Industry Interviews
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Vintage Delta Parts: Buddy, Can You Spare a Part?
John Weber has a website called Weber Woodworking, but if you go there expecting to see his woodworking prowess, you are going to be disappointed.
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GI Woodshop: For Want of a Nail
Richard Ireland, or Reeko to his friends, runs what must certainly be the most unusual woodworking supply company in the country.
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Dispozablade: You Can Never Go Hone Again
I sincerely doubt there is a less enjoyable shop maintenance job than resetting planer and jointer blades.
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Work Sharp Wide Blade Attachment: When Size Does Matter
“We’re passionate about making sharpening easier and better,” Kyle Crawford, Product Manager for Work Sharp told me, “and we listen to our customers.”
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Varathane: EZ, Foam Home!
Once upon a time, stain was colored liquid. It changed the color of wood just fine, but was messy and tended to drip.
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Epilog Laser: ‘Light’ Woodworking
“There are just some things only a laser will do,” explained Mike Dean when I asked him why a small shop or hobby woodworker would need a laser.
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Paul Fritts: Pulling Out All the Stops
Filling the room, floor to ceiling and almost wall to wall, was a massive and thoroughly breathtaking pipe organ, replete with shiny metal pipes, ornate wood carved screens and figurines, and lush figured wood throughout.
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Mortise Pal: A Friend Indeed
Building a good, accurate jig is a lot harder than it seems. That’s why I appreciate people like Rob Gill, the designer and creator of Mortise Pal.
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Baker Hardwoods: Slab Happy
Jim Baker is a retired biology teacher, and that may explain in part why he was drawn to the unusual and rather limited business he currently runs.
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Delta/Porter – Cable: Still Innovating After All These Years
As you know, we love to introduce you to small companies that offer niche products, but now and again we also like to peek in and see what the big boys are doing.