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‘Sharpen This’ – Spade Bits & Augers

We’ve just added a new chapter – “Sharpen Spade Bits & Augers” to the “Sharpen This” video, and sent notification to past subscribers that’s it’s available. The original 2-1/2-hour-long video covers:• Bench planes (jack, jointer, smoother)• Block planes• Bench chisels• Mortise chisels• Swan-neck chisels• Router plane• Card scrapers• Travishers• Moulding planes Updates thus far include…

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‘Campaign Furniture’ – Traveling Bookcase

The following is excerpted from “Campaign Furniture,” by Christopher Schwarz. For almost 200 years, simple and sturdy pieces of campaign furniture were used by people all over the globe, yet this remarkable furniture style is now almost unknown to most woodworkers and furniture designers. “Campaign Furniture” seeks to restore this style to its proper place…

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LAP Woodworking Pencils Will Soon be Back in Stock

We’ve been out of Lost Art Press Woodworking Pencils for a few weeks now – but they’ll soon be back in stock (register to be notified when they are). Musgrave Pencil Company – the family owned company in Tennessee that makes the pencils for us – sent us some video of the process. It is…

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How to Fit a Ball Catch

The following is excerpted from “The Woodworker: The Charles H. Hayward Years,” Vol. 4, which covers three different topics. 1) The Workshop, including the design and construction of workbenches, tool chests and wall cabinets. There’s also an entire section devoted to “appliances,”which are workshop accessories such as shooting boards. 2) Furniture & its Details, includes…

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Tickets on Sale Now for August Cricket Table Class

Derek is one of the best teachers I’ve ever had the pleasure of watching – well worth a visit to Kentucky to soak up his knowledge about how to break free from 90° as you build a handsome, three-legged table! Tickets are on sale now!

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