Day 10: GRIP 9“ Stainless Steel Pry Bar I can’t tell you how often I grab this thin pry bar from Chris’s tool chest in a panic to remove moulding and other small pieces without damaging them, and I don’t know what else. But I grab it a lot. I have one at home that…
Read moreDay 9: Infinity Stamps If you want a fantastic logo stamp, contact Infinity Stamps. The company’s designers will create a stamp for you based on a sketch or whatever else you have, or you can send a vector file. Infinity is fast and great to deal with. Chris has three (or it is four?) stamps…
Read moreDay 8: Torrington Brushes: Glue Brushes & Chip Brushes Another big step forward for our shop this year has been switching to Torrington brushes for gluing and for our chip brushes. Torrington is a small Florida company that makes excellent brushes and carries some really good imported ones. We are eager to try other brushes…
Read moreDay 7: Purified/refined Linseed Oil Finishing has gotten a lot easier here now that we have switched to raw linseed oil that has been purified/refined. These oils are lighter than your hardware store linseed oil, they dry fast and they don’t have any heavy metallic driers. You can use them on their own or in…
Read moreDay 6: Pica Markers & Mechanical Pencils This year I have completely embraced the Pica marking stuff. It is not perfect (details below). But it is still miles beyond what I was using before. What makes it awesome? Pica’s “Longlife Cap.” This is basically a scabbard that clips tenaciously to your shop apron, waist apron…
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