Category: Open Wire

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I’m at the shop today, waiting for yesterday’s paint to dry (it’s linseed oil paint, so I’ll be waiting a few days beyond today, too…but I won’t have to apply more than the one coat!). So, I’m ready to answer your woodworking-, paint-, cat- and early modern literature-related questions. Chris is on vacation…so while he might chime in, I hope he does not.

Type your queries in the comment field below, and I will do my best to answer them. (If any are about chairs, I will likely be reading from the Book(s) of Schwarz to answer…so maybe check there for yourself first?) Comments will close at around 5 p.m.

– Fitz

p.s. Unlike Chris, I do not like to get up early…so you may not see any answers from me until well after this post goes live.

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Above are prototypes of two new tool-storage items – the Pencil Pocket and Plane Pocket – that we’ll have available in 2024. They are heavyweight canvas, with grommets that allow you to screw them almost anywhere in your tool chest, on your bench legs or back, or on your shop wall. They will be made across the Ohio River in Cincinnati at Sew Valley – the same people who make the Lost Art Press Chore Coat and Moleskin Work Vest. OK – enough with the product teasing. Sorry.

If you have a burning question about chairs or chair-shaped objects, best to ask it today – Chris won’t be here next Saturday; you’ll be stuck with me…so it’ll be all dovetails and cats. But today, we’re both here, awaiting your Open Wire questions.

Type your questions in the comment field below, and we will do our best to answer them. Comments will close at around 5 p.m.

– Fitz

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Christopher Schwarz and I are back from our respective travels, both with almost-done projects to complete from our classes (work to which we eagerly look forward as a break from staring at our screens). But today, we’re staring at our screens as we eagerly await your Open Wire questions.

Type your woodworking queries in the comment field below, and we will do our best to answer them. Comments will close at around 5 p.m.

– Fitz

Megan and I are both traveling out of town to teach this weekend, so there’s no one available to monitor and answer the comments. We asked Wally, and he just yawned.

We will be back next weekend – we promise – to answer your woodworking questions.

— Christopher Schwarz