We are pleased to announce that we are bringing “The Workbench Book” by Scott Landis back into print with a beautiful hardcover edition that is produced entirely in the United States with 100-percent post-consumer recycled paper. The book is at our printing plant in Tennessee and is scheduled to ship out in January 2021. If…
Quick update on last week’s silent auction. It ended Saturday, the winner was notified and the chair will be on its way to him tonight (I hope). Several of you asked what the winning bid was. We’re going to remain silent, as this was a silent auction. Plus we don’t want to drive up the…
For those who prefer your workshop art to be a little twisted (as opposed to a sexist cheesecake calendar) we offer this poster from the back page of the April 5, 1903, edition of the French illustrated newspaper Le Petit Parisien. The poster is $15, which includes domestic shipping. They are in stock and will…
Our retailers have been asking about the tools and books we have planned for 2021. If I have to write this explanation up for them, I might as well let y’all have a look, too. If a book or tool is not on this list, that means I don’t have a timetable for it. So…
After almost six months of donkey work on the new storefront, today we began the real donkey work of moving the Lost Art Press library to 837 Willard St. I don’t know if we’ll even get a quarter of it moved down there in time for the opening next weekend, but we managed to get…
My youngest daughter, Katherine, is home from college and has cooked up a batch of soft wax in the workshop. It is now for sale in her etsy store and sells for $24 for 8 ounces in a glass jar with a metal lid. Soft wax is a high-solvent wax that is great for finishing…
For those of you visiting our storefront on Saturday (we’re open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) or the book-release party (7 p.m. to 11 p.m.), here are some tips on parking and navigating the city of Covington, Ky. If you are looking to visit our storefront after going to the Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event at…
As someone who was raised in the American South, it grates on me that we can’t open our storefront for visitors. We’re a hospitable people (even if Megan and I are natural hermits). During the first few years we had the storefront, we welcomed visitors, and things got out of hand. Some visitors came to…
I don’t do many podcasts. I love the format, but I don’t have much time to spare outside of Lost Art Press these days. But Jonathan Pritchard doesn’t ask the typical questions, and he’s not afraid to roam outside of the woodworking realm. So last week I sat for a 50-minute interview for his “Mind…
Our first “Question Time” livestream is at 11 a.m. (Eastern) Saturday. We’ll broadcast here from the shop and answer the questions you sent in beforehand. Megan Fitzpatrick estimates we received 125 questions. Yikes. She’s been answering directly the ones that are narrowly focused. And if we don’t get to your question during the live session,…