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LAP Open Wire, Oct. 28, 2023

Chris and I are catching up after a fabulous field trip yesterday to the Berry Center in New Castle, Kentucky (highly recommended if you’re ever in the area and are a fan of Wendell Berry’s work, both literarily and as it relates to equitable and ecological farming). But that doesn’t mean we don’t have time…

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The ‘We Found Masses of Curves’ Sale

The move from the third-party warehouse to our in-house warehousing and fulfillment unearthed a colossal number of design curves. I wish I could remember when those were erroneously deemed out of stock…but I’m sure it’s been at least 18 months. So…oops. (We’re confident that having full control over inventory will get rid of such problems….

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The ‘We Found Masses of Curves’ Sale

The move from the third-party warehouse to our in-house warehousing and fulfillment unearthed a colossal number of design curves. I wish I could remember when those were erroneously deemed out of stock…but I’m sure it’s been at least 18 months. So…oops. (We’re confident that having full control over inventory will get rid of such problems….

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How to Choose a Log

The following is excerpted from Peter Galbert’s “Chairmaker’s Notebook.” Whether you are an aspiring professional chairmaker, an experienced green woodworker or a home woodworker curious about the craft, “Chairmaker’s Notebook” is an in-depth guide to building your first Windsor chair or an even-better 30th one. Using more than 500 hand-drawn illustrations, Peter Galbert walks you…

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Level Your Pins & Tails

I promised my Pine Croft students last weekend an online lesson on leveling their pins and tails (the glue hadn’t set up enough to stress the joints before it was time to clean up). So I’m sharing it with the rest of you, too. Even if you set your marking gauge/cutting gauge to the exact…

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