Monday, April 20, 2026

Cabinet Builds, Band Saw Dust Collection, Cartoon-y Design & More

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Cabinet Builds, Band Saw Dust Collection, Cartoon-y Design & More

A quick look at all the stuff Lost Art Press published during the last seven days.

I’ve been working from home for a week (had a wee bit of surgery last Monday), so I don’t actually know what’s been going on in the shop – other than the chairs Chris finished for a Cincinnati show (see below). I’ll be darn happy when it’s safe for me to drive (likely tomorrow – fingers crossed), and even happier when I’m allowed to pick up any tool heavier than my mouse! (That’s going to have to wait another week.)

But I do know what’s been happening online – and now you will, too!

– Fitz

Lost Art Press Blog

Open Wire

We had 186 woodworking questions and answers on Saturday for Open Wire – so if you’re looking for a little lunchtime reading…

Slow Cooker

Every time I go into my kitchen I want to pick up my tools and start in on the face frames…but I can’t just yet. So here’s how I built said cabinets that still need the face frames (and drawers and doors), a la Nancy Hiller.

The American Peasant Substack

Earlywood: If They’d Had a Biscuit Joiner ...

We all make choices every time we pick up a tool – so why would we assume those in the past would be any different?

(Free for everyone)

Starting to Show

After 15 years, Chris has finally achieved the final point on his four-point plan! You can see his work in the No Coast Furniture Show through May 3, in Cincinnati.

(Free for everyone)

My Cartoon is Not Your Costume

The exaggeration of one key furniture feature is, writes Chris, better left on the screen than copied in actuality.

(For paid subscribers, with a free preview)

The Anarchist’s Apprentice Substack

The 1/32" Difference

A tiny change is – or can be – the difference between success and tears, no matter how much experience you have.

(Free for everyone)

How to Shop Finish

Kale and Katherine learned how we make the venerable “shop finish” that we’ve used on hundreds of pieces over the years – and not only for the shop. (It’s what, for example, I put on my bathroom vanity, and it’s holding up well in year seven.)

(Free for everyone)

Never Sponsored Substack

Magnetic Dust Port for 14" Band Saws

This clever contraption had made our shop life just that much cleaner.

(For paid subscribers, with a free preview)

Brushes for Clean Rasps & Benchtops

An inexpensive and a luxury solution for brushing things off.

(For paid subscribers, with a free preview)

On Instagram This Week

The many chairs of the no Coast Furniture Show, plus more chairs, from the Woodworking School at Pine Croft in Berea.

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Thursday, April 16, 2026

LAP Open Wire Today

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LAP Open Wire: April 18, 2026

Ask any & all woodworking questions of us from 8:30-iish a.m. until 5 p.m.

Got a woodworking question, a query about dog holes (which Kale is drilling above, for their new tail vise) or are curious to know what’s on the horizon at Lost Art Press? Saturday is your lucky day: Open Wire!

You’ll have from around 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. Eastern to pose your question in the comments section on the Open Wire blog post (it will go up on our blog Saturday morning), and we’ll respond. And it’s possible your fellow readers will have answers, too – and perhaps you’ll have an answer for someone else!

After Saturday, the remaining Open wire dates for 2026 are:

June 20
August 8
October 19
December 12

Monday, April 13, 2026

Do You Need a Kei Truck? Plus a Scholarship Class

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Scholarship Class, Plus a Review of Our Kei Truck After 4 Years

A quick look at all the stuff Lost Art Press published during the last seven days.

Megan is out today, so you’re stuck with me (Chris). I’m scrambling to build two chairs for an upcoming furniture show in Cincinnati (plus a plinth, and a sign). The rest of the staff is wrapping up their work on our forthcoming pocket book: “Smalls” (see photo above). It will feature 18 really nice projects you can make in a day with some scraps. I’ve got to make this brief because I’ve got to go autograph a heap of copies of “The Anarchist’s Design Book” – after several delays, we finally have this book back in stock.

– Christopher Schwarz

Lost Art Press Blog

Applications Open for Chairmaker’s Toolbox Class

Every year we hold a scholarship class with The Chairmaker’s Toolbox, an organization that champions people who are underrepresented in the craft. Applications are open for the class in August. Free tuition, materials and some meals.

Chairs at the ‘No Coast Furniture Salone’

I’m showing (and selling) two of my stick chairs at this juried furniture show in Cincinnati. Come check out the show, which features work from design students and independent makers.

The American Peasant Substack

Earlywood: Put These Ideas to Use

Ancient workbenches don’t come with an instruction manual. We have to write one together.

(Free for everyone)

No More Clown Hammers

There are lots of good hammers out there. And then there is the one despicable striking tool that shows up in every class. You can smell it a mile away.

(For paid subscribers, with a free preview)

The Anarchist’s Apprentice Substack

Got Room for One More? Or Three?

As Kale continues to explore the craft, there are some tools that they want to add to their tool chest. (Sound familiar?) Kale’s Dutch tool chest might get full some day.

(Free for everyone)

Video: Leapfrogging

You can break a lot of rules if you need to get things done. In this video, I show you how to go from #80-grit to a finished surface in one step. And then the comments got a bit heated (my fault).

(Free for everyone)

Never Sponsored Substack

The Kei Truck Experiment

The unvarnished truth about our Mitsubishi Minicab and how it has served us during the last four years. Is it smart to buy a 1996 truck imported from Japan?

(For paid subscribers, with a free preview)