Category: Open Wire

We just finished up the chair class with students selected by Chairmakers Toolbox, and we are both inspired and exhausted. Building eight stick chairs in five days with limited tools is no joke. But working with a group of chair-crazy enthusiastic young woodworkers gives me hope for the future of our craft.

So today I am happy to sit on my tukus and answer Open Wire questions. Type your question about woodworking into the comment field below. Megan and I will try our best to answer it. Apologies if our answers are brief and not surrounded by the usual pleasantries. Saturdays are a lot of typing.

So here we go.

Comments will close about 5 p.m.

— Christopher Schwarz

This weekend is the calm period before our class with The Chairmakers Toolbox next week. The wood in the above photo? Y’all paid for that with your contributions. The money you donated will also feed them all week. And there was extra cash ($2,700) left over, which was donated directly to The Chairmakers Toolbox. So thank you.

So onto today’s Open Wire, which we hold almost every Saturday. Type your question about woodworking into the comment field below. Megan and I will try our best to answer it. Apologies if our answers are brief and not surrounded by the usual pleasantries. Saturdays are a lot of typing.

So here we go.

Comments will close about 5 p.m.

— Christopher Schwarz

After Open Wire Live last week in Amana, Iowa, we are happy to be back to the electronic question-and-answer format. (Yes, we loved hugging you in Amana. No, you didn’t smell too awful. And it’s OK about the drool.) Also, people tended to duck every time I yelled “Open Wire!” when I was asked a woodworking question.

So here we go.

Here’s how it works: Type your question in the comment field. I will post my answer. It is that simple.

Note: Comments are now closed for this session!

— Christopher Schwarz

We are in the Amana Colonies in Iowa this weekend for the Handworks hand tool show. Friday was an insane day of reuniting with thousands of our closest friends.

As a result, we are holding the Lost Art Press Open Wire in Amana – live and in person. Come to the Lost Art Press booth and ask your question. We will do our best to answer. 

Next week we will return to our regular online question-and-answer format here on the blog.

— Christopher Schwarz

This has been a wild week, and we should be sitting by the pool with some margaritas. But instead, we are here for the Lost Art Press Open Wire.

If you’ve got questions about woodworking, our books, tools or grub ephemera, we are your answer team.

This week’s open wire is hosted by me and Megan. Here’s how it works: Type your question in the comment field. Brevity is appreciated. We will do our best to answer it. It is that simple.

Two notes: 1) Comments for this entry will close about 5 p.m. Eastern. And 2) Next week’s Open Wire will be held in In Person at Handworks in Iowa. So come to the Amana Colonies and meet some of your 5,000 closest friends.

NOTE: Posts are closed for this week’s session. Next week we will be LIVE at Handworks in Iowa answering questions.

— Christopher Schwarz