No matter how skilled you are or how expensive your materials, you
can’t get good results on solid surface using tools made for
woodworking. That’s what Tom Pinske discovered, in his own shop and in
talking to dozens of professional fabricators who struggled to get the
quality results they were used to. “It’s the tools.” Tom said, and set
out to find some that would work specifically for solid surface
material.
Anyone who knows Tom will tell you that he’s very particular, so it
wasn’t surprising when he couldn’t find even the most basic tool—a
straight edge that was exactly what he wanted. Remembering his dad’s
attitude (“If you can’t find it, make it”), Tom decided to design his
own solution, and after another long search, found a company that could
machine an exact edge—The Pinske Edge. That was the start. He originally
designed the tools for use in his own shop, but when other fabricators
saw the precision results Tom was getting on his finished pieces, they
wanted to know where he got his tools. Every tool that Tom makes starts
with one basic idea: a Pinske tool should make your job easier and the
finished product better.
Tom Pinske received the Hall of Fame award at the
International Solid Surface Fabricators Association annual convention in
2003
