The History of Wood, Part 45 –
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Another Low-cost Hand Tool Immersion Class –
Mike Siemsen at the Mike Siemsen School of Woodworking in Minnesota has agreed to put on a low-cost hand-tool immersion course in June 2016 that is based directly on the two classes I ran in 2015 for new woodworkers who are 35 and younger. The class will run June 13-17. Attendees will camp and cook…
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But What was on H.O. Studley’s Shop Wall? –
Tens of thousands of woodworkers have a poster of the famed H.O. Studley tool chest on their shop walls. Studley, however, didn’t need the poster – he had the real thing. So what poster did he tack to his shop wall? A circa 1917 advertisement for U.S. Government bonds that was painted by Eugenie DeLand…
On the Care of Tools –
“…(I)t was a fact that more tools were spoiled through a simple want of care than were worn out by constant use.” When I teach classes, I have to restrain myself from saying something incendiary to many students who are frustrated with their tools, even precision planes that cost hundreds of dollars. Here’s what I…
The 17th-century World of Sitting –
From Randle Holme III’s “Academy of Armory,” which he began in 1649. As republished in “Living and Working in Seventeenth Century England” Throne He beareth a Throne, a chair Royall, or a Cathedre (from it Latine terme), adorned with a veriaty of precious stones. Chair He beareth a Chaire. This is a chaire made vp…
Boarded Bookshelf –
This is an excerpt from “The Anarchist’s Design Book” by Christopher Schwarz. Trying to improve a simple set of bookshelves might seem ridiculous. But I think there are significant things to say about the warped state of bookshelf construction in the modern age. What could be wrong about horizontal surfaces fastened to vertical ones? Plenty….
Order, order! –
Order in the House! As a woodworker trained in furniture making, I’ve designed and built many a kitchen over the past 39 years. Blame the first guy who employed me in 1980; he taught me a lot about business and design, but one of the most valuable gifts he gave me was an appreciation of…
What the Heck is that Gizmo? The Grizzly G9900 –
I own some precision measuring tools that are not at all necessary for woodworking but are superb for helping me diagnose problems and describe my world in my writing. One of these tools is a Brown & Sharpe dial caliper, which I use mostly for examining tools and describing results in print (how thick a…
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