Focused on offering the highest quality products, owner and founder Stephen Kearns strives to combat the stiff competition he faces by harnessing the company’s strengths, namely sophisticated technology and stellar craftsmanship. He says the biggest threats to his business are commercial door and window manufacturers and other shops trying out this specialized niche.
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Glue-pot edgebander
SAFETY SPEED MANUFACTURING’S 72GP is a glue-pot edgebander offering a micro-adjust tape guide for quick tape changes, electromagnetic end cutters and the Accutrim Edge Trim System that eliminates the need to file or sand trim edges, according to th...
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Festool offers new CMS router table
The new CMS router table from Festool has a host of features that will allow woodworkers better control over workpieces. Equipped with a smooth sliding table, exacting miter gauge and a solid extension table, as well as featherboard and hold-down opt...
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White oak remains a rock for retailers
Known for its positive characteristics such as durability and workability, as well as its everlasting dependability in the marine world, white oak (Quercus alba) has remained the strongest, steadiest and most consistent domestic sellers through the y...
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Picture-perfect plan
Though Rob Grant loves his big equipment — Omnitech CNC, Whirlwind saw, Brandt edgebander — there’s a smaller tool he uses to run his cabinetmaking business: a multi-lens digital camera. Creating a picture-perfect image is v...
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Getting your ducks in a row
“Organizing,” said the poet A.A. Milne, “is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.”
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Determination and dependability
Even though he faces fierce competition from larger woodworking businesses, Josh Lewis, owner of Lewis Custom Woodwork of Centerville, Utah, sets himself apart by making his customers a priority at all times. Specializing in high-...
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AWFS registration ahead of 2011 numbers
AWFS management says preregistration is ahead of 2011 attendance figures. The biannual show will be held July 24-27 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas.
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