Linda Rosengarten of Hock Tools recently interviewed me about Lost Art Press, why I left Popular Woodworking Magazine and what book projects I am working on. You can read the full interview here and wonder if there is such a thing as Verbal Immodium that I should be taking. Or you can read the following …
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Our storefront on Willard Street in Covington, Ky. We are offering some new classes and old favorites at the Lost Art Press storefront during the first half of 2023. All these classes take place in our bench room at our Covington, Ky., location. Our storefront is located in the center of the city’s Main Strasse …
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I am a connoisseur of bit extenders. I have spent – easily – a couple hundred dollars on a wide variety of them, new and vintage. Most bit extenders suffer from one of the following maladies: They don’t hold the bit and it falls out in use. They hold the bit but it wobbles in …
2020 Anarchist’s Gift Guide Day 4: Bosch Bit Extender – Read More »
The following is excerpted from “Grandpa’s Workshop,” by Maurice Pommier. This 48-page book was translated by Brian Anderson, an American-born writer and woodworker who lives and works in France. It is ostensibly a book for children, though the stories, lessons and drawing style will appeal to anyone who has an appreciation for the natural and …
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This is an excerpt from “Welsh Stick Chairs” by John Brown. Having cut out the seat, the first job is to clean up the sawn edge. Here is a wooden jack-plane in use. I very rarely buy new tools. They are expensive and mostly made of cheese. A plane like the one I am using costs about …
Back in May, I served up some high praise for the “Atlas of Furniture Design,” published by the Vitra Design Museum in Germany. If you haven’t bought this book for yourself, please have your family buy it for you for the holidays. The “Atlas of Furniture Design” is one of those books that is going …
Anarchist Gift Guide Day 6: ‘Atlas of Furniture Design’ – Read More »
It is with the heaviest of hearts that we report that Nancy Hiller died earlier this morning. We don’t have any information on a service or memorial. When we know something, we will post it here. In the meantime, if you want to remember her, you can read this tribute about this remarkable woman we …