Some quick items – none of which are important enough for a stand-alone blog entry. Anonymous blog comments. We don’t allow them. Period. During the last year, I have gotten lax about this. Because of a glitch, our blogging software made me approve every comment, and in the crush, I let anonymous ones slip through….
Read moreI wrote my first book when I was 11 years old. It sprouted and took root like all the other books I’ve written during the last 42 years. Step one: I become bizarrely interested in a topic. Back in 1979, it was how the U.S. military had moved so many people around during World War…
Read moreWhen I design a piece of furniture, I try to pretend that all the glue inside it will disappear one day, leaving only the wood and metal bits behind. Will the piece fall apart? If the answer is yes, then I have some more work to do. I arrived at this approach after years of…
Read moreEditor’s note: I am pleased – and slightly surprised – to announce that we are now shipping “The Handcrafted Life of Dick Proenneke” by Monroe Robinson. This book came in much earlier than expected – I didn’t think we would see it until January. Let’s hope this means the paper shortage is abating. Other good…
Read moreI can’t remember a recent project where I didn’t pick up a bird-cage awl. From marking the location of spindles or screws to actually drilling holes for tiny screws, a bird-cage awl is essential for installing hardware, deepening marks left by your dividers and even cleaning out junk from the corners of deep mortises. I’ve…
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