Make plans to be in Covington on Jan. 29 for a fun evening with three of the best hand tool guys on the internet: James Wright, Rex Krueger & Eion Reardon. All three of them will be at our headquarters and store on that day. And we’re all going to a local brewery afterwards to…
Read moreThe great people at Alexander Brothers have put together a new kit of materials that help you make a Roman workbench, the earliest design of bench that we know of. The Roman bench isn’t just an historical footnote. It’s a dang-good bench that we use all the time in our shop. The bench is portable,…
Read moreWith our final class at the Willard Street workshop behind us, I’ve rearranged the bench room, the Mechanical Library and the machine room for four woodworkers, instead of a classroom. First and biggest change: We scotched four workbenches. We sold three and will move the fourth to Megan’s workshop. That change gave us space for…
Read moreIf you need something delivered by Christmas, please order by 5 p.m. Monday (Dec. 15). We are pushing things a little. The USPS needs to receive packages by Dec. 17 for Christmas delivery. So we’ll all be filling boxes for the next few days to make sure everything gets into the hands of USPS by…
Read moreAlso, Sunday is the last day to order for Christmas delivery. We just released our Big Protractors in 1/8” Baltic birch and lowered the price to $45. They’re still made in the USA – they’re just less expensive and made of wood instead of plastic. For years we used Trolase, a quality plastic product, for…
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