They say a sculptor sees the naked woman (or man, I guess) in the rock and then proceeds to remove everything that is not the naked woman. A sculptor would not start out with his or her fine finishing tools to make a statue; they would start with a jack hammer.
Making moulding is pretty much the same process. Starting with coarse tools to hog of as much waste as fast as possible is the easiest way. The planes I use most often for this are the moving fillister, jack, rabbet and plow planes. These planes can be set deep to remove material fast. Chisels and gouges can also be used to bash out wood close to the profile.
Today I made a top molding for the top of a reproduction Shaker case of drawers and snapped a few photos of the process.
The book is $39, which includes free domestic shipping and the instant pdf download. After Thursday, the pdf will cost $19.50 extra if ordered with the printed book.
The No. 1 question about this book has been: What the heck is it about? Basically, I took my short book on Roman workbenches that we published last year and expanded it greatly with lots of new research done on the ground in Italy and Germany.
And, in the process of expanding it, the book became more about the ingenious early workholding that Suzanne Ellison and I dug up than the benches themselves.
If you’d like to read a free preview of the book, check out this entry.
Soon we’ll have a complete list of our retailers that will carry the book.
I have one last-minute opening in next weekend’s Dovetailed Silverware Tray class (April 7-8) – so if you have a free weekend and want to spend it with me, my lovely assistant (Chris) and five more of your soon-to-be-closest friends, click the link below to register.
The class is at the Lost Art Press storefront/shop/horse garage, 837 Willard St., Covington, Ky. The fee is $275, including the stock, which is cherry, and lunches, which will not be Jimmy John’s (apologies for that to last month’s Dutch Tool Chest Class). It’s free to register – I’ll ask that you bring cash or a check to the class 🙂
During the last five years, I’ve made considerable changes to the innards of the tool chests I build for customers. Most of these changes are details, really, but they are informed by the fact that I work out of a tool chest every day.
The most significant of the changes is in the runners for the three tills. On the original chest, the runners for the lower till didn’t extend all the way from front to back. They stopped at the saw till (see above).
The reason for this was to imitate several historical chests that also had a door to the lower parts of the chest. After building the chest with the door, I found it silly. So I removed it. But I was stuck with the runners.
Now when I build a chest, I make all three runners run from the front to the back.
The other change to the runners is that I now bead the top edge of each runner. It looks nice, and the rounded edge prevents the runners from splintering in service.
This is quick work with a 3/16” beading plane.
Next up: The sawtill. It’s smaller and has less room for your weed stash.
After a good deal of wrangling and evaluating a lot of brands, we are happy to announce that five different designs of Lost Art Press T-Shirts are available again in our store.
The good news is that we have found a good supplier of shirts. The quality and the price is excellent. As a result, we have lowered the price of the shirts to $25 (and that price includes free domestic shipping). Also good news: This 100-percent ring-spun cotton shirt is available in a range of sizes from small to 3X.
These shirts ship to the U.S. and Canada. Shipping to the U.S. is free. Canadians pay an extra $8. (Sorry: We earlier thought we could ship these to Europe but were mistaken.)
Here’s the not-so-good news. We couldn’t find a domestic shirt supplier we were happy with. So these Gildan shirts are made in Nicaragua and printed in the United States. Also, this shirt is available only in two colors: navy blue and black.
Here are the five designs currently available:
Lost Art Press logo shirt: This shirt features our current logo (the one at the top of the screen) that was hand-drawn by designer Tom Lane.
Lost Art Press “Badge” logo shirt: This shirt features a hand-drawn logo by Joshua Minnich with our dividers shown in a badge.
Lost Art Press Beehive logo shirt: One of our favorite logos (also from Joshua Minnich), this logo features a skep and bees.
Lost Art Press Bandito shirt: Dovetail saws and skulls. Need we say more? Drawn by Shelby Kelley.
Anarchist’s Design Book logo shirt: Featuring the “marriage mark” from the cover of the book. Whenever I wear this shirt I get lots of questions about it.
Before you order, please check this size chart so you don’t end up looking like an overstuffed bratwurst or a jawa.
Chest sizes:
S 34-36
M 38-40
L 42-44
XL 46-48
2XL 48-50
3XL 52-54
Please note that all apparel is made to order and is not returnable unless defective.
Finally, we know there will be complaint and calls for different designs, different colors, long sleeves, pockets and shirts with the nipples cut out with fur around the holes. Please know that this is the best we can do right now.