Industry Interviews
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The Freud Trio
No, it’s not a new jazz band; it’s a trio of executives from Freud tools that we got lucky enough to catch together the other day.
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Steve Knight’s Handmade Planes: Knight’s Quest
If you’ve been on any of the woodworking forums on the Internet, you’ve probably run into Steve Knight.
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Garrett Wade: Returning Your Tools
Garrett Wade still deals primarily with hand tools, though there are a few power tools, mostly from Europe, in the catalog.
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Fein: Still a Family Business
Fein is still at it, creating high-quality, heavy-duty power tools for woodworkers and other tool lovers. The company is still in the family and Wilhelm’s grandson, Hans Wolfgang Fein, is the current CEO.
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Forrest Manufacturing: Cutting it Close
Jim Forrest Sr. is one of those people you meet from time to time who knows so much about a certain subject that even his side comments reveal a level of expertise you don’t encounter often.
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Mule Cabinetmaker Machine: Leveraging the Power of the Net
If your business is driven by word of mouth, the Internet can be a very good friend. That’s what John Withrow, principal of Mule Cabinetmakers Machine in Newmarket, Ontario, is discovering since he put his tools up on the World Wide Web.
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Kreg Tool Co: Behind Every Good Tool…
Necessity may be the mother of invention, but a discerning spouse can be just as inspirational. No one knows that better than Craig Sommerfield, president and founder of Kreg Tool Co.
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Wood-Mizer: When You Really Want to Do It All Yourself
So the Wood-Mizer essentially created its own market by creating a tool for DIYers that didn’t really exist before. Dave…
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Incra Jig: Accurate and Confident
When Chris Taylor developed a jig to help him make more accurate cuts, he realized very quickly that it was going to change his life.
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Museum of Woodworking Tools: Lessons From the Past
Bob Mathison wears two hats: he’s the curator of the Museum of Woodworking Tools and the principal of the Museum Store, which sells hand tools for woodworkers.