This was taken during French Oak Roubo project for the Highland Woodworker show. I am disgustingly dirty, sweaty and wearing some nasty shorts.
Judging from the camera angle, it’s a good thing I didn’t wear a miniskirt to the shop that day.
— Christopher Schwarz
5. With your help, we’ll have a new A.-J. Roubo T-shirt design ready for Woodworking in America (not to mention lots of copies of the deluxe and standard editions of “To Make as Perfectly as Possible: Roubo on Marquetry”).
On the front of the shirt will be the image above, which was adapted from the original plates of “l’Art du menuisier” by Wesley Tanner, who designed both editions of the book.
On the back will be a witticism. A really funny one that will cause spontaneous knee-slapping and perhaps even a laugh riot (have you ever seen a laugh riot?).
And this witticism will be written by you, our hilarious readers. If we select your slogan for the rear of our T-shirt, you’ll get a free T-shirt, a copy of the standard edition of “To Make as Perfectly as Possible: Roubo on Marquetry” and our salute.
To enter your witty saying, simply add it in the comments. The slogan should be no more than five or six words. Long slogans don’t fit on T-shirts (that’s what books are for, duh!). Be sure to include your name so we can get in touch with you in case you are the winner.
The deadline for submitting your entry is 5 p.m. EST on Sept. 22, 2013.
And sign up for Woodworking in America, Oct. 18-20 – the T-shirt might have the nipples cut out with fur around the holes. (Not really.)
— Christopher Schwarz
Several of our retailers have indicated they will carry the standard edition of “To Make as Perfectly as Possible: Roubo on Marquetry.”
So far we have commitments from the following retailers:
Lee Valley Tools in Canada, which ships worldwide
Classic Hand Tools, which serves the U.K. and is now taking orders for the book
Tools for Working Wood in Brooklyn, which ships worldwide
Highland Woodworking in Atlanta, which ships worldwide
As other retailers sign on, we will post that information here.
If you live in the united States, you can order your copy direct from us before Oct. 10 and receive free domestic shipping. To read more about the book, download some sample pages and order your copy, visit our store here.
— Christopher Schwarz
After several requests from customers who have ordered the deluxe or standard edition of “To Make as Perfectly as Possibly: Roubo on Marquetry,” we have worked out a way for you to pick up your order at Woodworking in America, Oct. 18-20.
Picking it up will allow you to get it signed by many of the people involved in the project, including author Don Williams and (we hope) Michele Pietryka-Pagán, Philippe Lafargue and designer Wesley Tanner.
We hope to have a book-release party on Thursday, Oct. 17, and a book signing on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 19. Details to follow in the coming weeks.
Unfortunately, if you are not able to attend Woodworking in America we cannot get your books autographed for you. The logistics are too complicated and we are already having to truck a huge number of books from Indiana (and unclaimed ones back) for this event. Our apologies.
I know there will be some gritching about this, but I will remind you that we are just two people and our focus is on making books, not creating autographed collectibles.
If you are attending Woodworking in America, you will be able to pick up your copy of the book at the book-release party on Thursday or in our booth in the Marketplace on Oct. 18-19. The Marketplace is not open on Sunday. To claim your book, we’ll need your name and e-mail address so we can mark you off the list.
If you’d like to order the standard edition of “To Make as Perfectly as Possible,” visit our store here. We still have some of the deluxe editions, which can be purchased here.
— Christopher Schwarz
10. We will have both versions of the A.-J. Roubo translation “To Make as Perfectly as Possible” on hand to purchase. And (on Saturday) we will have a special book signing opportunity with the entire book team. This event will probably never happen again.
Continued tomorrow.
Sign up for Woodworking in America, Oct. 18-20. Really, what else do you have to do that weekend? I thought so.
— Christopher Schwarz