Wendell Berry on Making a Maul

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Wendell Berry on Making a Maul

Lost Art Press Country Woodcraft: Then and Now, Personal Favorites, Yellow Pine Journalism

Wendell picked up a maul, which Meb had made from a hickory tree. It had a smooth handle and a bulbous head, squared off at the end. “With it,” he told me, “you can deliver a blow of tremendous force to a stake or a splitting wedge.” Thinking about a modern sledgehammer, I asked how…

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A Workbench for Making Chairs

Lost Art Press Chairmaker's Notebook, Country Woodcraft: Then and Now, Good Work: The Chairmaking Life of John Brown, Ingenious Mechanicks, Roman Workbenches, The Stick Chair Book, Yellow Pine Journalism

Because I have written books on workbenches and chairs, I am regularly asked what sort of workbench is best for making chairs. Here’s my answer: the same bench you use to make cabinets, boxes and snake toys. Unless you are a professional chairmaker who makes chairs and only chairs in a tiny space, there is…

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