We now have in stock our new Lost Art Press “Nothing without Labor” heavyweight hoodies (in sizes M through 3XL), another batch of Crucible microfiber “Super Woobies” and a whole passel of 5-packs of Lost Art Press woodworking pencils. The full-zip hoodie features the “Never Despair: Nothing Without Labour” artwork on the back. On the…
Read moreAt our upcoming open house – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, March 26 – you’re invited to help us build a workbench – or simply watch us work and ask questions. We’ve been working with the Cincinnati Museum Center for a new permanent exhibit, Made in Cincinnati, that will include in the “made by hand section”…
Read moreThe following is excerpted from “The Essential Woodworker,” by Robert Wearing. In our opinion, “The Essential Woodworker” is one of the best books on hand-tool usage written in the post-Charles Hayward era. Wearing was classically trained in England as a woodworker and embraced both power and hand tools in his shop and in his teaching….
Read more“The Joiner and Cabinet Maker” is a short book written by an anonymous tradesman; it was first published in 1839. It tells the fictional tale of Thomas, a lad of 13 or 14 who is apprenticed to a rural shop, that builds everything from built-ins to more elaborate veneered casework. The book was written to…
Read moreThe following is excerpted from “Doormaking and Window-Making,” by anonymous. As the Industrial Revolution mechanized the jobs of the joiner – building doors and windows by hand – one anonymous joiner watched the traditional skills disappear and decided to do something about it. That joiner wrote two short illustrated booklets that explained how to build…
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