A few months back, Daniel Ackermann, Chief Curator and Director of Collections, Research and Archeology at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, sent a note inviting me to give a presentation at the museum’s March 17-19 conference. As someone who was diagnosed with an incurable condition typically associated with a short prognosis, I replied …
‘From Forest to Furniture’ (& Sometimes Back to the Forest) – Read More »
Last week, I burned a passel of vacation hours from my day job so I could travel to North Carolina to hang out with Roy Underhill and Chris Schwarz (an excellent way to spend vacation hours), and take some time together to look at 1930s tomes for binding/cover treatment inspiration, talk about illustrations for the …
Joshua Klein For this Saturday’s Open Wire, we are delighted to welcome guest host Joshua Klein, editor of Mortise & Tenon Magazine (M&T) and author of “Hands Employed Aright: The Furniture Making of Jonathan Fisher (1768-1847).” You can ask Joshua about all things M&T, Jonathan Fisher and homesteading in Maine, and about the “new” house …
LAP Open Wire with Joshua Klein, June 17, 2023 – Read More »
Joel Moskowitz, not in his shop. We are delighted to have Joel Moskowitz, co-author of “The Joiner and Cabinet Maker,” and owner of Tools for Working Wood in Brooklyn, N.Y., as the host of today’s Open Wire. Here’s how it works: Type your woodworking question in the comment field. Joel will answer it. It is …
LAP Open Wire with Joel Moskowitz, July 15, 2023 – Read More »
I found a way to level tapered sticks in a vise for tenoning. A laser. Welcome to the LAP Open Wire, where we endeavor to answer your questions about woodworking – plus our tools, books and apparel. Here’s how it works: Type your question in the comment field. I will do my best to answer …
For me, the jack plane is as essential as the hatchet is to a green woodworker. Or a drawknife is to a traditional chairmaker. The jack plane (sometimes called a fore plane) gets furniture parts to shape in a huge hurry, and with only a little effort. Most woodworkers who show up at our door …
You may have read a few weeks ago about what happens when Chris gets bored with watching me teach. And what happens a day later when people share “advice” after said experiments. As far as I know, the bugs have not yet eaten what is now Roy Underhill’s Dutch tool chest. (And frankly, I’m a …
My normal schtick on fixing up an old jack plane goes something like this: Me (showing a jack plane to someone across the room): “Hey, does this sole look flat to you?” Student: “Uh, I guess so?” Me: “Then it’s ready to go to work.” The above is a bit of hyperbole, but it is …
Clean & True Critical Surfaces of a Jack Plane: Part 2 – Read More »
