Here’s a last-minute surprise: Don Williams will be at our storefront this Saturday (Oct. 14) to sign books and talk about all things A.J. Roubo, H.O. Studley and historical finishing. If you’d like to chat with Don and ask him to sign a book, be sure to stop by between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m….
Mary May probably didn’t realize the unintended consequences of one of her chapter titles: “A Rite of Passage for the Classical Carver.” She doesn’t yet know how often she will have to don ministerial robes and confer rites of passage on those who learn to carve acanthus leaves, severely disrupting her woodcarving life. A “Rite…
Megan Fitzpatrick and Brendan Gaffney will each teach a weekend class in April at our storefront in Covington, Ky. Registration will open at noon on Friday, Oct. 20. Just like with the Welsh stick chair class with Chris Williams, these will be small classes with only six attendees. Also, these are not money-making enterprises for…
I’m pleased to announce that our first batch of chore coats stitched by Sew Valley are now available for purchase in our online store. Based on hard-wearing French work garments from the 20th century, our coat is designed and made entirely in the United States. The fabric is a soft cotton drill, a denim material…
“For some, the rejection of their old furniture has been a necessary part of the banishment of hard times.” — Claudia Kinmonth, “Irish Country Furniture: 1700-1950” Share this: Print Email Facebook Tumblr Pinterest Twitter Like this: Like Loading…
I do not have the gene of a hoarder or a collector. The fewer things I own, the happier I am. So for the last eight years, a pile of wood has made me miserable. The following is a cautionary tale for beginning woodworkers about getting stuck with the world’s largest horde of mostly useless…
When I built my first woodworking project as an adult, I didn’t have a single subscription to a woodworking magazine and the only woodworking book I owned was a tattered Graham Blackburn tome, “Illustrated Basic Carpentry,” from 1976. What I knew about joinery, glue and finishes could fit in a teaspoon (with room left over…
Megan Fitzpatrick is selling off some of her tools this Saturday during our Lost Art Press open day – plus one of my old tool chests that I used before building the “Anarchist’s Tool Chest.” And I have a bunch of tools and books to sell as well. During the last five weeks, I’ve been…
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Registration is open for Fine Woodworking LIVE, which will be April 26-29 at the Southbridge Hotel & Conference Center in Massachusetts. Along with a long list of top-shelf woodworkers, I’ll be there to explain the geometry that governs my chairs in a way that non-math people can embrace. I’d be lying if I didn’t say…