A Chat with John Economaki, Founder and President, Bridge City Tool Works

JE: I had a career as a furniture designer/maker in the 1970s and I was doing rather well. Then all of a sudden I developed double pneumonia and through that healing process, I was told I had to find another line of work. I had made my own tools, designed tools, because I used to teach school, and I designed tools for the kids to make. And I thought, I can't be the only guy who likes to work with well-made tools.