Welcome back to the work week. I hope everyone had a great weekend with time to relax and rejuvenate. Or, if you are like me, it was enjoyable but exhausting. Either way, Monday has snuck up on us and this means it is time to avoid real work and read the forum. Remember, if you have a question about our products, procedures in our books or anything related to Lost Art Press, the fastest way to get an answer is our forum. Check it out here.
Has Anyone Worked Extensively with Redwood?
Any ideas what you would do if you had 150 bf of tight grain quarter sawn redwood? Joshua is trying to decide what type of project would be best for the wood he acquired a few years ago. Let him know your visions here.
Boarded Bookshelf: Backboards not Attached to Rail
Michael was looking for feedback on how to attach the backboard to his bookshelf project. He has gotten a couple helpful responses so far but feel free to add how you attached yours. In the meantime, I wanted to share his picture. (at top) I love to see modifications to projects to fit individual needs and spaces.
More Questions About the Staked Worktable
Jeremy is considering make the table from “The Anarchist’s Design Book” for his younger brother to use as a computer table. However, he would like to make it a knock-down table. This has come up before so let him know if any of you have learned any tricks along the way. Has what you did help up? Have you had to make any modifications?
Bow Front Need Help
Ron’s friend has a bow-front chest and is not having any luck finding modern pulls to fit the curvature of the piece. He is curious if they can still be bought or if they need to be bent to fit. See if you can help him out here.
Mid Century Modern Console
Has anyone built a piece of furniture with hand tools that has a slider door? If so, Ron (a different Ron if you are wondering) is curious to hear how you did it. Give him some pointers here.
Finished
And, as I like to do, let’s end with a finished build. It took a year in the making but E Hilfers followed “Chairmaker’s Notebook” and finished his first windsor chair. (at right) Congrats! It turned out beautifully!
— MB
One of the foundations of Crucible is to provide an extended and continuous education on how to use these tools at the bench. We could write a book about all the ways to use a holdfast at the bench. And in the coming months we’ll be sharing these methods for free with everyone, whether you’re a customer or not.
There are a million people involved in this project to thank, from the Viires family, to David Laaneorg (who first got us in touch with the family), to Mart Aru who translated the text, to Meghan B. who dove into the European-centric design, to Suzanne Ellison, who braved the index, to Peter Follansbee who gave us the first important edit, to Megan Fitzpatrick, who helped me root out every typo we could find.
