Journal Staff
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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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Reid Leonard: The Tables of October
Reid Leonard had some rosewood plywood he was interested in, but when he got there, it was all out.
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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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A Deep Sense of History: Lee Grindinger
It’s pretty rare these days to see ornately carved, handmade furniture.
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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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A Solid Base: Wayne Hoffman
The key to good veneering, says Wayne Hoffman, is a good substrate.
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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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Working with the Best: Kirt Kirkpatrick
family commissioned him to create a table for an antique silver jewelry box that had been acquired (when someone acquires an antique, it means the piece was so expensive you don’t even want to know about it).
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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.