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I can't believe it's 15 years since we did our first “buddy trip”. The idea from my colleague Steve Cracknell and myself was take small group of clients to Michael Weinig AG in a chilled and relaxed manner. No hard sell, have a brief overview of the Weinig range of machines and see what happens. The relaxed manner is the same today. Continue reading →

It's been an amazing journey, the Cube 4 side planer from Weinig. Over the last few years the Cube really has become the bestselling four side planer in the market. Preparing Timber mainly in the Midlands to the South in the UK from one-man Joinery and Furniture workshops through to large Timber Planing Mills, there is never far to go to see a Cube. Continue reading →

EMC are a specialist manufacturer of wide belt sanding machines. Based in Imola near the racing circuit, the place where Ayrton Senna met his demise in 1994 at the San Marino Grand Prix.  They supply calibrating, veneer finishing, denibbing sanding and polishing machines.  I was introduced to EMC managing director Ivano Coveri 5 years ago. He explained that they were founded in 1999 and quickly outgrew the original factory in 2006. All the directors had their roots in sanding from other companies with many years of experience. Continue reading →