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Good Wood is Like Good Glue –
This morning I finally cut into the stack of Port Orford cedar I’d purchased to build a Japanese sliding-lid box. I picked up the stock at Northwest Timber while I was working out in the Portland, Ore. area and the company shipped it back home for me. (I wrote a blog entry about Northwest here.)…
A Tour of Lost Art Press’s Bench Room –
It’s a long drive to Kentucky from most places. So we decided to make some short video tours of our storefront so you can see how we have our workshop set up, take a look at our library and even meet Bean the Three-legged Shop Cat™. Our first tour is of the bench room, which…
More Soft Wax from the Anarchist’s Daughter –
Katy has completed a batch of 25 tins of soft wax that is ready to ship. You can read all about it and order some here. It’s great stuff for the interiors of carcases, as a topcoat over paint, a finish for leather and a lubricant for tools. We love the stuff. All the wax…
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Soft Wax 2.0: Does it Fly? –
Katherine “Soft Wax” Schwarz has spent her free time during the last couple weeks making wax. An insane amount of wax. And she has just put it all up for sale in her etsy store. As everyone knows, you can’t sell wax without a cute animal photo. Here you see Bean, our three-legged shop cat,…
Finally, a Printing of Nicholson Worth Buying –
Peter Nicholson’s “The Mechanic’s Companion” is one of the landmark English-language books on woodworking (plus carpentry, blacksmithing and other allied trades). But the current versions available to read are hard to recommend: The Google Books version is free, and it’s a great place to get a taste of Nicholson’s clear instructions and insights into traditional…