This week I am building a Hobbit-y chair for a customer in black cherry instead of white oak. Is cherry strong enough for a stick chair such as this? Of course. How do I know? I added 1/8” in diameter and thickness to some key components. So now I can sleep without worry. If the…
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During the Christmas season, we get asked to endorse and promote a lot of products, which is not something I am inclined to do. I publish a yearly Anarchist’s Gift Guide on my Popular Woodworking Magazine blog, but those are all little things that I own and use – not the result of a corporate…
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The only serious injury I’ve sustained in the workshop was with a drawknife. In 1997, I was sharpening my grandfather’s tool with an oilstone at work. My hand slipped, and I gashed a finger. It took a dozen stitches to close the wound. And as it was a workers’ compensation claim, I had to go…
From L. R. H., North Argyle, N.Y. — Will you please inform me what philosophical principle is involved in the fact that a long screw-driver will turn a screw with less power than a short one? Can you explain the phenomenon to an unphilosophical subscriber? Answer.—Our correspondent, in asking his question, virtually asserts that, with…
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…
This is not a marketing stunt. Historically we offer free domestic shipping on all pre-publication orders until the day the title ships. And due to a busy bindery, “The Book of Plates” will ship to us on Friday, two days behind schedule. So free shipping on “The Book of Plates” now ends at midnight EST…