We’ve restocked on our Cincinnati-made chore coats. As of this moment, we have plenty of every size except Large. We’re working with our stitcher, Sew Valley, to restock the Large size and build up inventory on all of our sizes. This is the best time of year for the chore coat. I just emptied the…
Quick note: We have replenished our inventory of Robert Wearing’s “The Solution at Hand” and Christian Becksvoort’s “With the Grain.” Both are now available in our online store and will soon be available again through our retailers. “The Solution at Hand” hand was our sleeper hit of 2019. We love Wearing’s writing, but we weren’t…
You can now download an excerpt of all of the Lost Art Press titles in our online store. At the top of the description for each book, you’ll see a link to download an excerpt. Click the link and the pdf will download immediately. No need to register or engage in any silly marketing legerdemain….
We hate being out of stock on items. Years ago one of retailers told us it was a good thing to have some items on backorder to drive up customer demand. Screw that. We have a few items that are not in stock right now. Here is an update. Our vests and chore coats are…
With the upcoming release of the new volume on joinery of “The Woodworker: The Charles H. Hayward Years,” several customers have asked if we are going to offer a discount on the complete set of books after we publish the final volume in 2017. The short answer: no. And the explanation: As a rule we…
“I’ve worked wood long enough to know it flows right up out of the ground like the flow of a stream. If there is an adversity there, if someone’s tacked bob wire to it, if there is a big rock there close to it, it will swallow it, surround it and make it part of…
My January column at Core77 is available to read for free and covers the design process we went through to develop the Crucible curved card scraper. It’s a simple tool, but it’s remarkable how much work goes into something before you make several thousand of them. This article covers everything from the historical research to…
I’ll be in Omaha, Neb., on March 28-29, 2020, to build a Dutch tool chest for the Omaha Woodworkers Guild. I’ll be building the chest entirely by hand and discussing all the techniques in detail, from dovetails to dados to cut nails and tool set-up. Then, at the end of the presentation, the completed chest…
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If you want to buy tickets for my March 28-29, 2020, Dutch Tool Chest demonstration in Omaha, the Omaha Woodworkers Guild has set up a web page for you. You can buy tickets using a credit card via this link. The page explains the where, when and how of the event, and the pricing. It…