Category: Open Wire

Welcome to Open Wire, our bi-monthly Woodworking Q&A session.

Until 5 p.m. today, you can post your questions in the comment section below, then Chris and I, along with your fellow readers if they wish, will answer.

I’m writing this post about a week ahead of time, but it’s fairly safe to assume that as you read this, Chris is working on a chair in between his answers, and I’m unpacking from one teaching trip and getting ready for the next one (as is Chris – we’ll both be at the London International Woodworking Festival in two weeks).

Our final Open Wire of the year is on December 12.

– Fitz

Comments are now closed. If we’ve not yet answered your question, we’ll get to it soon! Join us again on October 10.

Welcome to Lost Art Press Open Wire, where until 5 p.m. Eastern, you can ask any and all woodworking questions and questions about Lost Art Press, our cats, Shakespeare (me), Late 19th/early 20th-century Russian literature (Chris), and we and your fellow readers will do our best to answer. Simply post your questions in the comments section below.

Note that there might be a lag between your questions and our answers. Chris is busy building a chair, and I am working on my kitchen renovation.

The remaining Open wire dates for 2026 are:
October 10
December 12

– Fitz

Comments are now closed. Please join us again on August 8 – same place, same time.

Welcome to Lost Art Press Open Wire, where until 5 p.m. Eastern, you can ask any and all woodworking questions, and we and your fellow readers will do our best to answer. Simply post your questions in the comments section below. But there’s a caveat today: Chris is getting ready to head to the airport this afternoon for an overseas teaching gig, so if you have a chair question or headache-inducing metallurgy question, best to ask before lunchtime. After that, I will simply quote at you from “The Stick Chair Journal” et al for all chair-related questions, and tell you to consult someone who cares about the specific constituent metal amounts in a given alloy (I just care if they are relatively easy to sharpen and can hold an edge).

The remaining Open wire dates for 2026 are:
August 8
October 19
December 12

– Fitz

Comments are now closed – thanks to everyone who joined us today, and those reading later. Join us again on June 20!

Got a woodworking question, a query about dog holes (which Kale is drilling above, for their new tail vise) or are curious to know what’s on the horizon at Lost Art Press? Today is your lucky day!

You have until 5 p.m. Eastern to pose your question in the comments section below, and we’ll respond. And it’s possible your fellow readers will have answers, too – and perhaps you’ll have an answer for someone else!

The remaining Open wire dates for 2026 are:
June 20
August 8
October 19
December 12