Industry Interviews
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Rousseau Company: Portable, Accurate, Durable Products for On-the-Job or In-the-Shop
We don’t all have room for large cabinetmaker saws in our shops – and Dave Alldredge, owner of Rousseau Company, says that no longer matters.
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Incra Jigs: Serendipity and a Couple of Killer Applications
A real story of overnight success, Incra Jigs’ reputation for making extremely precise, very trusty jigs has just continued to grow over the years.
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Mule Cabinetmaker: Selling Progressive Tools to a Conservative Market
Always pushing the envelope, Mule Cabinetmaker’s products, though newfangled and different, are worth a second look.
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Downdrafter: Clearing the Air on Dust Control
This hobbyist woodworker, frustrated by constant dust problems, took matters into his own hands and came up with quite an impressive dust control system.
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Amana Tools: Changing Woodworking through Persistence and Commitment to Quality
Amana Tools, at the head of the router revolution that forever changed woodworking, has always had a strong commitment to quality.
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Craftsman Tools — 75 Years Old and Still No. 1
A trusted name with high quality tools that have performed beyond their owner’s expectations since 1927, Craftsman celebrates their 75th year in the business.
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Festool: Tools That Work Like Nothing Else!
When Festool set up shop in the United States, they decided they needed a new tag line. They came up with “Like nothing else” to introduce the line of unique hand tools for professional woodworkers.
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Drill Doctor: New Life for Old Drill Bits
Woodworkers, like most people, have only a certain amount of time they can devote to their projects. A dull drill bit brings everything to a halt, and Drill Doctor aims to fix that.
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Infinity Cutting Tools: David versus the Goliaths
Nowadays, most woodworkers say they’d prefer to buy American-made tools. But with so much manufacturing moved offshore, it often seems hard or even impossible to put that principle into practice.
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Accuride: Sliding into the 21st Century
Starting out in 1962 as a small tool and die shop in California, the company found a niche in industrial and electronic markets, where their precision sliding mechanisms were eagerly embraced.
