Note: This article is part of an occasional series of articles about the fifth anniversary of “The Anarchist’s Tool Chest” book. The previous entry in this series is here. As an employee of F+W Media Inc., I was required to give the company the right to publish (and pay me for) anything that I’d written…

Don’t let an unfamiliarity with chairmaking keep you building a chair. This Irish-y armchair, with a curved back rest and lightly saddled seat, is a gateway chair into building a full-on Kentucky stick chair (or Welsh stick chair, or Scottish stick chair, or Insertplacenamehere stick chair). And the plan for this chair is free. Click…

Wheels & Casters A Guide to Industrial Wheels June 7, 2023 Posted by David 07 Jul FRANÇAIS | ESPAÑOL What you need to know for your industrial track and wheel system This double-flanged wheel, used in wood drying kilns, has a Nyloil bushing. Industrial steel wheels are used in places like manufacturing, mining, and storage…

Metal Casting Rate it, Don’t Break it—Hardness Testing and the Foundry July 5, 2023 Posted by David 11 Jun A critical step in qualifying metal parts using a non-destructive approach Hardness testing is a quality test used in foundries to measure the properties of cast metals and their suitability for different applications. Its popularity is…

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