Michael Dresdner
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Purdy: Those Brushes Sure Are Purdy
We visited the Purdy brush company in Portland, Oregon, where technical support manager Bruce Schneider gave us a tour of the facility, then sat us down with a veteran brush maker for a hands-on lesson.
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Geoffrey Noden: Woodworking’s Renaissance Man
With a portfolio that would take your breath away, Geoffrey Noden is the kind of guy that engenders both intense admiration and a good dose of jealousy.
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John Swanson: Giving It Away Makes This Turner’s Day
At a meeting of the Evergreen Woodworker’s Guild last week, fellow guild member John Swanson handed me a bag filled with finished, turned bowls.
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TTI buys Big Red
It was announced that TTI (Techtronics Industries, Inc.), the parent company of Ryobi and the licensed partner of and producer of RIDGID power tools, had purchased Milwaukee Electric Tool, AEG.
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Wayne Barton: A Chip Off The New Block
Wayne Barton must be the youngest 67-year-old woodworker on the face of the earth. Fit, diminutive, and lithe, this former circus performer and treasure hunter bristles with energy and a joi de vivre that infects both his teaching and his work.
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Jonathan Simon: Rethinking the Spoon
Jonathan Simon thinks about spoons. In fact, he’s thought up a thriving business based on his original spoon designs.
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Heartfelt Thanks
I’m stepping aside this time out because our friend and contributing editor Michael Dresdner has something important to say.
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David Stine: A Vertically Integrated Woodworker
There are plenty of woodworkers creating furniture that bears little resemblance to the trees that spawned the raw material, but David…
