Randy Wilkins – the blogger behind The Designer’s Assistant – is giving away four Lost Art Press titles as he culls his collection of duplicates. Read this blog entry on how to enter the contest. And be sure to check out the rest of Randy’s blog. He’s a set designer for films and has built some very cool stuff.
— Christopher Schwarz
“To Make as Perfectly as Possible: Roubo on Marquetry” is now available for download in the Lost Art Press store. The cost is $19 and the file is in PDF format. Click here to order.
International customers can order the download by sending $19 to john@lostartpress.com via PayPal; a download link will be sent to you.
We chose to use the PDF file format because of the graphics-heavy nature of this book. So far, we have yet to find an ebook conversion service that can provide a file that we think is acceptable. We will keep looking.
As always, all of our files are completely free of “digital rights management” hoo-ha. No passwords. No keys. You can even extract pages from this PDF. The reason we can do this is we have an honest customer base; fraud has been almost insignificant.
I hope you enjoy Roubo on the go in your portable device.
— Christopher Schwarz
This week I’m building a version of these folding campaign bookshelves for the “Campaign Furniture” book. I made slight changes to the original Victorian design – incorporating some features that I spied in some other folding units.
The result is – I hope – a more stable set of shelves.
I’ve built several sets of backless shelves such as this – they were common during the Arts & Crafts period – and there are lots of little things you can do to make things start stiff and stay stiff. (No blue pill required.)
These shelves are surprisingly small: 24” high, 22-3/8” wide and 9-1/2” deep. So even if my first unit is a failure, It won’t take much wood to build another one.
— Christopher Schwarz
While you can place orders on our web site 365 days a year, we will not be shipping orders between Wednesday, Nov. 27, and Sunday, Dec. 1. Any orders received during that time will be mailed on Monday, Dec. 2.
So if you need something lickety split, I recommend you order it today or tomorrow.
— Christopher Schwarz
He’s not the beſt Carpenter, that makes the moſt Chips.
No Good workman without good Tools.
No Glew will hold, when the Joint is bad.
A blunt Wedge will do it, where ſometimes a ſharp ax will not.
A wiſe man will make Tools of what comes to Hand.
All ill workmen quarrel with their Tools.
Meaſure thrice, and cut once.
The axe goes to that Wood, where it borrow’d its Helve.
Willows are weak, yet they bind other Wood.
You ſaw out your Tree, before you cut it down.
A good Edge is good for nothing, if it has nothing to cut.
A Whetſtone can’t it ſelf cut, but yet it makes Tools cut.
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