The following is excerpted from “With the Grain,” by Christian Becksvoort. It is, above all, succinct, easy to understand and perfectly suited for the furniture-maker. As important as what is in its 160 pages is what is not. It’s not a detailed analysis of cell growth. It is not a heap of tables and equations…
Read moreThe following is excerpted from “James Krenov: Leave Fingerprints,” by Brendan Bernhardt Gaffney. Krenov (1920-2009) was one of the most influential woodworking writers, instructors and designers of the 20th century. His best-selling books – starting with “A Cabinetmaker’s Notebook” – inspired tens of thousands of people to pick up the tools and build things to…
Read moreThe following is excerpted from “Honest Labour.” This column was first published in The Woodworker in 1949 – please excuse the gendered terms as a product of their time. Woodworkers deal in the very kindest of materials, the friendly, living wood. I think there can hardly have been a time when men were not tree…
Read moreTickets will go on sale next Friday (April 15, 2022) at 10 a.m. Eastern for three classes at the Lost Art Press storefront in the second half of 2022: Build a Cricket Table with Derek Jones, Monday, Aug. 1 through Wednesday, Aug. 3. The three-day class is $600 plus a materials fee (around $150). Build…
Read moreThe following is excerpted from “Cut & Dried,” by Richard Jones. Richard has spent his entire life as a professional woodworker and has dedicated himself to researching the technical details of wood in great depth, this material being the woodworker’s most important resource. The result is “Cut & Dried: A Woodworker’s Guide to Timber Technology.”…
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