Alex Adams is a Mechanical Engineer by trade, designing miniature surgical robots for the Army and NASA, prototyping and manufacturing IoT devices for the Ag industry, and more. After moving into his first home with his wife and son, Alex needed to clear out overcrowded trees and didn’t want to waste the usable lumber. Connecting with other woodworkers led him on a path to start saving good lumber from being turned into mulch and instead giving it second life as custom made furniture under the name Type A Furniture.

Type A Furniture proudly makes furniture using lumber sourced from family owned sawmills in Nebraska which is saved from being burned/disposed and instead turned into custom furniture. All hardware from partner organizations is guaranteed made in the USA, down to every nut and bolt.

Alex Duffey of Duffey Woodcraft, is a maker whose journey began with DIY home projects in the Pacific Northwest. With his day job of a technical analyst, he found a powerful contrast and passion in woodworking, using his hands to create something phyiscal that will last for years. What started as an Etsy hobby to fund his passion quickly grew, with products soon featured in local gift stores like Sea Gypsy Gifts (Astoria, OR) and PopLocal (Vancouver, WA). Over the years Alex has continued to learn, and grow his community through events like Workbench Con and forging multiple brand partnerships. Alex has learned his passion of woodworking has expanded to teaching as well, but launching a beginners CNC YouTube channel 2024, becoming an instructor at cncwithme.com and teaching a CNC workshop at AWSF in Las Vegas.