Prior to my most valuable education. Every so often someone contacts me to ask for advice about quitting a day job and going into furniture making as a full-time endeavor. They’ve taken some classes and built some pieces — sometimes eye-poppingly impressive ones — on their own time. Some have had paid commissions and amassed…
In New England a good workman is described as a “Master-hand at his trade.” Within the past few years a new and superior workman has appeared who is his own designer, skilled worker and dealer—in brief, his own employer. There are women also who are designers and workers and are their own saleswomen. The upper…
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If you have blacksmith taste but a Hillman Fastener budget, here’s a tip on how to make your hardware look better. I’m working on the lid of a six-board chest for a customer today and started tweaking the hinges, which I plan to install tomorrow. These hinges are made in India and sold by Van…
Agostino Ramelli’s 16th-century book wheel. If you are looking for some light reading to add to your digital book wheel I have two short stories for you featuring woodworkers. The first story, from 15th-century Italy, is “La novella del grasso legnajuolo” (The Story of the Fat Woodworker). The story was discovered by Andrea, a farmer…
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This will be Political. Bench planes always are. I have, I must admit, asked Matthew at Workshop Heaven to donate here. I will, where I can afford it, buy tools in, like the panel saws and see if I can upgrade my own tool box. I will then pass one of my saws on to…
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SOLD This is from the list of projects I want to get around to someday (but likely will not). This is a new, unopened Veritas Large Spokeshave Kit (2-3/8″ iron) that I purchased when the kits first came out. The only apology is that the manual is water-stained. All the metal components are still sealed…
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