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John Brown in a 1992 photo by J Havard. Editor’s Note: Publishing books that are simultaneously technical and personal can put you through the ringer. After months (sometimes years) of work, the result is boiled down to a brick of wood pulp, fiber tape and cotton cloth. When I wrote my first book in 2007…
I don’t think I’ve ever done this before, so listen up. Q: Do you want a Vesper Double Square? A: Yes, unless you are a mouth-breather. Thanks to the vagaries of the currency market, Australian goods are dirt cheap. Last time I bought Aussie tools the U.S. dollar was about the same value as the…
When Roy Underhill opened his fantastic school in Pittsboro, N.C., the core idea was to spread the doctrine of handwork to woodworking students in the local community and around the world. But something else happened that I saw first-hand. After teaching at The Woodwright’s School a half-dozen times (and watching Roy, Mary May, Tom Calisto,…
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John Brown demonstrating how he saddled a seat. In the summer of 1997, Drew Langsner held a Chairmakers’ Symposium at Country Workshops with John Brown and Dave Sawyer in between classes from the two chairmaking legends. (JB had just wrapped up a Welsh stick chair class and Dave was about to teach an advanced Windsor…
blog Britons are investing in properties in France Britons are investing in properties in France blog | 04.01.2023 More and more people living in the UK are ordering joinery for their properties built on territory of the French Republic. This means that more and more British companies and individuals are investing in property in France….