Lee Gilchrist
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SmartWood: Promoting Sustainable Forestry Around The World
Though Richard Donovan and his organization are not toolmakers, they’re committed to ensuring the on-going availability of the one thing every woodworker needs: wood, in all its exotic and beautiful varieties.
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MaxBats: The Perfect Combination of Woodworking and Baseball
MaxBat started with the love of baseball and the imminent arrival of Jim Anderson’s first child. Today the company makes Major League Baseball approved bats in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Parma Sawdust Club: Woodworking with a Civic Twist
It was a pretty interesting challenge. The Nature Center at Shaker Lakes, near Parma, Ohio, had to cut down a fine old red oak tree to make way for its expansion.
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Laserkerf: 21st Century Accuracy for Your Radial Arm Saw
Forget complaining – this woodworker’s entrepenurial spirit led him to make an entirerly new, successful line of products when his laser-equipped radial arm saw wasn’t quite what he wanted.
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Robert McRay: From Ventriloquist to Hollywood and Back to Ventriloquism
As a woodcarver and sculptor, specializing in ventriloquist dummies, Robert McRay today is considered one of the best in the world and has been invited onto the Tonight Show.
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Luis Costa: Creating Depth in Wood
When you first look into one of Luis Costa’s ship murals, you have to remind yourself it’s really only a two-dimensional work in wood. So closely has the Portuguese craftsman captured the depth and detail from stern to bow.
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Bench Dog: The Table You Need Today and Tomorrow
A business that started with an “aha!” back in the 1990s, Bench Dog has grown and expanded over the years to become a innovative mainstay in the router table business.
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Peter Ribotto: From DIY to Fine Woodworking
Peter Ribotto keeps busy. His work is in demand by homeowners and architects throughout the Twin Cities of Minnesota. Pretty good for a guy who describes himself as a self-taught woodworker.
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Michael K. Stevens: Telling His Stories in Wood
When we first contacted Mike Stevens about this article and told him who we were, he wanted to make sure we had the right person.
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Meet an Old Friend: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation
Bosch, a brand name long allied with professional cabinetmakers and building contractors, is in the midst of a major facelift.
