Every plane that HNT Gordon sends out to customers is assembled and inspected by the company’s founder, Terry Gordon. The process takes place at Terry’s workbench near the front of the company’s factory in Alstonville, Australia. There, Terry makes small adjustments to the wood and metal components with a wide variety of tools, from simple…
Read moreI’ve followed Vintage Tool Shop on Instagram for a long time. They always post really nice tools for sale – plus their own line of handsaws that they make (by hand) in the workshop in the back of the store. So it was a fanboy moment last week when we drove by their shop and…
Read moreNext Friday, Lucy and I fly to Australia for a week of relaxation and marsupials. And then I’ll stay on to teach a couple chairmaking classes for Wood Dust and participate in some woodworking events that look to be fun. The two classes have been sold out for months, but the organizers have found a…
Read moreOne of the rewards for running a publishing company is getting to say “yes” when other people wouldn’t even know to say “no.” Two summers ago, chairmaker Chris Williams and I visited Drew and Louise Langsner in their home outside Marshall, North Carolina. And as we were sitting there, being feasted upon by bugs (as…
Read moreTwo weeks ago, James Wright and his daughter Melody visited Lost Art Press to do a video tour and interview. James – aka Wood by Wright – is one of the important people who are keeping hand tool woodworking alive on the internet. (Also important in my book: Rex Krueger.) I love both these guys…
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