Michael Dresdner
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Larry and Nancy Buechley: Partners Who Dovetail
Larry and Nancy Buechley have the sort of partnership that most of us think exists only in fiction. They share their lives, work, recreation, and design ideas.
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System Three: A Company that Sticks by You
Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention, but for company owner Kern Hendricks, the founding mother may well have been frustration.
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Tracking the Elusive Crown Guard: Its Origins, Purpose and Simple Assembly Instructions
To give us as complete a picture as possible, I contacted two of the people whose Internet postings started the whole discussion, and got them to share their reasons for making these fascinating guards, and their methods of creating them.
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Micro Fence: Machinist’s Accuracy Meets Woodworker’s Favorite Tool
It’s often said that the best tools are the ones that do one job, but do it exceptionally well. That’s what I feel about Micro Fence, an aftermarket router fence system that virtually defines the word “precision.”
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Betty Scarpino: Wordsmith/Woodsmith
Betty Scarpino, a new contributing editor for the Woodworker’s Journal, is a lifelong woodturner with a knack for creating refreshingly unique pieces.
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Rikon Tools: An Odd Name for Innovation
The name Rikon isn’t an acronym or an eponym, but it may soon come to mean “innovation” to American woodworkers.
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Stephen Hatcher: Turning Natural Beauty
Stephen Hatcher’s creative woodturnings are so masterful, it seems impossible to believe that ten years ago, he didn’t even own a lathe.
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Preppin’ Weapon: More Comfortable Sanding
Todd Deshler’s “Preppin’ Weapon” truly is the sanding block we’ve all dreamed about.
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William Cumpiano: Crafting Great Guitars and Teaching Others to Do the Same
Since 1971, Bill Cumpiano has been building and repairing some of the finest handmade guitars and stringed instruments on the planet.
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Taylor Taylor Makes Worthy Worthy Strainers
Users agree that there’s nothing quite like a Worthy Strainer – here’s the history behind this great product.