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In the Works: the Crucible Warrington Hammer –
At top: an aluminum prototype. Middle: a mild steel prototype (no surface finishing). Below: My original. Small cross-peen hammers are incredibly useful in furniture making. I’ve had one in my chest for almost 20 years. “Wait,” you might be thinking. “Chris didn’t list this hammer in his recent inventory of his chest.” You are correct. …
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Mr. Cram’s Ingenious Fan Chair –
Diagram and description of John Cram’s fan chair, 1786. American Philosophical Society. The American Philosophical Society was founded in Philadelphia in 1743 by Ben Franklin to “promote useful knowledge.” Before the U.S. Patent Office was formed, one of the functions of the APS was as a repository for plans for inventions and devises for …
Errata: Staked Low Stool in ‘The Anarchist’s Design Book’ –
While building the Staked Low Stool this weekend during a class, I discovered a significant keystroke error in my text. I also noticed an inconsistency between the cutting list and the text. So yesterday I rebuilt the stool to confirm there weren’t other errors (there weren’t). Here are the two known errors: On page 92, …
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Cut Leg Tapers by Machine –
The following is excerpted from “The Anarchist’s Design Book” – an exploration by Christopher Schwarz of furniture forms that have persisted outside of the high styles that dominate every museum exhibit, scholarly text and woodworking magazine of the last 200 years. There are historic furniture forms out there that have been around for almost 1,000 …
Come See Lost Art Press at 2 Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Events –
Lost Art Press will be exhibiting at two of the Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool events this spring: March 30-31 at the Popular Woodworking Magazine shop, and April 20-21 at Jeff Miller’s shop in Chicago. Click here for show details. We will have all of our books with us, of course, and perhaps a tool chest or …
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