You might have noticed that we’ve been having problems getting three new products up in the store and running smoothly. Well they are now up and available for immediate shipment. We released them simultaneously so you can save on shipping if you planned on buying more than one. Here’s what’s new: ‘Henry Boyd’s Freedom Bed’ …
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John is back at the chair project. Guess how I did this? Hint: It wasn’t a hand tool. If the word “Stunod” was anywhere in your thoughts you win! Yup, I was trying to cut time making the arms for my two chairs. I wanted to clean up the rough surface left from the band …
I wrote about the following trick to reduce splitting when nailing in “The Anarchist’s Design Book.” Since then, I’ve caught flack from people who say it’s not true. So much so that I’ve been doubting my own shop experience. Here’s the problem: When you nail together a piece – especially using cut nails or Rivierre …
During the last 25 years, all my sharpening processes have become simpler. And use much less gear. This has made me faster, and my edges are just as excellent. This evolution is most evident in the way I sharpen scrapers. I was taught the first step was to file the edge at a perfect 90°. …
I’m in search of a nicely framed, uncluttered, well-lit, high-resolution photograph of a “possum belly” table or cabinet for use in Nancy R. Hiller’s upcoming book, “Kitchen Think.” Ideally, it would be shot from an angle similar to that of the white one shown at bottom right in the Pinterest screen grab above…but look more …
The sideboard Nancy made for her book about English Arts and Crafts furniture for Popular Woodworking’s book’s division. Photo by Al Parrish. 2017. Author Nancy Hiller will discuss her forthcoming book “Kitchen Think” on a new video discussion group called Bench.Talk.101. The free event takes place at 8:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. (U.K. time) on Thursday, July …
If you write hilarious T-shirt slogans and have some hand saws with loose nuts (and who doesn’t) then read on. We’re giving away three custom split-nut drivers made using the Pin-Eez tool. (If it doesn’t sound like I’m typing English here, read this blog entry and it will all make sense.) The manufacturer of the …
Cleverness Contest: Win a Split Nut Driver – Read More »
We are pleased to announce that one of the titles we will publish in 2014 is the first English translation of the woodworking sections of André Félibien’s “Princips de l’architecture…,” an important 17th-century book on the craft. “Princips de l’architecture…” was published before Joseph Moxon’s “Mechanick Exercises,” and its plates were almost certainly copied by …
Coming in 2014: The First English Translation of Félibien – Read More »
