This post originally appeared on Peter Follansbee’s blog, Joiner’s Notes. Reprinted here with permission. I read last week that chairmaker Dave Sawyer passed away. I never knew him, but I felt very connected to his work through our many mutual friends. Over the past ten years or so I’ve been working on this idea in…
Read moreBy request from readers, we are going to try to bring back some stickers. The original Sticker Queen, my daughter Maddy, is too swamped with getting her doctorate to take on the sticker business. But my youngest, Katy, has agreed to give it a try. There will be three stickers in this set, and they…
Read moreWhen people watch me work, I mess up more. I work too fast. I skip important operations. I can’t concentrate. All of which should make you wonder why I ever aspired to be a C-list woodworking celebrity. When we bought our shop on Willard Street in 2015, I fell in love with the building’s enormous…
Read moreOne aspect of woodworking that is difficult to explain to non-woodworkers are the physical and mental effects the tools have on us. Sometimes I wonder if I should bring my Lie-Nielsen No. 3 in bronze to the doctor’s office with me. I can promise you that my blood pressure and pulse are lower when my…
Read moreWhen we published “Sharpen This,” some readers were disappointed that the book’s cover wasn’t the slightly naughty “Sharpen This” image we printed on a sticker in 2017. Had we used that image, which I adore, we would have faced complaints from some readers, and I suspect the image would have prevented some people from buying…
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