Has anyone been to Hegners? Do\Did they make their stuff onsite? Or was it imported\farmed out?
I know their scroll saw was well thought of in that community. I've only ever heard of Paul having the lathe. Their disc sander was wildly expensive and I always wondered why. The multistar stuff is always well spoke of, tho I've never owned any of it myself. I'm not a fan of their Sanding arbour, tho others rave about it. I got the impression it was imported tho, not their own. The sandpaper is unlikely to be actually made by them either, is it? They also imported the Organoil stuff. I'm just trying to get a picture of what 'The Company in Staffordshire' has bought? An Import business by the sounds of it, plus the customer base obviously. So the firm in Staffordshire could well be anyone. It doesn't necessarily have to be a known woodworking rival.