Industry Interviews
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CMT: Cutter Sharks
Although CMT has a long history of manufacturing state-of-the-art router bits and cutters, it is not resting on its reputation for quality tools.
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Earthstone: Accelerating the Sands of Time
A year or so ago a new product came out called Earthstone Sanding Blocks, and they are promising to maximize the time you spend doing actual woodworking by minimizing sanding.
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A Tool So New it Will Take Your Breath Away – or Give it Back
Jim Duxbury drew on his knowledge and experience and came up with what he calls the Resp-O-Rator, a device that takes a radical look at current respirator designs and tries to make some dramatic improvements.
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Clark & Williams: A Sole in the Past and One in the Future
Talking with Larry Williams and Bill Clark is like time travel, because these two know more about the history of hand planes than anyone I have yet encountered.
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Hut Products Inc. – Taking Life in Small Turns
Some of the best businesses in our industry were started by woodworkers who said to themselves: “There’s got to be a better way to do this.” Tom Hutchinson is one of those guys.
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SawStop: A Show Stopper
About a year ago, at the big woodworking show in Atlanta, everyone came back from the event talking about a little booth in the back of the showroom floor and a thing they were calling the “hot dog saw.”
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Brand New Metal Brands: Owning Up To Your Work
Not just limited to woodworking, he says some of his branding irons are used to identify computer equipment at universities, to identify the bakery that made the fancy loaves of bread, and to identify the restaurant that made the steak that just landed on your plate.
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DeWalt: Serious Woodworking
It’s probably no accident that DeWalt has just introduced a new line of miter saws. Its president of professional products, John Schiech, has had a lot of experience with these saws in his personal life.
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Timberwolf Blades: With a Little Help From My Friends
His business has benefited from many things, but the thing that really sticks out for Art is the help he has received along the way.
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Sommerfeld Tools For Wood: Finding the Right Fit
Marc Sommerfeld has worn a lot of hats in his journey through woodworking. Finally he started making some of his own tools and became what he is today: a tool designer.
