Industry Interviews
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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.
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Rojek Woodworking Equipment: Bringing a Long Tradition of European Quality to America
You may or may not have heard the name Tech Mark, and you probably haven’t heard the name Rojek very often. But spread the word!
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Mini Max: An Old Name with a New Attitude
One of Jim Strain’s challenges is to change the American consumer’s perception of Mini Max.