Comments on: We’d Love to Hear What You Think

By: Megan Fitzpatrick

Megan Fitzpatrick — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:13:46 +0000

An ongoing challenge, I'll admit (and one that we'll continue to investigate).One of the things I like about our online video streaming site ShopClassOnDemand: one price, no matter where you live!

By: Megan Fitzpatrick

Megan Fitzpatrick — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:10:52 +0000

Tony,

I’m sad to report that we don’t have the equipment, bodies or rights to tape WIA sessions from non-employee speakers – but we’ll look into it for our staff.

By: Guido

Guido — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:46:05 +0000

Hi Glenn/Megan…

Any possibility of recording some of your sessions (e.g. the Powermatic series) in some sort of “quick and dirty” and minimal cost format? They wouldn’t have to be professional quality, or edited; perhaps just taping a real class. A disclaimer preface would be all that we’d need to realize why it might not be perfect.

Most of us have little hope of getting to your classes but would love to gain a bit of insight into some of these topics. Thanks for considering this.

BTW your site is AWESOME !!

Tony

By: Prairie Guy

Prairie Guy — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:06:17 +0000

What holds me back from buying is the exorbitant shipping costs to Canada. Sometimes twice the cost of the book or video. Would you look into USPS ground.

By: Megan Fitzpatrick

Megan Fitzpatrick — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 02:49:29 +0000

The likely culprit is mildew or some kind of mold — can you see any staining and/or discoloration on the wood (probably on interior surfaces)? If so, you need to clean those areas with something that will kill it – a vinegar and water solution or lemon juice and water solution (or any number of appropriate cleaning products). Then, I’d air out the drawers in the sun – but only if the humidity isn’t too high (and keep in mind that exposure to sunlight can change a wood’s color, so if you don’t want to risk that, cover the drawer fronts).

If mold doesn’t seem to be the problem, try sprinkling a layer of baking soda over the drawer bottoms and letting it sit for a few days before vacuuming it off.

I’ve tried the baking soda solution with success (but if the smell comes back after a little while, then it probably is mold, even if you can’t see it).

By: gangy543

gangy543 — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:03:07 +0000

I have a question for mr. schwarz. On your light bulb lamp(I have finished the lamp) how are the eye bolts attached to the base.
Thanks! James Hankins

By: rbukoski

rbukoski — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 23:16:59 +0000

I have a question for some one, we have recently recieved a small dresser which has a marble top but the dresser was stored in the basement for at least50+ years and is dryed out, needs to be reglued, but smells likeold musty furnature. What I would like to knoy is how do you get the musty smell out of the wood?

By: Megan Fitzpatrick

Megan Fitzpatrick — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:27:28 +0000

Oh – and we made sure HE works on the iPad (they don’t make it easy!).

By: introp

introp — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:09:48 +0000

Ah, I hadn’t seen the ebook option for Handplane Essentials; I’ll put it on my wish list for the next round of book-crazy. I totally understand the format troubles; I prefer epub since they reflow better on my varied-screen-size devices (and seem to chew less battery than rendering PDFs) but I know how much of a pain it can be to make layout-sensitive material work in them, so I’ll take PDF books if that’s what is available.

Thank you for your response and your continued support for those of us with more LCD displays than bookshelf space!

By: Megan Fitzpatrick

Megan Fitzpatrick — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:56:28 +0000

introp - we have one at this point: "Handplane Essentials" and we'll be offering at least a couple more in the near future. But, HE (as well as any books on the near horizon) is in PDF format – we haven't figured out a good way to offer step-by-step books in eReader format that doesn't support big pictures (e.g. Kindle). It's really the step-by-step picture thing vs. technical stuff that's keeping us back from that (I love reading novels on my iPad – but I'm not sure I'm ready to take that in the shop just yet...)