Industry Interviews
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Accuspray: Horton Buys a Who
For the past two decades, Accuspray has made its mark, albeit quietly, as a small company making high quality HVLP spray guns, turbines and related equipment.
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Western Dovetail: The Fastest Drawer in the West
Max Hunter, the president and founder of Western Dovetail, owns a company that, to put it succinctly, makes drawers.
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Garrett Wade: Reviving the Best of the Past, One Tool at a Time
Nestled in the SoHo district of New York City is what has to be one of the most interesting and unusual tool stores that has ever pandered to the field of human endeavor.
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Roberto-Venn: Three Decades of Training Guitarmakers
Ask any guitarmaker to name a school where you can learn that craft, and odds are he or she will say “Roberto-Venn.”
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Robo-Sander: Not Bait and Switch, but Bait and Sand
Listening to Ken Picou might convince you that growing up in Louisiana encourages people do strange things.
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Drill Doctor: Pointing the Way to Perpetually Sharp Drill Bits
Odds are you have already heard talk about Drill Doctor, the superbly clever gizmo designed to sharpen drill bits quickly, effortlessly and flawlessly.
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Gramercy Tools
What happens when you take a vintage tool fanatic, collector, and designer who also happens to be a whiz at software and let him loose on the world?
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JET/WMH: New Offerings for Woodworking’s JET Set
It seems that every time you turn around, JET is coming out with new and improved machinery. That’s certainly not a bad thing, but it does tend to keep us on our toes.
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SawStop: Come for the Safety, Stay for the Saw
By now, if you haven’t seen it, you have certainly heard about it: a saw that cuts wood but won’t bite people.
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Kreg: The King of Pocket Hole Joinery Expands Its Offerings
Say “Kreg,” and pretty much everyone immediately thinks of the familiar bright blue tool that made pocket hole joinery.