When I sent the first draft of the Jonathan Fisher manuscript to Chris a couple weeks ago, it was an incredible relief. It felt surreal to click “send” on that email after four long years of digging into this man’s life and work. Like every dedicated author, I’ve poured my life into this research and …
Jonathan Fisher: Above the Fatigues of Earth – Read More »
Whitney LB Miller with her new friend Bouna. Last weekend, Whitney LB Miller, author of “Henry Boyd’s Freedom Bed,” was invited to read her new book at a Saturday morning children’s event. We suggested she film it but – reporting star that she is (she’s currently on the air with Cincinnati’s WCPO television station) – …
Beading planes are the crack of the wooden moulding plane world. If you’ve had trouble finding a good beader, consider buying a new one from Caleb James or one of the other great makers. Caleb has just opened orders for his next batch of beading planes in 3/16” and 1/4” sizes. They are excellent. Details …
Caleb James Taking Orders for Beading Planes – Read More »
Many of you have been asking about some of our newer titles, with specific questions about content and wondering if these books are right for you. So we have assembled pdf excerpts for each of these books, which you are welcome to download. The pdf for “Ingenious Mechanicks” by Christopher Schwarz includes the table of …
Editor’s note: This time we discuss an antique chair with a finish that is “a wet antiquarian’s wet dream.” Or “Torched Feces” as Rudy would call it. The chair in total is maybe too perfect to be true, and sometimes Wales stretches all the way to China. We still love it. And as always, we …
Chair Chat 11: The SS Torched Feces Chair™ – Read More »
I wrote about these in August. They are still awesome and I still use them every chance I get. Why am I writing this, then? To tell you not to bother ordering them from the Two Cherries website. I ordered some, they charged my card but the pencils never arrived – Pencilgate. So if you …
2019 Anarchist’s Gift Guide, Day 2: Two Cherries Carpenter’s Pencils – Read More »
When we published “Sharpen This,” some readers were disappointed that the book’s cover wasn’t the slightly naughty “Sharpen This” image we printed on a sticker in 2017. Had we used that image, which I adore, we would have faced complaints from some readers, and I suspect the image would have prevented some people from buying …
‘Sharpen This’: A Free Dustjacket and a Polishing Tip – Read More »
A detail of the 1888 photograph seen earlier shows a chimney as well as windows in the chamber (upper floor) of Fisher’s shop. Approximately 60 years earlier, there was a small windmill on this roof to power his sawmill, lathe and grindstone. – Jonathan Fisher Memorial. Who better to write a book about Jonathan Fisher, …
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The following is excerpted from “The Joiner & Cabinet Maker,” by Anonymous, Christopher Schwarz and Joel Moskowitz, from the chapter on making the dovetailed schoolbox. In this chapter, as with the other projects in the book, Chris builds “alongside” young Thomas, the main character in the charming 1839 fictional account of an apprentice in a …