Megan is teaching a Dutch tool chest class during the next three days, so today is all about dovetails in the bench room. It’s also all about dovetails at our warehouse – we have just restocked with Crucible Dovetail Templates. They are ready to ship. These handy little tools mark out 1:6, 1:8 and 90°…
Read moreFor the last year I’ve been building chairs using slabs of bog oak that are 2,000 years old (according to a carbon dating test) and was harvested in Poland. Furniture maker Andy Brownell is responsible for starting me down this path. He offered me some scraps of bog oak from one of his commission pieces….
Read moreAfter many months of study and research, John and I have decided to take a big and overdue step with Lost Art Press. We are now planning to bring fulfillment in-house and do it here in Covington, Kentucky. For the first six years of Lost Art Press, our families fulfilled every order placed by individuals…
Read moreIf I lived and worked alone, music would play almost 24 hours a day. (In fact, on the rare occasion when Lucy leaves town, that is exactly what happens.) Many times it’s the radio (WMOT-FM is a favorite). Or an album or playlist based on my mood. We play music in the bench room during…
Read moreOn Friday, I knocked together a cupboard inspired by Romanian peasant furniture for my next book, “The American Peasant.” The piece was made entirely by hand, but using Western tools instead of Eastern European ones. All the joints are drawbored and glued (with gelatin glue I made here in the shop). When I went to…
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