SHOPBOT APPEARS ON “EXTREME MAKEOVER HOME EDITION – HOW’D THEY DO THAT?"

February 23, 2005

Durham, NC  – Ty Pennington went to the hospital with appendicitis, and it was a ShopBot CNC that helped keep his “secret room” project on “Extreme Makeover Home Edition” on schedule.

A ShopBot CNC router, manufactured by ShopBot Tools Inc. of Durham, N.C., made another television appearance on “Extreme Makeover Home Edition – How’d They Do That?” in February. The episode featured a segment on how CNC routers are used in furniture making. The ShopBot CNC was used to cut key parts of a piece of furniture for Pennington’s “secret room” – a ribbed bench called “the sternum.”

“We are very proud of our product,” said Ted Hall, president and owner of ShopBot Tools Inc. “We believe the high profile attention it receives is a direct result of the performance of our tools and the quality of support we provide.”

The ShopBot woodworking machine is not an official product of the ABC show, but is owned by Pennington who purchased it in the fall of 2003. Rob Williams, Pennington’s shop manager, operated the ShopBot on the episode when the filming took place in his workshop in Atlanta, GA, earlier in February.

About Ty Pennington: In addition to being a featured “carpenter about town” for “Trading Spaces,” Ty has appeared on “Oprah,” “The Today Show” and “The Sharon Osborne Show.” His new book, Ty’s Tricks, will arrive in stores early this fall. Ty owns and operates Furniture Unlimited, a new company where he plans to use the ShopBot extensively in the production of his own line of furniture. His designs can be seen on his new websites at www.tythehandyguy.com and www.furniture-unlimited.com.

This is not ShopBot’s first TV appearance. In October 2003, it appeared on the $100,000 edition of “Trading Spaces” on The Learning Channel, and a ShopBot CNC is scheduled to be shown on “The New Yankee Workshop” on PBS in March 2005.

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