Flash Sale: Grab the Pattern Maker’s Vise Before It’s Sold Out!
If you’ve followed my posts for a while, you know I am a huge advocate for the Pattern Maker’s Vise (often referred to as the “Luthier’s” or “Guitar Maker’s Vise”)….
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Author Archives: Yoav Liberman
Beyond the Big-Box Catalog: The Hunt for Quality Box Locks
When you pour dozens of hours into a specialized woodworking project, the last thing you want to do is compromise on the “jewelry”—the hardware. However, as many of us have…
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Wooden Wonders: The Art of Navigation at Jamestown Settlement
This past August, I had the pleasure of visiting the Jamestown Settlement in Virginia. While the original 1607 archaeological site (Historic Jamestowne) is just down the road, this living-history museum features incredible reconstructions—most notably …
Read morePart Three: The Restorer’s Dilemma — Three Paths Forward
Standing in front of Kay Yeomans’s longcase clock, it is easy to see that there is no single “correct” answer. What looks like one broken object is really a web of decisions—technical, ethical, practical, and financial. Any serious restorer, and ……
Read morePart Two: The Movement, the Maker, and the Making of a Longcase Clock
If part one focused on the cabinet as an archaeological object—revealing construction shortcuts, repairs, and surprises—this second part turns inward, to the heart of Yeoman’s clock: the movement itself. It is here that the clock most clearly declares …
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