Author Archives: Lost Art Press

2 Bonus Videos on the Swedish Tool Chest

We just posted two bonus videos about the Swedish tool chest. These short videos, hosted by me, discuss where this chest comes from historically and also offers a tour of the finished chest with tools in it. If you have purchased the “Make a Swedish Tool Chest” video, you should have received an email notifying…

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Saws: The Story So Far

Part I: Moxon to Nicholson By Matt Cianci, the SawWright I started writing “Set & File: A Practical Guide to Saw Sharpening” in 2015, but the background work started long before that in the early 2000s. For me, learning to sharpen saws was trial and error, and there wasn’t much to guide me. I looked…

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About Whitney Miller

I first met Whitney Miller when she was a reporter at WCPO-TV in Cincinnati, right as the pandemic was cranking up. Whitney worked with my wife, Lucy, and Whitney was really into making anything and everything.  She’d made her own dining table with the help of some friends. And she’s made almost everything else in…

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Recommended: Gibson Chair Class

Hey! Two of my chairmaking friends, en and Jim Crammond, are putting on a Gibson chair class in Michigan starting Sept. 30. They are both great people and chairmakers. If you’ve wanted to build a Gibson chair, this is a great opportunity. Details are below. — Christopher Schwarz Join us for an immersive chair making…

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