Industry Interviews
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Leigh Industries: A History of Evolution and Revolution in Jig-based Joinery
These days, dovetail jigs are about as common to a woodworker as table saws, but 30-some-odd years ago, the situation was quite different.
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Starborn Industries: Proudly Innovating the Basics
Paul Gertner and his staff at Starborn Industries spend a whole lot of time thinking about how to make deck screws work more effectively, last longer and look better. They’ve been the core of the company’s business for more than 30 years.
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Grex Power Tools Hopes You’ll Go Green
The folks at Grex Power Tools might suggest a completely different meaning for the popular vernacular: they’re hoping you’ll consider a lime-green air tool when you’re in the market for your next nailer, sander or airbrush.
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Elkhead Tools: Satisfying a Niche for Premium Screwdrivers
If a screwdriver carries the same value for you as a premium plane or chisel, you’re exactly the customer for whom Elkhead Tools is building premium screwdrivers, one small batch at a time.
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Delta to Become Independent Company Once Again
After six years under the umbrella of Stanley Black & Decker, the Delta brand was recently sold to Chang Type Industrial Company Ltd. – a Taiwan-based manufacturer of woodworking tools.
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Craftsman Experience: Bringing Tool Users and Experts Together On and Off Line
Next time you’re in Chicago for a long weekend, be sure to add Craftsman Experience to your list of downtown attractions to visit.
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Williams & Hussey: Quality Molders Since 1954
Do you find off-the-shelf molding options disappointing? Williams & Hussey has the machine you need to make your own.
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The Beginning of the Woodworker’s Journal eZine, Life and the Universe … and Everything
As you may have gathered by now, the Woodworker’s Journal eZine is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.
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Wally Keller Tool Museum: A Testament to Industrial-era Hand Tools
f you’re a vintage tool collector, an aficionado of things forged from iron and steel, or a regular follower of our “Stumpers” department in the print magazine, here’s a vacation destination to put on your bucket list: “The Wally Keller Tool Museum” in Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin.
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JET/Powermatic: Core Values Honored Despite Recession
Over the past couple of years, only a hermit would have been able to be able to miss this recession’s…