From “Cot With Drop Side,” The Woodworker magazine, April 1942 “ … For the comfort and seemliness of our furniture will decide the background of our home; whether it is to be a place we can truly rejoice in and be proud of, or whether it is to be a shoddy sort of place, a …
There have been several glowing reviews of Peter Galbert’s “Chairmaker’s Notebook,” but because of other book projects I haven’t had time to compile them for the blog. Here are a few that I like: One from carver David Fisher. A second from chairmaker Ray Schwanenberger. And a third from J. Norman Reid at Highland Woodworking. …
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Our warehouse has begun shipping out copies of “The Anarchist’s Design Book: Expanded Edition.” If you placed a pre-publication order, you will be notified when the book goes out. There were a lot of pre-publication orders, so it might take them a few days. (So don’t panic if you haven’t been notified.) I received my …
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Part 4 of a British Introduction to Japanese Planes Fitting the blade and back iron to the body is a fiddle, but not difficult. What you need is a good bench light and a graphite pencil or graphite stick. The essence is of this is DO NOT CHANGE THE GEOMETRY of the plane body. …
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I don’t know when it happened, but at some point in the research for the book on Roman workbenches, it became a text that would feel at home in the “art history” section of a bookstore. Researcher Suzanne Ellison, who has a deep love of art, and I spent months poring over texts that discussed …
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There have been some strong criticisms of “The Anarchist’s Tool Chest” posted on the Internet during the last few months. (Don’t bother forwarding yours to me because I can just barely read.) And while I lose very little sleep over most of the critiques, there is one criticism that I happen to agree with. The …
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The core “Virtuoso” team is currently returning to a normal orbit after the fourth (and ostensibly last) pilgrimage to the Studley tool chest. As Chris has described elsewhere, after this visit I can finally check off a nagging item on my “Virtuoso” to-do list: getting the tool chest off the wall. Writing up a list of …
To lend a hand to people who are underrepresented in our ranks, I’m teaching a free stick chair class this July for women, BIPOC and GNC (gender non-conforming) woodworkers at our storefront in Covington, Ky. There are six spots in the class, and the scholarship covers both tuition and materials for the chair. The emphasis …
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