Author Archives: fitz

Now Shipping: ‘The Anarchist’s Tool Chest: Revised Edition’

We’ve just received 11 pallets of “The Anarchist’s Tool Chest: Revised Edition” and we are busy shipping them out to customers. The first 500 customers will also receive a free iron-on merit badge with the A-square logo. Oh, and we also re-released the original ATC T-shirt in red (union made in the United States). You…

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Open Wire: The Place to Ask Your Questions

Just a gentle reminder – or announcement for those of you who are new here – that six Saturdays a year, we hold “Open Wire” hours from 8 a.m.-5 pm. That’s the place to post any and all woodworking questions to get them answered by us and by your fellow readers. I’m afraid we don’t…

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Special: ‘Welsh Stick Chairs’ & ‘Good Work’

Get two classic chairmaking books – “Welsh Stick Chairs” and “Good Work” – for one special price. Together, they’re just $ 49 – but only through August 7. The regular price for both is $87 – you save 44 percent. If you’re wondering where stick chairs came from, these two books will tell you the…

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Lecture: ‘Anyone Can be a Chairmaker’

One of our local treasures, the Baker Hunt Art and Cultural Center, hosts a free lecture series in its Scudder House ballroom, and the speaker on August 13 is Christopher Schwarz. His subject? Chairmaking, of course! “Not long ago, most households in Kentucky had the basic tools and skills to build their own furniture. If…

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LAP Open Wire: June 14, 2025

Got a woodworking question? Then today is you’re lucky day: It’s time for Open Wire! You have until 5 p.m. Eastern to pose your question in the comments section below, and we’ll respond – hopefully with a informed and useful answer…but no promises. (And it’s possible your fellow readers will have answers, too – and…

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