We changed our blog’s theme yesterday to make the site run properly on a phone or a tablet. It now loads faster, too. We are trying to get it functioning like the old blog, but I have run into a couple snags. The worst one is that when you are scrolling through all the blog…

After six months of not teaching, I can say it’s unlikely I’ll ever go back to teaching again. I’m getting an incredible amount of work done on furniture, writing, editing and research. And I’m sleeping better. But as much as I enjoy The Hermitage, I know it’s good to have some human contact from time…

One of the many ways you can judge a person’s woodworking experience is watching them at the bench. Beginners move a certain way – too fast, too slow or they look like me at a junior high dance. Not all professionals glide like swans. After years of working with and observing woodworkers, I can quickly…

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,…

Our Indiana warehouse is running behind in fulfilling orders because of the holidays and staff reductions because of the pandemic. While we usually ship out orders within 48 hours, it’s taking longer these days. So if you placed an order in the last two weeks and are wondering where your stuff is, it’s probably working…

Determining the winner of the marketing slogan contest was tough. Some of you clearly are sick, twisted and would feel right at home in our household. Here are some of the runners-up (who all win an unpaid marketing internship at Lost Art Press): Kurt Roeder: “You’ll lose your head over these Bastille Day savings on…

Due to a small miracle at our printing plant, we now have a big load of “The Woodworker’s Pocket Book” at our warehouse and ready for immediate shipment. And yes, if you order now it will arrive before Christmas. We love this little book, and so do our customers. Since first printing it, we have…

Lee Valley Tools now offers the deluxe version of “To Make as Perfectly as Possible” at a special price ($329 CND)  for Canadian customers. You have Robin Lee of Lee Valley to thank for this. He reached out to us and made a special order of these books in an effort to get them in…

Raney has assembled and finished the last of the Crucible Improved Pattern Dividers that were on hand and is offering them for sale through his website. There are not many available. So act now or forever hold your tongue. The good news is that Raney is working on a way to bring dividers back into…