Lie-Nielsen Toolworks
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- Headquarters
- Warren, ME
- Manufacturing
- Warren, ME
- Categories
- hand-tools-and-workshop
Lie-Nielsen Toolworks has made woodworking hand planes, saws, chisels and spokeshaves in Warren, Maine since 1981. The company casts from New England foundries, mills wood from Maine sawyers, and finishes each tool by hand in its mid-coast shop — an unusually complete domestic supply chain for a hand-tool maker, which is why the origin claim holds at the top tier rather than resting on final assembly alone.
The record
Woodworking hand tools are made in the company's mid-coast Maine shop from domestically sourced castings and wood
“We source our metal castings from New England foundries, our wood from Maine sawyers, and use a combination of modern CNC technology, milling machines, and good old-fashioned hand work to make our tools in our mid-coast Maine shop.”
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A design trade publication's factory tour reports that nearly everything Lie-Nielsen sells is made at its Warren, Maine shop
“Nearly everything Lie-Nielsen sells is made right there in Warren.”
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Domain record
lie-nielsen.com was registered on .It dates the domain, not the business: a maker that moved to a new address reads young here, and an old domain says nothing about who holds it now.
RDAP registry record · checked 19 Sep 2026