Laguna Tools: Woodworking tools for fun and profit

Woodworking is both an exciting hobby and an excellent business venture. Laguna Tools has long catered to the needs of both the enterprising woodworker looking to expand production and the amateur hobbyist who wants quality within reach. Torben and Catherine Helshoj founded the company with the special intent of bringing combination tool technology, which had been popular with woodworkers in Northern Europe, to North America.

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Today, the company has been expanding its product range both to include CNC machines and to incorporate a new line of products within reach of the amateur woodworker. Woodworking is an engaging hobby and getting the right equipment is often the starting point in creating an excellent finished product for both amateurs and professionals.

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Laguna Tools includes a wide array of products that range from small yet powerful devices ideal for the amateur to the industrial-scale machines fit for large-scale production. Regardless of whether they are for the small woodshop or the production floor, these tools provide the same amount of performance quality and power relative to their size.

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Regardless if whether one is an amateur or in charge of industrial production, a high quality tool can greatly improve the quality of one’s product and make quick work of any item.

More information on the product range of Laguna Tools and stories of woodworkers applying its products in commercial-scale applications can be accessed from its official website.

Catherine Helshoj: Upholding a legacy of distinction

Successful companies are often characterized by strong leadership. For leading woodworking machinery provider Laguna Tools, that resilient leadership is provided by the company’s Vice President, Catherine Helshoj.

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With a reputation as the premier provider of high-class woodworking machinery, Laguna Tools continued to achieve success under the leadership of Helshoj who guides the company through the rough seas of the corporate world. After taking over the California-based company from her husband, Torben, Catherine continues to be the driving force behind the continued success of the company. Her principle in business is that only the bravest and the most open-minded individuals who pay extra attention to the overall business situation will be the ones who reap the most benefits.




Laguna Tools believes that nothing can be achieved without an absolute dedication to crafting high-quality products that far exceed a customer’s expectations. Catherine Helshoj continues to uphold the legacy of excellence that the company is known for.

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This attention to detail and the unyielding passion for perfection in creating superior products has earned Laguna Tools many distinctions from different woodworking magazines and organizations such as:
1. 2011 May Wood Magazine Band Saw-Top Tool Approved-Editor’s Choice
2. 2008 Fine Woodworking and Fine Homebuilding Best Overall-Editor’s Choice
3. 2008 3LUXE Simply the best of everything-“BEST OF” Selections

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More information about Catherine Helshoj is available at www.lagunatools.com.

Laguna Tools: The importance of investing in dust collecting machines

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Laguna Tools offers a comprehensive range of products like workbenches, sanders, mortisers, lathes, jointers, drill presses, and combo machines, among others. With its more than 27 years in the business, the company is one of the leaders in the woodworking industry moving production and mill shops to work at maximum rates.

However, the people behind the company also understand that when people use power tools, big mess comes out of it. It’s a good thing that Laguna Tools continues to make a difference by providing dust collecting machines at affordable prices, because people, including the woodworkers, are entitled to breathe clean and fresh air.

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Laguna Tools’ line of dust collectors ranges from the small and portable machines to the large and heavy-duty ones. All of which keep the workshops free of dust, affording them to have the following benefits:

• Dust collecting machines help reduce harmful particles in the workplace.
• They prevent workers and customers inhale sawdust that may be harmful to the body.
• The dust collecting systems eliminate both small and heavy sawdust particles, thus, preventing additional spending for air cleaners.
• They make customers think highly of the clean shops.

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To have a clean working environment for woodworkers and all the other people around it, investing in quality dust collectors can be practiced. More information is available at the Laguna Tools’ website.

Safety first: Laguna Tools reviews basic woodworking safety rules

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Woodworking can be a very engaging hobby, but as with many hobbies dealing with tools, it can also be very dangerous. Laguna tools reviews some of the basic safety tips that all woodworkers, amateur or professional, must take into account to keep woodworking as safe as possible.



A general rule for woodworkers is that the woodshop is no place for people in a hurry. Workers should take basic safety precautions into account every time, such as appropriate clothing and safety equipment like goggles.

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Woodworkers must always go against the direction of the cutter, as power tools are designed for this motion. Other safety tips, particularly those considered no-brainers, such as the use of sharp blades and bits and checking the stocks to be cut for loose metal such as screws and nails, should be emphasized. When working with equipment like those from Laguna Tools, reviews of the bits and blades must be done while the machines have their power cords unplugged. The same goes for removing cutoffs; the machines must be turned off before any attempt is made to remove the debris.



Taking in drugs and alcohol before woodworking is a big no. Finally, distractions must be avoided while working.



More information on Laguna Tools and reviews of its products are available on its official website.

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Combining effectiveness and space with Laguna Tools’ Combo Machines

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Possessing an effective set of tools where space is a priority is a challenge. In Europe, innovations such as the combination machine helped solve this problem. Now, Laguna Tools brings this innovation to the other side of the pond through its own line of combination machines for the American woodworker.

Combination machines, as the name implies, combine the functionality of several different machines into one package. These machines make great use of space and cost less that the individual machines, making them ideal for hobbyists and amateur woodworkers. The company offers several selections of combination machines that put together the functions of between two to five different machines.

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On the most basic level is the Platinum Series’ joiner-planer combination, with a size and functionality ideal for small spaces. The size 10 alone has enough power for the home hobbyist and small shop. These come equipped with either a traditional straight cutterhead or a Laguna Tools Shear-Tech spiral cutterhead.

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At the opposite end of the scale are the combination machines in the Platinum Series with five functions. It features two different motors with distinct power settings and combines a joiner–planer unit, table saw, shaper unit, spindle sander, and mortiser in one device.

Also available from Laguna Tools are accessories for many of its machines, including the combo machines. More information on the machines themselves and the company’s other products are available at its official website.

Laguna Tools: Showing commitment in making high-quality woodworking equipment

When Laguna Tools founder Torben Helshoj first came to America, he quickly noticed the difference between the woodworking efficiencies of American and European machineries. He noted that the machines used by the Americans were significantly lagging behind in terms of safety, functionality, and basic features.

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Helshoj, who won the prestigious Silver Medal award from the Queen of Denmark because of his proficiency in the woodworking field, decided to start a business that would take America’s woodworking industry a level higher. Torben and his partners chose to import European machines to serve as the foundation of the business that came to be known eventually as Laguna Tools.



Through the dedication Helshoj had shown as the president of Laguna, he made way for numerous accomplishments for the company. The DriftMaster Fence system, for one, gained the approval of woodwork experts and enthusiasts alike.

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At Laguna Tools, complaints from woodworkers are hardly ever heard because of the state-of-the-art woodworking accessories, bandsaws, boring machines, drill pressers, and dust collectors—among many others—that the company offers. The bandsaws from Laguna Tools, specifically, are highly regarded by woodworkers as among the best in the world.



Laguna Tools also makes sure that the machines they provide passionate woodworkers with are affordable as Helshoj and the team of experts that compose the company believe that innovations should not come at an expensive price.

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Visit www.lagunatools.com for more information about Laguna Tools’ efficient woodworking equipment.