Almost every day that I’m home, I spend time searching real estate listings or hitting the pavement, wandering around old neighborhoods in search of the perfect building for Lucy and I to live and work. We’re picky. Our first house was in downtown Lexington, Ky., and it should have been condemned when we purchased it….
Crucible Lump Hammers, before the wedges have been added and the handle trimmed flush to the top. A reminder that on Jan. 1, 2022, the price of the Crucible Lump Hammer will increase by $5 (from $88 to $93) due to an increase in steel and handle prices. Share this: Print Email Facebook Tumblr Pinterest…
The company that embroiders our hats made a mistake this week and delivered the wrong type of hat. Rather than let those go to waste (quite literally), we purchased them at a significant discount and are passing that on to you – these hats are $10 plus $3 shipping. That’s a savings of $7 compared…
The Flag Halyard Chair GE225 (1950) “Even when (Hans) Wegner was vacationing at his summer cottage with his family and some friends, his mind never stopped working. One day at the beach, he dug a hollow in some sand to experiment with sitting positions and found one in which you could be reclining and yet…
“The chair is the closest thing to a person. You can give it personal expression. Obviously, it has been just as important for me to make sensible cabinets. Everything in a house must definitely not be too artistic. One thing should accentuate the other. There needs to be a neutral background. In my view, cabinets…
“Shaker Side Table,” my latest DVD with Lie-Nielsen Toolworks, is now in stock through the Lost Art Press store. It is $40 plus domestic shipping. Click here to see it in the store. The reason this DVD is so expensive is because it is more than four hours long. In it, I show every operation…
Reader Matt Pelto is working on a paper for his college rhetoric class and is trying to define the terms: artist, artisan and craftsperson. He interviewed Roy Underhill and Peter Ross to get their thoughts and has written up a draft paper that you can download using the link below. Artistry and craftsmanship Matt asked…
While teaching at Roy Underhill’s The Woodwright’s School this week, one of the students brought in some unusual antique winding sticks and laid them on my workbench. I laughed a bit at first. Then I said, “Hmmm.” Then I said, “Dang!” The winding sticks came from Mark Firley, the lead staff blogger of the international…
You cannot. You can’t build a table with this sort of joinery and use it for a tough task such as butchering. Can you? There’s only one way to find out, and it doesn’t involve your mouth or a keyboard. (Illustration by Katherine Schwarz) The following is excerpted from “The Anarchist’s Design Book,” by Christopher…
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