Author Archives: lostartpress

About lostartpress

Publisher of woodworking books and DVDs specializing in hand tool techniques.

And I Woke up in the Golden Age of Ballooning

Posted on June 1, 2013

For the last decade, I’ve been a terrible sleeper. I wouldn’t call it insomnia, but I tend to wake in the middle of the night and think about everything I’m working on. The solution has been to take melatonin. The … Continue reading →

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‘Grandpa’s Workshop’ in Chalk and Asphalt

Posted on May 29, 2013

Graphic designer and woodworker Tom Buhl reproduced an illustration of “Grandpa’s Workshop” for the Santa Barbara I Madonnari Italian Street Painting Festival, and it is quite cool. You can see more photos of the painting being made here. See more … Continue reading →

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On Your Feet

Posted on May 28, 2013

Today I made the feet for my teak campaign chest. From the outside, this looks like a one-hour job: Turn the feet and their tenons. Glue the tenons into holes in the four square base blocks. But many campaign chests … Continue reading →

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H.O. Studley Shirts Now in Stock

Posted on May 27, 2013

Our H.O. Studley T-shirts are now for sale in our store for $20 plus domestic shipping. The front of the shirt features the engraved nameplate fastened to Henry O. Studley’s famous tool chest. The back of the shirts have the … Continue reading →

Posted in Books in the Works, Products We Sell, Virtuoso: The Toolbox of Henry O. Studley | 3 Comments

‘By Hand & Eye’ Now Shipping

Posted on May 27, 2013

“By Hand & Eye” by George R. Walker and Jim Tolpin is now available for immediate shipment from Lost Art Press. Our retailers – Lee Valley Tools, Lie-Nielsen Toolworks and Tools for Working Wood – have received their shipments and … Continue reading →

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Update: Roubo, Studley & Handworks

Posted on May 26, 2013

We just wrapped up two days at the Handworks show in Amana, Iowa, and loaded almost nothing back into the van for the return trip – except for some T-shirts and one box of books. Dang it was a good … Continue reading →

Posted in Books in the Works, By Hand & Eye, Campaign Furniture, Products We Sell, The Art of Joinery, To Make as Perfectly as Possible, Roubo Translation, Virtuoso: The Toolbox of Henry O. Studley | 15 Comments

Help Me, Suzanne

Posted on May 22, 2013

I haven’t abandoned my “Furniture of Necessity” book. Suzanne “the Saucy Indexer” Ellison, simply won’t allow it. While my days are spent in teak and mahogany making campaign furniture, Suzanne has been feeding me a steady diet of vernacular forms … Continue reading →

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A 17th-century Shavehorse?

Posted on May 21, 2013

While up in the Boston area last week, Peter Follansbee, the joiner at Plimoth Plantation, commented on the lack of images of shavehorses from the 17th century. That kind of question mark interests me. Earlier I had stumbled on some … Continue reading →

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12 Rough Roorkhee Chairs

Posted on May 21, 2013

I spent the morning digging through some very old 8/4 and 6/4 mahogany at Midwest Woodworking. This material will be for my June class on building a Roorkhee chair at Kelly Mehler’s School of Woodworking in Berea, Ky. If you … Continue reading →

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Back in Print: ‘Green Woodworking’ by Drew Langsner

Posted on May 20, 2013

“Green Woodworking” by Drew Langsner is a passport to an enormous area of the craft that has been long-neglected in the literature. Using simple tools and materials from around your house, Drew shows you how to coax these materials into … Continue reading →

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