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Chronic Shop Envy in Alabama –
This weekend I built a six-board chest for the Alabama Woodworkers Guild, and I was impressed. Not just with the members or the food (holy moley, the food), but by the building where they meet. It’s an old schoolhouse nestled in the pines south of Birmingham, Ala., and it almost made me rethink my plans…
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SOLD: Burnham, Fox & Co. Plow Plane and 8 Irons –
SOLD This Burnham, Fox & Co. plow plane was made sometime in 1842-1844 in Amherst, Mass. It is in good shape except for the dogmeat wedge. The wedge fits nicely in its mortise, but the top is chewed up. Works fine. Looks sad. The screw arms are in good shape with nice threads. The skate…
Portable Workbench: Said & Done –
Many of my students delight when I make a mistake or a misstep in class. Not because they are cold-blooded wankers, but because they like to know that all woodworkers screw up at times. So let me say that these workbenches would be totally delightful to my students. I lost a whole day when building…
14th-century Slant-lid Chests –
This is like the part in the forgettable movie “The Patriot” when you can only pay attention to Mel Gibson’s questionable woodworking skills. Indexer Suzanne Ellison passed on a bunch of details from a 14th-century illuminated manuscript of “The Romance of Alexander.” As per usual, I am not interested in the Siege of Byzantium in…
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Boy Mechanics –
Boys precede men and apprentices precede journeymen. The boy is the father of the man. It is an old saying and a true one. Almost all boys are naturally mechanics. The constructive and imitative faculties are developed, in part, at a very early age. All boys are not capable of being developed into good, practical,…
Decorative Joints –
Perhaps because it is such an everyday material many people do not realise the importance of PAPER as a munition of war – not merely newspaper, but paper and cardboard of every kind. It is used in the manufacture of shell containers, fuse components, mines, radio sets, machine-gun belts, etc. and it is needed now….