Journal Staff
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A Portable Shop From Toolguide
Falling in love with a tool, as we all know, can be sudden and life-changing. When Michael McGibbon got his first glimpse of a Festo saw, he should have been more careful.
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An Eye for Design: Ross Peterson
We don’t want you to listen to Ross Peterson. He’s an accomplished furniture maker and furniture designer, and he’s got advice for self-taught woodworkers that we don’t want you to hear.
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The Whole Machine at Laguna Tools
here are, of course, many differences between European and North American woodworkers, and Torben Helshoj, president of Laguna Tools, has had ample opportunity to observe those differences.
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Computer Enhances His Designs: Ray Bock
One of the first things you’ll notice when you look at Ray Bock’s work is the fluid motion.
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Ridgid Gets Urgent
Brian Sponsler faced the prospect of developing the Ridgid brand of woodworking products, building a new product development operation from scratch, and finding a whole new distribution channel for his company’s tools.
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Rocking to a Different Beat: Tyrone Sewell
The rocking horse is such a standard part of our culture you expect to see one in every picture of a nursery.
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The End of Carbide as We Know It?
Carbide Processors is out to change our world.
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Chair Man of the Boards: Robert Erickson
There’s a problem with the chairs that Robert Erickson makes: once you sit down in one, you don’t ever really want to get up again.
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Amazon’s Tool Chest
When Amazon.com bought Tool Crib of the North last year, it raised a lot of eyebrows. Most of us who know anything about Amazon think of it as an online bookstore. So how, we asked ourselves, did they decide to get into the tool business?
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Steff Rocknak: Wood Chips and Tall Ships
Steff Rocknak is as complex as the figures she carves out of wood.
