Day 11: Milwaukee 50-piece General Purpose Utility Blades We use utility knives all the time around here, and they get dull quickly. There is little more frustrating than trying to cut with a dull blade – plus it’s dangerous. But it’s a pain to go searching for that pack of blades you know is in…
Read moreA few years back, we decided we had too many benches in our shop, so I hired movers to transport and get my “Gluebo” into my basement. (Its weight almost killed us moving it from my former workplace to Lost Art Press in 2017.) Then we decided we had too few benches, and that we…
Read moreDay 10: GRIP 9“ Stainless Steel Pry Bar I can’t tell you how often I grab this thin pry bar from Chris’s tool chest in a panic to remove moulding and other small pieces without damaging them, and I don’t know what else. But I grab it a lot. I have one at home that…
Read moreDay 9: Infinity Stamps If you want a fantastic logo stamp, contact Infinity Stamps. The company’s designers will create a stamp for you based on a sketch or whatever else you have, or you can send a vector file. Infinity is fast and great to deal with. Chris has three (or it is four?) stamps…
Read moreDay 8: Torrington Brushes: Glue Brushes & Chip Brushes Another big step forward for our shop this year has been switching to Torrington brushes for gluing and for our chip brushes. Torrington is a small Florida company that makes excellent brushes and carries some really good imported ones. We are eager to try other brushes…
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