The small Crucible Center Square in steel. There are many ways to mark centerlines on workpieces that are square, round or octagonal. But we wanted a simple, compact, dedicated and beautiful tool for this everyday job. The Crucible Center Square is based on a vintage tool owned by a bodger friend. His tool was compact …
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Above is the full video of our Q&A about Dutch tool chests. WARNING: I made a couple double-entendres during Megan’s demo portion of the video. Apologies – I thought this was Chest Chat™. – Christopher Schwarz Share this: Print Email Facebook Tumblr Pinterest Twitter Like this: Like Loading…
A family case. In the kitchen of Fritz Lieber and Donald Maxwell we used architectural butt hinges salvaged from Fritz’s grandparents’ house. In partnership with architectural knobs, which we used for doors and drawers, the over-sized hardware gives the design a vaguely Alice-in-Wonderland look. Spectrum Creative Group If you had told me in 2007 that …
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The Northern European square from Melencolia looks a lot like a tool that shows up in several early English and French texts on woodworking. But the drawings of this tool – the miter bevel – have always bothered me. It’s really a problem of perspective (or lack of perspective). But the miter bevel, when drawn, …
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I’ve had a few questions lately about fitting the lid to the Anarchist’s Tool Chest, so I’m betting there are at least 10 other readers who need the same answers. In a non-class situation (that is, when I have the leisure of waiting on stock prep), I wait to cut lid parts to final size …
FIG. 12.7 Two common types of steamers. Excerpted from Peter Galbert’s “Chairmaker’s Notebook.” There are many options for the box that traps the steam and holds the parts to be bent. Schedule 80 PVC pipe works fine, but I think it’s expensive overkill. I’ve seen schedule 40 pipe melt when hooked up to a powerful …
