Let’s say that George Nakashima traveled back in time to the early part of the 20th century and landed in southern France. And he traveled there with a giant drill press. This bench is the result of that ripple in the space-time continuum. Take a look at the way the legs are attached to the …
This seven-stick comb-back chair is built from a 2,000-year-old oak tree that was preserved in a Polish bog and recently harvested. The wood, which is remarkable and difficult to photograph, varies from charcoal black to a beautiful olive to a warm chestnut brown. This chair is one of my newer designs; it uses a four-piece …
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Are you a little bit obsessed with the workshop in Roubo’s Plate 11? Do you need a new poster for your shop or new wallpaper for your computer screen or tablet? Do you really, really want to see the wood shavings in the foreground and all the stuff leaning against the back wall? Here’s a …
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After long waits and delays, we have lots and lots of stock on three items: Crucible Holdfast Crucible Planing Stop LAP Pencils Soon we’ll be restocked on dovetail templates and tomorrow we should start selling “Karvsnitt” — Christopher Schwarz Share this: Print Email Facebook Tumblr Pinterest Twitter Like this: Like Loading…
The above phrase could easily be the punchline to a Norwegian joke about our neighbours in the east. Here in Norway it’s a cultural staple to tell jokes about the Swedes. Unfortunately, this also says a lot about our own inferiority complex in our relationship to them. And I’ll be the first to admit it: …
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Let’s say, for example, that you really like the taste of armadillo meat. You love it poached, pan-fried and in a white wine sauce. Your taste buds can tell when one had nibbled on some acorns. But let’s also say that at the zoo, you can’t distinguish a live armadillo from a peacock. I know, …
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“Your stuff tends to look like other people’s stuff because you have the same machines.” — Jim Tolpin, Woodworking in America, 2009 Share this: Print Email Facebook Tumblr Pinterest Twitter Like this: Like Loading…
On May 5, 2013, I attended an event at the D’Elia Antique Tool Museum for the spring meeting of Antique Tools and Trades In Connecticut (ATTIC), a club dedicated to preserving the knowledge of the tools and trades of bygone times. This organization hosts two events per year at museums and historic sites related to CT …