The woodworking video podcast and blog of Al Navas

Archives for the day Sunday, April 6th, 2008

I have new sponsors!

I have two new sponsors: Leigh Industries, and Sommerfeld Tools for Wood. This is exciting news for all my fellow woodworkers, as some new things are in the works.

Leigh makes the D4R, the D1600, and the Super Jigs dovetail jigs (12″, 18″, and 24″ widths), plus many templates, accessories, and attachments; and Leigh also makes the FMT Frame Mortise & Tenon jig.

Sommerfeld makes premium router bits, a router table and fence, cabinetmaking equipment, and also distributes other woodworking equipment such as Triton routers, etc.

I have been a customer of Leigh and Sommerfeld for a long time, and certainly before I started this blog. I will never take on a sponsor without knowing their products, using them, and backing them 100%. I stand behind the Leigh and Sommerfeld products.

In the future I will announce a new monthly contest, in partnership with Sommerfeld Tools. Marc Sommerfeld is very excited about this new venture; I know it will also be exciting to all of you. As soon as the new Sommerfeld web site is up and running 100%, we will announce the details.

If you get a chance, and you are not familiar with either Leigh or Sommerfeld, set aside some time and take a look to what my new sponsors have to offer. I provide below their respective logos, linked to their home page.

Note: In the interest of full disclosure, I want everyone to know that Leigh and Sommerfeld are the only two sponsors I currently have. I am an Affiliate member of Woodcraft, Rockler, and Amazon.com (the Sandal Woods Store).

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About Me

My name is Al Navas, and I live in NW Missouri with my bride of many years. We are both woodworkers who love to be in the shop together, sharing wonderful times. She is a woodturner, and also carves and does pyrography. I do what many call flat work, which includes jewelry boxes to blanket chests; armoires to entertainment centers; church altars to prayer kneelers; custom cabinets to rustic furniture. In our “spare” time in the shop we make toys, bird houses, etc., for our granddaughters. In late 2007 we finished serving as officers for the St Joseph Woodworkers Guild.