The Shaper Origin, a hand-held router steered by a smart-phone sized guidance system, has begun taking pre-orders. Developed by an MIT student when he had trouble building picture frames with an ordinary router, the Origin is expected to begin shipping in a year.

For producing cabinet doors and other straight or contoured wood components, Voorwood's Model A11 is the fastest manually-operated production machine in the industry. This is the first sliding table shaper to sand the substrate after the milling process.