One of the big pluses of filling orders from Covington occurred today. Mark, one of our fulfillment employees, was at the Anthe building on an errand and saw a box that wasn’t in the right place. It was a sealed box of 20 engraved lump hammers. We’ve been out of these hammers for months and…
Read moreIn 2018, I shared this trick that David Savage used to improve dovetail joints. He called it “Juicy Lucy,” and it involves flooding the exterior of a joint with extra hide glue to swell the fibers and improve the joint cosmetically. We continue to use his trick with dovetails with great success. And at some…
Read moreWe have been packing up materials for our trip to Iowa this week for Handworks, our favorite woodworking/sausage show in the world. Our booth will be in the same place as it has been during every Handworks. We plan to have almost all of our titles with us, all of our tools and some of…
Read moreThis has been a wild week, and we should be sitting by the pool with some margaritas. But instead, we are here for the Lost Art Press Open Wire. If you’ve got questions about woodworking, our books, tools or grub ephemera, we are your answer team. This week’s open wire is hosted by me and…
Read moreOne of the biggest hurdles chairmaking students face when making their stretchers and sticks is drilling the tenon on the end of the stick. I use the Veritas Power Tenon cutters for this. And we do it freehand with the cutter in a drill. So some skill and practice is required. (Yes, I know I…
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