Ever since I started selling stick chairs, potential customers have asked: “I like the look of your chairs, but are they comfortable?” My canned response has been: “Compared to a La-Z-Boy, no. But compared to typical wooden chairs, yes, they are fairly comfortable.” Last weekend I experienced a forced, painful and radical reassessment of my…
Read moreToday I am putting up for sale this eight-stick comb-back chair that is finished in milk paint. This chair is being sold via silent auction – details of the auction are below. But first, here is some information about the chair itself. This chair is a new design and is (I think) a successful effort…
Read moreWe just received our first fully finished sample of our new Crucible Planing Stops. The cast ductile iron stops are all poured and are about halfway through the grinding process. So it won’t be long now. The stops will cost less than $50. And they are incredibly simple to install: Drill a 5/8” hole in…
Read moreWe haven’t given up on getting everything restocked in our store. Today I’m happy to say that our Lost Art Press Pencils are back in stock. These U.S.-made pencils are made to our specifications and come in a nicely printed box. I don’t have good news, however, about restocking “The Anarchist’s Tool Chest.” Our Michigan…
Read moreJoe Heller True story, Word of Honor:Joseph Heller, an important and funny writernow dead,and I were at a party given by a billionaireon Shelter Island.I said, “Joe, how does it make you feelto know that our host only yesterdaymay have made more moneythan your novel ‘Catch-22’has earned in its entire history?”And Joe said, “I’ve got…
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