lot, so get ones that are easy to read and a pleasure to use.
Folding Saw Horses are great. They store out of the way and used in conjunction with plywood can become a handy work surface. A few cleats on the underside of plywood will make a suitable temporary work table.
Saws are essential for cutting boards to the desired size. They could be a hand saw or an electric saw. Hand saws come in cross cut (cutting across grain) and rip (cutting along the grain). Cross cut saws have a higher tooth per inch for controlled cuts; rip saws have fewer teeth per inch to help clear saw dust while you’re cutting. There are many options for electric saws, table saws are the all-around saw, they can be used for both cross cut & rip, and accessories like a dado blade and tenoning jig can be added to expand the possibilities. When you’re picking out a table saw, it would be good to check to see if a dado throat plate is an available accessory. An earlier article tilted Saw Blades Demystified will help with blade selection.
Miter Saws are for doing cross cuts and miters; compound miter saws have the capacity to do bevel cuts as well. Cross cuts can also be done on the table saw, so this tool can be added at a later date. There are a lot of options and accessories to consider, so you might get started with the table saw to help better understand what features to look for in a miter saw.
You’re going to need some way to straighten out the edge of a board. Again, this can be done with a Hand Plane or an Electric Joiner. Hand planes with 2 handles (called bench planes) can be divided into 2 basic functions. Short ones, under 14”, called Smooth Planes and are used to smooth the surface of a board, long ones, over 14”, called Joiner Planes are used to straighten the edge of a board. Think of a road grader, they’re used to even out the high and low spots along a road. There is a 14” plane called a Jack plane, kind of like Jack of all trades. It is used for both smoothing & joining. Electric Joiners are a real time saver; they can do both surface and edge operations. They are named by the maximum cutting width, entry level options will be 6”or 8”. Most 6” models run on 120V circuits, 8” models might require a 230V circuit. Both sizes will have cutter head options: straight knife (disposable or re-sharpen), or 4 sided carbide insert that are turned 90 degrees to the next sharp edge and replaced when all 4 edges are dull. Carbide inserts come in 2 options: Square, the cutting edge is parallel to the axis of rotation, and Curved, e cutting edge is at a diagonal to the axis of rotation. Both do a good job, they tend to have less chip out around knots and on highly figured wood like birds eye maple. Bed length is also an important consideration. A good rule of thumb is 2 times the overall bed length is about the maximum board length for accurate results.
Thickness Planer is nice to have but is a tool you can acquire at a later date. Wood is available surfaced or rough, and surfaced wood is generally a common thickness in most lumber yards, 25/32 for hardwoods and 3/4 for pine. With careful design and stock selection you can build quite a few projects with already surfaced wood.
You can work without a Vacuum, but I strongly suggest getting one. Besides clean up, the upholstery brush attachment can be used to deep clean wood just prior to applying finishes. Plus, some brands of electric sanders offer a vacuum hose adapter.
Drills are essential for a many operations in a woodshop, Again these can be hand drills or electric, corded or battery. The old egg beater hand drills are a classic but not really a production tool. A cordless drill is great choice, because it can both drill and drive a screw with a driver bit. Most cordless drills have a multiple setting clutch; it’s a great feature that allows for driving screws without strip out. Additional battery powered tools can be purchased as a “Bare Tool” and share the batteries and charger that came with your drill, so keep this in mind when you select the drill.
Dowelling Jigs are a basic and simple way to do joinery. They work on edge-to-edge joinery and right angle joints. They are an accessory that really expands the application of your drill. A combination square can be used to quickly and accurately transfer boring pattern lines for right angle work.
Drill Bits are essential. Brad point bits are great because they don’t skate and because the brad tip is easy to align with a pencil mark. Stop Collars can be added to control the depth of cut. They work great in conjunction with a dowelling jig.
Electric Sanders are a real time saver. The 2 most frequently used are 1/4 sheet orbital sander and a random orbit sander. 1/4 Sheet Sanders use standard sandpaper that is cut into quarters and attached to the tool with a spring loaded clip. They operate in a constant orbit, so you need to be careful about swirl marks. The square format allows for inside corner work. They may or may not have dust collection. Random Orbit Sanders remove material faster and help reduce swirl marks because of the random orbit. The sandpaper discs are round and, for woodwork, have hook & loop attachment to the backing pad. The hooks on backing pads wear out, so keep a back stock one on hand. Backing pads are available in Hard, Medium & Soft. Hard is for flat work, soft is for contoured work. Medium does both functions reasonable well. Dust collection is included on all R/O sanders.
Clamps, There is no such thing as too many clamps in a woodshop, so start your collection early. Some basic C clamps and bar clamps will cover most of your needs. 3” C clamps are a good size, because they fit most applications and are not unwieldy. Bar clamps are needed for edge joining and right angle joinery. They’re usually sold without the bar, and you supply the bar to whatever length meets your application. Joiners clamps are a bar clamp with a deeper reach. They come with the bar and are sold in specific lengths.
Chisels and a Block Plane are great for hand detail work. They do a lot of things that electric tools cannot do, like square up the end of round cuts made with dado blades & router bits. Use a wooden or rubber mallet with the chisels. Rubber mallets have other practical uses in the shop as well. You will need some way to hone them, to start with 600 grit sandpaper on flat surface will do the job. Grinders and whetstones can be added as your hobby grows.
Routers are not absolutely essential, but they really add capacity to your collection of hand-held electric tools. They can be used for decorative edge profiles, joinery and pattern work. Accessories like edge guides, plunge bases and router tables really expand the things that can be done with them.
Jig Saws and Band Saws are for curvilinear cuts. Depending on the type of work you’re planning on doing, these tools could be added later.
There are a lot shop-built items that will be helpful. Push sticks, Clamp Pads, A Wooden Straight Edge, Footed Rails for lifting work in the air during finishing, Work Tables, Outfeed Tables, Etc. All will expand the capacity of your shop and will be used as frequently as store bought tools.
