Precision Valley Survivor: Lovejoy Tool Co.
Warren Garfield is giving a tour of the Lovejoy Tool Co. factory, carrying his workingman’s frame with a graceful ease among the maze of rooms and jungle of machinery spread like sentries throughout the red brick building. If Garfield appears as comfortable on the floor of the Springfield, Vt., factory as a man does in his own home workshop, it’s understandable: He has worked at the company for 50 years, starting the day after he...
Cottage Industry: When a Battered Guitar Needs TLC, Lebanon Man Gets the Gig
Fires, bad paint jobs, long-term disregard, the guitars and basses that find their way to Will Morneault’s workbench have endured any number of indignities. Others have been loved so hard they need a little tender, loving care. Nearly all are older, some with value as collectibles. Yet when a newly spruced up guitar or bass is returned to its owner, it won’t be hung on a wall “like a trophy,” Morneault said. “They’re going to take it...
Microsoft Makes Bold Predictions
Microsoft expects its newest operating system, Windows 10, to be running on 1 billion computers within two to three years. The figure, which includes desktops, laptops, tablets and smartphones, was repeatedly touted Wednesday at Microsoft’s annual conference for application developers. Microsoft has struggled to get companies to make apps for Windows mobile devices, part of a self-perpetuating cycle that makes Windows smartphones less...
