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Book Signing & Reading With Nancy R. Hiller –
Nancy R. Hiller, a professional woodworker and author of the fantastic “Making Things Work,” will read a selection from her book and autograph your copy during a special free event at the Lost Art Press storefront at 7 p.m. on Aug. 12. Thanks to Nancy’s agreeable nature and off-bubble sense of humor, we also will …
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Chair Chat no. 21: ‘The Splat’ –
In our 21st Chair Chat™ with Klaus Skrudland and Rudy Everts, we discuss a primitive stick chair that looks so uncomfortable it would best be used to interrogate spies. As usual, the language is on the salty side. Then again, a chair like this needs a rich vocabulary to be discussed properly. As always, if …
Breakfast Table: Construction Details –
I posted a photo on Instagram of our breakfast nook and got a lot of questions about the table and chairs shown. The chair on the right is from “The Anarchist’s Design Book,” and the chair on the left is a prototype lowback I built for “The Stick Chair Book” (out in October). The gateleg …
By Nose & Eye –
“Whatever tools you need, you have the eye as the calipers, and the nose as the square; in the old days all work was done by the eye.” That is how old time measuring is popularly described. This method of doing everything by the eye was quite common in the villages until the end of …
Books in the French Tradition –
You know that this post is going to be about André-Jacob Roubo. But not entirely. For me, woodworking books in the French tradition begin with a title we haven’t been able to publish from the “other André” – André Félibien’s “Des Principes de L’Architecture…” (1676). Félibien’s book, which includes sections on woodworking, was published before …
Marco Terenzi –
I spent the afternoon with Marco Terenzi in his shop today. As I was shooting this picture, he said: “Wait. I’m not supposed to smile, am I? Craftsmen never smile in photos. I have to look all stoic.” More details on the visit to come. — Christopher Schwarz Share this: Print Email Facebook Tumblr Pinterest …
Estonian Benches –
This is an excerpt from “Woodworking in Estonia” by Ants Viires; translation by Mart Aru. FIG. 56. All-purpose woodwork bench. Karja. After a drawing by A. Toomessalu., KV 78, 64. The use of the plane presumes a base on which the item being planed is fastened. For a long time a simple low working bench, …
An Alternate Ending for F+W Media –
F+W’s old building on Dana Avenue. They owned it outright. Then…. F+W Media Inc., the parent of my beloved Popular Woodworking Magazine, filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 on Sunday, reporting it has more than $100 million in debt and a host of problems with its e-commerce business. You can download the entire filing …
Simple Slöjd Cutting Board Project –
I have met only one magical being in my life, and his name is Jögge Sundqvist. I’m not joking. I first met Jögge when he was teaching a class at the Marc Adams School of Woodworking, and I was amazed at his ability to charm almost anything. There were the students, of course – they …