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New Video: Build a Welsh Lobsterpot Chair with Chris Williams

NOTE: This video is being offered at the introductory price of $30 for the first 30 days of its release. After that, it will be sold for the full price of $60. In this nearly two-hour video, professional chairmaker Chris Williams shows you how he builds a beautiful Welsh lobsterpot chair using simple tools and…

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Bevel Monkey & 1:4 Dovetail Template Back in Stock

Our machinist has been backed up on work for a while, so we’re delighted he found time to get done for us a run of Brass Bevel Monkeys and 1:4 Dovetail Templates. Get ’em while they’re (metaphorically) hot! – Fitz p.s. The combo 1:6/1:8 Dovetail Template is in the tumbling hopper, and scrapers are currently…

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Modern Makers of Moulding Planes

Many of my classes include the instruction to “just put a bead on it.” A bead on the edge of a board protects fragile corners from breaking off, because by rounding it over into a bead, said fragile edge is gone. A bead also creates a shadowline, which helps to make a gap (say, between…

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LAP Open Wire, February 28, 2026

Got a woodworking question or a query about what’s happening at Lost Art Press? It’s your lucky day – it’s time for Open Wire! You have until 5 p.m. Eastern to pose your question in the comments section below, and we’ll respond – hopefully with a informed and useful answer…but no promises on that front….

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Thanks ‘Fine Woodworking!’

We’re delighted our 24″ Joiner’s Rules got a mention in the April 2026 issue of Fine Woodworking magazine – thank you, FWW editorial staff! We’re also happy that our brass-bound Joiner’s Rules are now back in stock for the first time since the holidays. All of us have pitched in over the last few days…

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