Citing growth in sales and the potential for expanding into foreign markets, TigerStop has opened a new office in Mexico City

In its first five years, ADX Portland has hosted some 4,000 users in the 14,000-square-foot facility, A place to share woodworking tools, knowledge and experience, the makerspace was founded by Kelley Roy.

Woodworking machinery manufacturer TigerStop LLC has announced that it has hired Rakesh Sridharan, formerly of the Leatherman Tool Group, as the company’s new CEO of worldwide operations.

9Wood scores a 10 when it comes to creating beautiful, architectural wood ceilings. Investments in equipment have helped the company to optimize the solid wood machining process.

On advice from CNBC's The Profit, Kensington Garden Rooms invested in precision cutting technology to ramp up the production of its gazebos. Available with a host of amenities, sales of the red cedar outdoor rooms continue to grow.

Production of Harvest Lane Honey's hives originally was a labor-intensive process. But since adding new precision cutting automation technology to the shop, the company has eliminated a significant bottleneck.

If the saw blade is out of balance, out of round, dull on one side, or being improperly tensioned, it can result in an inferior cut quality. Here are some other factors that can affect the quality of the cut.

Table saws function as the shop workhorses, but in theory they are only built for one purpose: to spin a saw blade. However, one thing that a table saw is not able to do by itself is position material for straightness, squareness and dimensional accuracy. This is where a fence or guide comes in handy.It’s important to consider how much you are producing when choosing a fence. Are you making 10 parts a day or are you making 100 parts a day?

TigerStop has promoted Mike Anderson from Southeastern regional sales manager to product manager of saw systems. Kevin Trowell, formerly with Beisse, will take over Anderson’s previous role as Southeastern regional sales manager.

Lamon Luther Owner Brian Preston founded the custom table and furniture shop as a way to give homeless people with a woodworking background a "hands up, not a handout." Inside the 20,000-square-foot facility employees use a variety of automated equipment to optimize material usage and improve the productivity of Lamon Luther's signature reclaimed furniture pieces.