We just received word from our printer that “Carving the Acanthus Leaf” by Mary May shipped to our warehouse yesterday, two weeks ahead of schedule. That means our warehouse will receive the books next week and we should be able to start shipping out pre-publication orders at the end of next week or so. As …
This delightful 1935 film documents several aspects of the chairmaking trade in Great Britain with a knowledgeable narrator and some great shots of people at work in the forest and the workshop. Titled “Chair Bodging and Chair Making in the Chiltern Hills,” the film begins in the woods as bodgers break down tree trunks into …
We’ve just received our shipment of “By Hound & Eye” – the cartoon workbook that will open your eyes to the hidden geometry behind excellent furniture. The shipment is early – way early. We were expecting it in mid-September. And so we are going to end our special pre-publication offer early as well. (Sorry. FYI, …
‘By Hound & Eye’ is Here. Special Offer Ending – Read More »
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Rather than attempt to explain the specific details of French style trestle sawing, I have attempted to translate two the of the best primary French sources on sawing timber. The translations are not polished, but they will begin to help explain the methods used to mount heavy timbers on the chevalet type sawing trestle. Long …
Hassenfratz and Duhamel on Scieurs de Long – Read More »
Johanna Smick of Monkfish Bindery is offering 45 hand-bound copies of Peter Galbert’s “Chairmaker’s Notebook” for pre-order on her website. Lost Art Press is supplying the loose signatures for the book, which will be printed on the same #80-matte paper as our standard edition. Johanna will take it from there, stitching the signatures and assembling …
Hand-bound Edition of ‘Chairmaker’s Notebook’ – Read More »
As I revise and expand “The Anarchist’s Design Book,” I’m also examining the pieces I built for it five years ago to see if I can learn anything to improve them. The Boarded Tool Chest in Chapter 15 is one design I was worried about. When I make a tool chest, I dovetail the ever-loving …
Boarded Tool Chest After 50 Months of Abuse – Read More »
We’re just received the laser proofs from our Maryland-based printing company for “The Joiner and Cabinet Maker,” and so we’re still shooting for a late October or early November release date for the book. Though I need to look closely at the proofs this evening for typos and the like, overall I’m pleased with the …
The following retailers have indicated they will stock “l’Art du menuisier: The Book of Plates” when it is released in November. The only seller that has added the product to its web site is Classic Hand Tools in the United Kingdom, where you can place a pre-publication order for the book. Lee Valley Tools Tools …
There was a mixup at the printing plant, and they ordered the wrong color paper for the cover of our special reprint of “The Joiner and Cabinet-Maker.” While we had ordered a dark green for the cover, the printing plant used a dark blue instead. Our choice today was: Pulp the entire press run or …
A Change in Plans/Color for ‘The Joiner & Cabinet-Maker’ – Read More »