I’m in the middle of refining a recipe for a liquid hide glue that uses food-grade gelatin as the base product and is essentially clear. If all goes to plan, we should start selling the glue by the end of the year. Our working name for the stuff is “Death Grip Glue,” which is a…
Read moreWe are quite pleased to have joiner Peter Follansbee as the host of today’s Open Wire. Peter’s specialty is 17th-century woodworking, though lately he has returned to chairmaking as well. If you love this kind of stuff, I recommend you subscribe to his brand new substack, which is named Follansbee’s Substack. Today Peter has given…
Read moreWe’ve just added the last of our inventory of Anthe Lump Hammers and Redneck Pencil Gauges to our store. This is the final bit of our run of special edition Anthe hammers, which help fund our restoration of our new headquarters on Madison Avenue in Covington. We won’t be making these again. The Redneck Pencil…
Read moreThanks to our two new employees – Gabe and Mark – we now have 250 more GoDrillas in stock and ready to ship. The GoDrilla is a bit extender that works with any 1/4” hex tool and any 1/4” hex rod (a 12” hex rod is included). The GoDrilla lock on your bit with fearsome…
Read moreLast week an amazing thing happened a block away from the Anthe Building (the site of our new headquarters). Workers began removing the ugly brick cladding from a building at the corner of Fourth Street and Scott Boulevard. What was below the brick was a link to our family’s past. Lucy’s family ran the chain…
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