With the promotion of Megan Fitzpatrick to editor of Popular Woodworking Magazine, I have been besieged with e-mail about what this means for the future of the magazine. My response: Do I look like a redhead? So I decided to ask Megan about her plans for the future editorial content of PWM. Here is an …
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It is understandable that Fisher’s work has been compared to that of the Shakers but there are differences, especially in ornamentation. The following is excerpted from “Hands Employed Aright: The Furniture Making of Jonathan Fisher (1768-1847),” by Joshua A. Klein. Jonathan Fisher (1768-1847) was the first settled minister of the frontier town of Blue Hill, …
During the last 20 years, most woodworkers have adopted 3/4″ as the standard size for holdfasts, bench dogs and other workbench accessories. So why the heck are we making holdfasts at Crucible Tool that have a 1″ shaft? Simply put: The larger holdfast has more mass, it doesn’t ream out your bench’s holes as fast …
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If you’ve read “Calvin Cobb: Radio Woodworker!” by Roy Underhill perhaps you’ve noticed the numbered “chapter spots” – the little images at the beginning of each chapter. (If you haven’t yet read it, well, you should! It’s variously funny, poignant, thought-provoking and, of course, quintessentially Underhill-ian.) Here’s the back story on those chapter spots: Christopher …
Without a planing stop, a traditional workbench is fairly dining table-esque. So I was eager to get my stop installed so I could use it to finish up the rest of the parts for the bench. I cut the 3” x 3” x 6” through-mortise in the benchtop using an auger, a jigsaws and a …
The elm comb-back currently on my bench. It’s time for our weekly Open Wire. And it’s also our open day here at the storefront in Covington. As a result, our answers might be a little delayed because we are answering other questions from people in the store. This week’s open wire is hosted by me, …
Editor’s note: In this Chair Chat, Chris gets a visitor and we conspire to hijack Lost Art Press while he’s gone. Rudy wonders how to get that “shiny brown finish,” and Chris explains his theory on creating Worm Holes. Please only read further if you dare to enter the area on the Lost Art Press …
Horse head for a viola dagamba. It was Peter Follansbee who suggested I consider interviewing Ed Maday for the Lost Art Press blog. “We’ve only met once, before I ‘knew who he was,’” he wrote in a note a few weeks ago. Back when I worked in the museum field, one day this ordinary tourist …
The OG Anarchist’s Tool Chest in front of a few of its spawn. It sounds like hyperbole, but “The Anarchist’s Tool Chest” (ATC) has changed my life twice – not as much as it changed Christopher Schwarz’s and John Hoffman’s – but it has been integral to my discovering what I love to do, and …