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The ‘Sharpen This’ Speech – Now Available –
Highland Woodworking has published my “Sharpen This – the Hand-tool Backlash” speech that I gave at the Lie-Nielsen Open House a couple years ago. You can read the whole thing in Highland’s newsletter here. (Note: You can subscribe to the free newsletter here and also read all the back issues.) Chris Bagby at Highland asked …
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Roy Underhill Reads ‘Calvin Cobb: Radio Woodworker!’ –
Listening to an author read his or her work is always enlightening. For me, it’s similar to the difference between a recorded song and a live song. You hear something different. Because we cannot drive Roy to your house, we asked him to take a few minutes this week to read one of his favorite …
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Frame Fight: Coping Saws vs. Fret Saws –
A fret saw’s thin blade drops into the kerf left by any dovetail saw. Then you just turn and saw. This is an excerpt from “The Joiner and Cabinet Maker” by Anon, Christopher Schwarz and and Joel Moskowitz. For those of you who chisel out your waste when dovetailing, this section is not for you. Move …
Now in the Store: ‘Ingenious Mechanicks’ –
You can now place a pre-publication order for “Ingenious Mechanicks: Early Workbenches & Workholding” in our store. The price is $39, which includes domestic shipping. All customers who place a pre-publication order will receive a free download of the book in pdf format at checkout. The book is scheduled to ship in early April 2018. …
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Civil War Seating – You Could do a Book –
Campaign seating is one of my favorite furniture topics. Roorkee chairs, X-stools, Fenby-patent chairs etc. are all interesting because they are portable, mechanical and (duh) chairs. Jeff Burks recently turned up a number of fascinating Civil War photographs by James F. Gibson in the Library of Congress that have convinced me that there could be …
‘Dressing Tables…Form, Proportion and Construction’ –
Plate 266. Plans, Sections and Elevations of a Dressing Table and of a Night Table. The following is excerpted from “With All the Precision Possible: Roubo on Furniture Making,” by André-Jacob Roubo, translated by By Donald C. Williams, Michele Pietryka-Pagán & Philippe Lafargue. Dressing Tables are nothing else but ordinary Tables [where] the corners are …
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