We are hosting a free Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event at our Willard Street workshop on March 7-8, 2025. In addition to all the Lie-Nielsen tools and our books, the show will feature planemaker Matt Bickford, author of “Mouldings in Practice.” If you have never been to a Hand Tool Event, here’s what it’s like. You…
Read moreOur new storefront was supposed to be open by Jan. 1, but it’s still not done because we are waiting on the cabinetry that was supposed to arrive before Christmas. We are not gritching. Delays happen. But until we can get the new storefront at 407 Madison Ave. up and running, we have to suspend…
Read moreWe spent the last couple months of 2024 working hard on our building at 407 Madison Ave., an old woodworking tool factory that we are restoring as our fulfillment center, retail store and editorial offices. In addition to the staff and sub-contractors, we brought in Zach Haynes of Haynes Carpentry to help do some of…
Read moreOur fulfillment center and storefront will be closed from Dec. 24 to Jan. 1. So any online orders placed during that time will not ship until we return from the break. So if you want a book or tool shipped out before the end of the year, please place your order before Dec. 23. The…
Read moreIt’s been a while since I wrote about our work on the Anthe Building, the old factory where our fulfillment center is located. This fall we’ve been working on the storefront of the building, which faces Madison Avenue in downtown Covington. And on some offices upstairs for the editorial staff. Here’s the latest. The Storefront…
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