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LAP Open Wire, Jan. 13, 2024
Waiting for paint to dry as I write this post. The chest (faux milk paint – acrylic) will be completely dry by the time you read this. I hope the chair (linseed oil paint) is dry enough to move...
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LAP Open Wire, Jan. 20, 2024
Pew Pew! We use lasers and a spotter (in this case Denise) to help guide the driller (here, that’s Michael) in cutting mortises. Peggy is in the background, working on a stretcher. We’ve just finished...
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Jan. 27 Open Wire with Andy Glenn
Andy Glenn, and Oreo. Chris will be presenting in Colonial Williamsburg this weekend and I’m up to my hairline in work – so we asked Andy Glenn, author of “Backwoods Chairmakers” (the most recent book...
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LAP Open Wire, Jan. 27, 2024
Update: Thank you to Andy for handling today’s Open Wire! Comments are now closed. Today, we are delighted to have Andy Glenn, author of “Backwoods Chairmakers,” here to answer your woodworking...
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LAP Open Wire Feb. 3, 2024
I finished this small chest yesterday…almost! (I’ll do the last bit today, in between questions.) It’s Open Wire time, where you can pose your woodworking questions in the comments section below and...
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LAP Open Wire, Feb. 10, 2024
Comments are now closed. It has been a crazy chair week here in the shop…so no different than usual (except we had eight people working in here instead of the usual two). So today, we’re happy to take...
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LAP Open Wire, Feb. 17, 2024
Just a few of the Lie-Nielsen tools from my Anarchist’s Tool Chest (there will be shinier LN tools on hand for you to try out next Saturday – as well as the fine folk from LN to answer questions)....
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Open Wire is in Person Today at the Storefront
We have the Lie-Nielsen folks in this weekend for the first Hand Tool Event in at least three years. So we are not able to answer questions online today. If you are in the area, stop by the storefront...
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LAP Open Wire Sat. March 2, 2024
The first six chapters of “The American Peasant,” ready to edit. (Note: The book is in color; we usually print it in black and white for editing…’cause toner ain’t cheap!) Update: Comments are now...
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Open Wire: March 9, 2023
The calm before the class. Megan is teaching a class on building a Shaker silverware tray here at the storefront this weekend, so y’all are stuck with me and Wally the cat for Open Wire. We are happy...
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LAP Open Wire, March 16, 2024
Comments are now closed. We’ll circle back after hours for any unanswered ones. Psssst…or pspspspsps… You. Yeah, you! You got a woodworking question? Ask in the comments below, and my amanuenses...
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LAP Open Wire, Sat. March 23, 2024
This picture is from 2019; no we did not haul my 400-pound Gluebo bench back to the shop. NOTE: We are having technical difficulties with Word Press’s commenting system today. Our replies are not...
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LAP Open Wire, March 30, 2024
Chris is exorcising a demon or a darling – TBD. Comments are now closed. Chris and I are here all day to answer your woodworking questions – in between some work at the bench, of course. You know the...
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LAP Open Wire, April 6, 2024
You know how when something goes wrong, we say “Wood hates you?” Well, this chair hates me. But I think this finish is going to work. Update: Comments are now closed. My Saturday goal is to get the...
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LAP Open Wire, April 13, 2024
Roy Underhill (left) and Whitney Miller (right) both graced the Lost Art Press shop this week! Update: Comments are now closed. We’ve had a grand week of visitors and video shoots. Roy Underhill made...
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LAP Open Wire, April 20, 2024
Wally and I are busy today helping students turn the sticks shown above into sawbenches. But Chris is back this week, eagerly awaiting your Open Wire questions. So, please post your (succinct)...
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