Exquisite tools from Aigner. Now available in our collection.
RUWI and AIGNER
Our workshop isn’t just filled with things we make ourselves. Some of our tools aren’t made here, but by family-run businesses with whom we’ve developed a genuine bond over the years. Innovators. Trustworthy companies. Manufacturers with a solid foundation. We use what they make ourselves—day in and day out on our own machines. AIGNER, based in Reisbach in Lower Bavaria, is one such company.
Georg Aigner and the Integral Stop
The table router is a machine that even experienced woodworkers respect—and rightly so. Where the tool extends beyond the stop, a standard router fence leaves an open gap. This is precisely where things can get dangerous if a workpiece tips over or kicks back.
Georg Aigner has filled this gap. His integral stop guides the workpiece continuously using swiveling bars, even over the tool. He developed it in close collaboration with the employers’ liability insurance association—not on the drawing board, but at the machine, with a focus on the hand working on it. Today, virtually all major milling machine manufacturers install it as standard equipment: Martin, SCM, Format 4. What began as one man’s idea has long since become the benchmark for the entire industry.
Georg Aigner has since passed away. We knew him personally—he was the kind of person who would keep turning a problem over and over in his mind until he found a lasting solution. Today, Oliver Loibl carries on his work with the same dedication.
Tools for a Career
When talking about AIGNER, colleagues often say the same thing: “You buy this once in a lifetime.” That really says it all. The fixtures are machined from solid stock, cleanly finished, and thought through down to the last detail. They tackle precisely those tasks that are tricky on the milling machine and solve them so thoroughly that the solution holds up. We understand this design philosophy—our lift tables and milling tables are built on the same principle.
What unites us
AIGNER and RUWI develop tools that make the workshop better. We are both family-owned businesses, and we both work closely with the employers' liability insurance association. And we both believe that good tools make life better for woodworking professionals.