Woodworker, writer, whisky-lover, actor and all-around renaissance man Nick Offerman has a new twice-a-week Substack newsletter, “Donkey Thoughts,” in which he hopes, he writes, to be sometimes useful and “at least relatively amusing.” Having read (nay, devoured) all of Nick’s books; I have no doubt he will succeed on both fronts. I couldn’t hit “subscribe”…
Read moreWe will be open for visitors from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 26. We will be selling our full line of books and tools, of course, and we’ll be happy to answer your questions and talk about woodworking. We have free Lost Art Press yardsticks and pencils (not the ones we sell)…
Read moreWe’ve selected (by choosing random numbers and matching them up to the entrants in the order the emails came in) the winners of the Crucible Tool 5-year anniversary lump hammers engraved by Jen Bower, and the lucky 10 have been notified. Next week, these tools will be on the way to their new homes. (I’m…
Read moreMultiple sources are reporting the sad news that Garry Knox Bennett, a giant in the furniture making world, has died. He was born in 1934 in Alameda, Calif. The following is excerpted from “The Difference Makers,” by Marc Adams (2019). Garry Knox Bennett is an American icon in the field of woodworking. He studied painting…
Read moreA reminder that you have until 5 p.m. Eastern today to indicate your interest in one of the 10 Crucible Tool five-year anniversary Lump Hammers, hand-engraved by Jennifer Bower. We received the finished hammers today, and my pictures don’t do them justice (no surprise, though, that Jenny’s work is gorgeous). The hammers are $350 each…
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