The planer has been sold. We got a new and larger planer (so we can run single-board chair seats!), so we’re selling the 15″ Powermatic that’s been an excellent workhorse in our shop for a couple years. It has a Byrd Shelix head, and we were still on the first carbide knife edges (so there…
Read moreI promised students in my last Anarchist Tool Chest class that I’d do a video on cutting hinge mortises – so this is for them. — Fitz
Read moreI’m delighted that JoJo Wood and her partner, Sean, will visit Covington, Ky., on their upcoming trip across the Atlantic. JoJo is teaching two courses at Plymouth Craft in Massachusetts, then they’re traveling to Kentucky for a two-day spoon-carving class on August 8-9. Tickets go on sale Tuesday, July 5, at 10 a.m. Eastern. Starting…
Read moreIf you’ve been waiting on a Crucible Dovetail Template, click the link to head on over to the store – as of 8 p.m., we have four score in stock. And exciting (and long-awaited) news on the scraper front: They’re almost ready. Chris and I burned our hands today loading them into the back of…
Read moreThe following is excerpted from “James Krenov: Leave Fingerprints.” James 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 the highest standard….
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