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Ambulance trains in 1914 "This is Christmas, and the world is supposed to be civilised" – National Railway Museum blog
We have become familiar with images of wartime Christmas truces where fighting stopped—but this certainly wasn’t the universal experience on the Western Front 100 years ago. Ambulance trains did not stop running during Christmas 1914—many patients still needed treatment and staff remained on trains during the holidays. Men worked 24 hours a day during Christmas…
Roubo Pre-publication Offer Extended to Jan. 31 –
This is going to sound like marketing garbage. It really isn’t. Several readers have requested that we extend the deadline for taking pre-publication orders of the forthcoming deluxe edition of “To Make as Perfectly as Possible: Roubo on Marquetry.” These readers have requested the extension because they have lots of bills due from the holiday…
The Making of a Cabinetmaker – Part II –
My actual experience at the bench as an embryo cabinetmaker began when I was fourteen years of age. I had been at school all the winter and spring, but was with my father in the shop a great deal before and after school hours. At this time my father was working on piece work in…
New Stickers Coming Next Week –
We will have three new sticker designs for sale next week. All three will be available through my daughter Madeline’s etsy store. The 100-percent vinyl stickers are $7 per set, and she ships overseas. The three designs are, as usual, based on random stuff that has been floating through my head while working at the…
SOLD: Two Frame Saws: One Good; One Ballast –
SOLD: This year I’ve spent a lot of time (and money) investigating coping saws and fret saws. Here are two of my investigations that I am selling together as one lot. Sorry, I don’t want to separate them. The good one is a German-made fret saw that I have tuned up to within an inch…
Registration is Open at The Woodwright’s School –
Roy Underhill has just opened registration at The Woodwright’s School for the first batch of classes in 2013. I’m teaching there twice in 2013. Details: The Anarchist’s Tool Chest, Aug. 26-30. Note that this class is full. You can sign up for the waiting list. I recommend doing that. People from the waiting list always…