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I never cared for carved furniture until I saw some 17th-century American chests in Wallace Nutting’s “Furniture of the Pilgrim Century.” (A low-resolution GoogleBooks version [...]
Lois Keener Ventura, author of Sculpted Band Saw Boxes, is placing her one-of-a-kind box sculpture (pictured on the cover of her book) up for a week-long eBay auction starting November...
I visited Itsik's shop for two reasons: to see his creations and help him sharpen some old chisels he bought on the Israeli Craigslist-like website. Itsik does not own any...
Reason No. 50 that I dislike chipbreakers: They can prevent your iron from retracting all the way into the mouth of the tool. Sometimes I think chipbreakers are a cruel...
In the Wednesday edition of The New York Times, the newspaper featured a bottle opener from Areaware (areaware.com) that is made from piece of wood, two magnets and a bent...
Memo Date: October 28, 2011 To: Steve Shanesy, publisher From: Christopher Schwarz, editor Re: New Revenue Sources for 2011 With the recent rejection of my new ideas for revenue for...
I SAW THIS AND ITS 15 FT HIGH.!! BUT SEE IT AND HOW DO YOU THINK ITS DONE..??? I WILL MAKE A SMALLER VERSION..AS YOU CAN NOT CARRY THAT AROUND TO SHOWCASE????...
People gripe that the vintage tools and books I write about often go up in price after I post an entry. I actually think the effect is mild and temporary,...
Here’s a short trailer of the forthcoming DVD “Build a Sawbench with Christopher Schwarz” that will be released in a few weeks. If you pre-order the DVD, you’ll save $5...
If there were a woodworking tool hall of fame, the Bridge City TS-2 try square would definitely be on display there. In my travels through shops all over the country...
Right in the thick of Woodworking in America – somewhere between duck fat fries and falling asleep in a puddle of what I hope was my drool – Mark Harrell...