Industry Interviews
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A Fitting Name for a Finish that Locks Out Water
There’s no sin in sincere, no good in goodbye, and no water in Waterlox, and there never has been. What is…
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Homestead Heritage
You can learn to build anything of wood at the Homestead Heritage woodworking school, but unlike most schools, they’ll teach you to do it with hand tools.
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A Bad Investment Leads to an Innovative Company
Robert Cumings is clearly the sort of man who, when stuck with a lemon, makes lemonade.
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A Look at SuperMax Tools
Take a look at the SuperMax drum and brush sanders, and you are bound to find them rather reminiscent of the upper end of the old Performax line.
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Paddling Down the River of Boat-building Expertise
With a name like Bear Mountain Boat Shop , you would assume this is a place you could go to buy a boat, and for the most part, you’d be right.
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Smith & Fong
Woodworkers are constantly on the lookout for new and exciting species that are durable, attractive, easy to work with, and, dare I say it, environmentally correct, or “green.”
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Stewart-MacDonald: The Ultimate Luthier’s Toy Store Helps Wood Find Its Voice
Have you ever had a hankering to build a guitar, banjo, or mandolin, but were at a loss as to where to begin?
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Ryobi Power Tools
As it turns out, I was in for some very pleasant surprises about Ryobi. First, a bit of history.
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FastCap: A Company that Sticks with Inventions
For a company that started less than a decade ago with one product, a peel and stick screw cover, FastCap is certainly a growth enigma.
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Lie-Nielsen: New Hand Tools with Old Style Quality
Listen in at any woodworkers’ guild meeting and, when the talk of one’s favorite hand tools turns to unabashed boasting, odds are that someone is dropping the name Lie-Nielsen.