Puebco ClipboardsI own more clipboards than bench planes. They manage every project I work on, from new chair designs to glue recipes. I appreciate the way they help me manage things in a chronological manner (and I can quickly change the chronology if necessary). I dislike the shiny pot-metal-and-hardboard clipboards from office supply stores. They…
Read moreI’ve just added four products to our store that are about to be released. We aren’t taking pre-orders, but you can sign up easily to be notified the moment these products arrive in our warehouse. Here’s some information and links. ‘Backwoods Chairmakers’ by Andrew D. Glenn Megan and I have been working nonstop on this…
Read moreThe tour at the High Wycombe Chair-making Museum begins almost the moment you arrive. You ring the bell on the front door. Robert Bishop answers and welcomes you into a room filled with chairs, tools and photographs. You sit down, and bam – he begins telling you a story. You are hooked. And for the…
Read morePuebco Tape DispensersIhave no love for sand-filled plastic tape dispensers. Please, give me cast iron and simplicity and mass. Puebco delivers. This Japanese company designs ingenious products using recycled materials and hand labor from developing nations. Sometimes they hit a home run. Sometimes not. But the cast-iron Puebco tape dispenser is a huge winner. It…
Read moreMr. Pen Circle TemplatesI draw arcs all day long. You might be a fancy “irregular curve” person, but I am as cheap as a segment of a circle. Arcs are the foundation of the decoration of vernacular furniture. You might think peasants were channeling their squid god when they drew that shape on the chair’s…
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