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 he https://www.thestar.com/business/201...craftsman.html

RIP.

On Mon, 18 Jul 2016 12:57:07 -0700 (PDT)
Jimbo 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 he

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 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 he


hopefully it will not be sold off to rockler or maybe it was already

Electric Comet 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

*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/...time-of-tools/

To my knowledge, Robin Lee is still in charge.
John T.

On 2016-07-18 4:33 PM, Electric Comet wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jul 2016 12:57:07 -0700 (PDT)
Jimbo 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 he


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 Monday, July 18, 2016 at 5:10:39 PM UTC-4, 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/...time-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.

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 he


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 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

In article ,
says...

On Monday, July 18, 2016 at 5:10:39 PM UTC-4, 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/...time-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.