Leonard Lee, the founder of Lee Valley and Veritas Tools passed away recent=
ly. He used to be a contributor directly and indirectly to this forum a nu=
mber of years ago. There is an interesting article about him here: https:/=
/www.thestar.com/business/2016/07/16/leonard-lee-founder-of-lee-valley-tool=
s-was-the-ultimate-craftsman.html
RIP.
Electric Comet <[email protected]> wrote in news:nmjeii$3u6$1
@dont-email.me:
*snip*
> who is minding the store now
>
Last I knew, it was Robin Lee. He used to post here occasionally, last
time I remember seeing him was a couple April Fool's Days ago. They had
just "invented" a dust collector shroud for a hand plane.
Puckdropper
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
>
> On Monday, July 18, 2016 at 5:10:39 PM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote:
> > >*snip*
> > >
> > >> who is minding the store now
> > >>
> > >
> > >Last I knew, it was Robin Lee. He used to post here occasionally, last
> > >time I remember seeing him was a couple April Fool's Days ago. They had
> > >just "invented" a dust collector shroud for a hand plane.
> > >
> > >Puckdropper
> >
> >
> > Here's another newspaper article :
> >
> > http://www.therecord.com/news-story/6769990-leonard-lee-leaves-customers-a-lifetime-of-tools/
> >
> > To my knowledge, Robin Lee is still in charge.
> > John T.
>
> Yes, Robin is in charge. He used to post on this forum regularly, IIRC.
>
> I seem to remember Mr. Lee himself being asked why he didn't put Lee Valley on the Stock Market and his answer was along these lines: why would I give away everything I've build up to banks and institutions. If I need more money to grow, I'll go to a bank and borrow the money.
Wise move these days. Place I work is Fortune 100 and it is _not_ on
the stock market.
On Monday, July 18, 2016 at 5:10:39 PM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote:
> >*snip*
> >
> >> who is minding the store now
> >>=20
> >
> >Last I knew, it was Robin Lee. He used to post here occasionally, last=
=20
> >time I remember seeing him was a couple April Fool's Days ago. They had=
=20
> >just "invented" a dust collector shroud for a hand plane.
> >
> >Puckdropper
>=20
>=20
> Here's another newspaper article :
>=20
> http://www.therecord.com/news-story/6769990-leonard-lee-leaves-customers-=
a-lifetime-of-tools/
>=20
> To my knowledge, Robin Lee is still in charge.
> John T.
Yes, Robin is in charge. He used to post on this forum regularly, IIRC. =
=20
I seem to remember Mr. Lee himself being asked why he didn't put Lee Valley=
on the Stock Market and his answer was along these lines: why would I give=
away everything I've build up to banks and institutions. If I need more m=
oney to grow, I'll go to a bank and borrow the money.
>*snip*
>
>> who is minding the store now
>>
>
>Last I knew, it was Robin Lee. He used to post here occasionally, last
>time I remember seeing him was a couple April Fool's Days ago. They had
>just "invented" a dust collector shroud for a hand plane.
>
>Puckdropper
Here's another newspaper article :
http://www.therecord.com/news-story/6769990-leonard-lee-leaves-customers-a-lifetime-of-tools/
To my knowledge, Robin Lee is still in charge.
John T.
On Mon, 18 Jul 2016 12:57:07 -0700 (PDT)
Jimbo <[email protected]> wrote:
> Leonard Lee, the founder of Lee Valley and Veritas Tools passed away
> recently. He used to be a contributor directly and indirectly to
> this forum a number of years ago. There is an interesting article
> about him here:
there was something on their website too
wonder how long ago he gave up responsibilities in the day to day
operations of the company
or did he work up to the end
who is minding the store now
On Mon, 18 Jul 2016 12:57:07 -0700 (PDT)
Jimbo <[email protected]> wrote:
> Leonard Lee, the founder of Lee Valley and Veritas Tools passed away
> recently. He used to be a contributor directly and indirectly to
> this forum a number of years ago. There is an interesting article
> about him here:
hopefully it will not be sold off to rockler or maybe it was already
On 2016-07-18 4:33 PM, Electric Comet wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jul 2016 12:57:07 -0700 (PDT)
> Jimbo <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Leonard Lee, the founder of Lee Valley and Veritas Tools passed away
>> recently. He used to be a contributor directly and indirectly to
>> this forum a number of years ago. There is an interesting article
>> about him here:
>
>
> hopefully it will not be sold off to rockler or maybe it was already
>
Not likely Robin has been running it for years, the business will more
than likely stay in the family, at least for a few more years.
--
Froz....
On 19/07/2016 7:21 @wiz, FrozenNorth wrote:
>>> Leonard Lee, the founder of Lee Valley and Veritas Tools passed away
>>> recently. He used to be a contributor directly and indirectly to
>>> this forum a number of years ago. There is an interesting article
>>> about him here:
>>
>>
>> hopefully it will not be sold off to rockler or maybe it was already
>>
> Not likely Robin has been running it for years, the business will more
> than likely stay in the family, at least for a few more years.
>
Let's hope so. Good tools there and a good business mind, father to son.
Vale, Leonard. May Robin lead on the same wave.
On Mon, 18 Jul 2016 17:40:20 -0700 (PDT)
Jimbo <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes, Robin is in charge. He used to post on this forum regularly,
> IIRC.
good to know family is still involved
> I seem to remember Mr. Lee himself being asked why he didn't put Lee
> Valley on the Stock Market and his answer was along these lines: why
> would I give away everything I've build up to banks and
> institutions. If I need more money to grow, I'll go to a bank and
> borrow the money.
a sure sign he was not insane