{"id":15365,"date":"2026-08-20T10:35:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wurthbaersupply.com\/blog\/?p=15365"},"modified":"2026-08-20T11:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:14:09","slug":"risk-vs-rewards-wurth-baer-supply-on-the-woodworking-network-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wurthbaersupply.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/risk-vs-rewards-wurth-baer-supply-on-the-woodworking-network-podcast","title":{"rendered":"Risk vs Rewards: W\u00fcrth Baer Supply on the Woodworking Network Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Woodworking and millwork shops face a difficult equipment decision: Invest now or wait for better market conditions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A recent <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wurthbaermachinery.com\/millwork-equipment-trends\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">W\u00fcrth Baer Machinery Millwork Equipment Trends report<\/a><\/strong> found that 61% of shops are either reducing capital spending or holding budgets steady. At the same time, shops that continue to invest are finding ways to improve productivity, address labor challenges, and position themselves for future growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That gap was the focus of a recent Woodworking Network podcast about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodworkingnetwork.com\/podcasts\/risk-vs-rewards-wurth-baer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Risk vs Rewards of Purchasing New Woodworking Machinery<\/a>. The podcast, hosted by William Sampson, features W\u00fcrth Baer Supply CEO John Geraghty, National Machinery Division Director Mark Craig, and Taylor Shafer, SEO and Digital Advertising Manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The conversation looks beyond equipment prices to explore a bigger question: <strong>What does smart investment look like for a woodworking business right now?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Risk vs. rewards - with Wurth Baer\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-W5qy4O-FtQ?start=1&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woodworking and millwork shops face a difficult equipment decision: Invest now or wait for better&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15855,"featured_media":15367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-informational"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wurthbaersupply.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wurthbaersupply.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wurthbaersupply.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wurthbaersupply.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15855"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wurthbaersupply.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15365"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wurthbaersupply.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15370,"href":"https:\/\/wurthbaersupply.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15365\/revisions\/15370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wurthbaersupply.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wurthbaersupply.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wurthbaersupply.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wurthbaersupply.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}