Comments on: Time to Grow Up

By: Christopher Schwarz

Christopher Schwarz — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:25:47 +0000

Not sure what you are driving at:

By: LanceG

LanceG — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:38:10 +0000

um, “…the mob proceeds to demand..”

we all know mops don’t demand anything. They are much too polite for that.

By: LanceG

LanceG — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:36:12 +0000

Can The Schwarz “schwarz” himself? Just think, he recommends a book, supply evaporates, prices soar, and the mop proceeds to demand he reprints the book at Google Books prices! (well ok, at lost art press prices)

OTOH, I love Google Books. Prefer paper, but my ipad does the job in a pinch. I’ve probably got 2yrs of free, old woodworking reading on that thing. And, of course, now the digital version of ATC. Thanks, Chris, for braving the digital pirates and offering us the poor mans ATC!

By: djmueller1

djmueller1 — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:15:27 +0000

Are there booksellers who specialize in old woodworking books, and the like?

By: wfariss

wfariss — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:06:46 +0000

Would you consider publishing the four volume set? Perhaps as one book?

By: David Keller

David Keller — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:14:14 +0000

Chris – You should buy and watch Alan Lacer’s “The Skew Chisel: The Dark Side and The Sweet Side”. In it, he shows a method for driving work at a lathe that makes catches a distantly-remembered problem that no longer exists. It radically changed my experience on the lathe – I used to hate spindle turning. Now it’s a joy.

By: rwyoung

rwyoung — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:40:51 +0000

Thanks! Read “Autumn” and 1/2 of “Winter” last night. “Mungo” the kitten, great name.

By: John Cashman

John Cashman — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:21:21 +0000

Do the Play for Boys and Work with Girls books overlap?

By: robert

robert — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:46:23 +0000

The thought may be anathema, but engineers of all kinds have always broken big projects down into manageable chunks. As to stopping before becoming tired – well yeah – otherwise you will have no energy to be truly engaged in anything else. Good cooking demands attention.

By: mcundall

mcundall — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:36:43 +0000

Chris,

If you are interested and want to know a guy who works nearly all in cypress, check out

http://www.olivier-ww.com/default.asp.

George is a great old guy, knows quite a bit about design and might even make a good interview. He has got some backwoods crazy ways of doing things, but he turns cypress all the time and could help. He is also pretty knowledgeable on Prudence Mallard. Anyhow, hope this is of interest.

Did you ever get to writing about the skew angle block plane?