I think but am not sure, Matthias Wandel ( ...woodgears.ca) actually designed/invented this machine. He certainly built 1 (or even 2?) out of wood in his usual very careful way. Subsequently an Indian (I think) gent living in Japan has started producing these out of aluminium extrusions with Matthias still being involved with the development. There are a lot of links on the woodgears site to posts by others, including the Indian gent, and also showing the sales booth set up for this tool at some US woodworking show recently. Matthias has continued to post quite frequently on this subject and another of the links on his site goes straight to a site where you can order one direct from Japan.
I must say it looks a very interesting device and illustrates Matthias' inventive turn of mind very well. I'm not knowledgeable enough about wood work myself to know if it's important new tool or "just nice to have", but in any case I don't have the space nor do I do the sort of work that makes this a good investment for me. But that's just me - I'd be very interested to hear if any of our "professional" members have got one/are thinking of buying one.
AES
