Friday, August 7, 2026

LAP Open Wire 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat., Aug. 8 (apologies for the date error in my previous subject line 😬)

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LAP Open Wire 8 a.m-5 p.m. Sat., Aug. 8

Your Bi-monthly Woodworking Q&A Forum

Tomorrow (Aug. 8) is Open Wire day – a chance for you to ask any and all woodworking questions and get answers from Chris and me, as well as from your fellow woodworkers.

The Open Wire post will go live on our blog at 8 a.m. tomorrow for you to post questions in the comment section, and we will start answering…as soon as we wake up and log on. I’m sure Chris will also be busy working on a chair tomorrow, and I’ll be working on junk removal from my backyard (my ex-kitchen is stacked up under the porch roof of my garage) and making shelves for the new kitchen. So please bear with us if we don’t get to your question right away. (And if you have an answer for someone else, please do chime in!)

– Fitz

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LAP Open Wire 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat., Aug. 9

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LAP Open Wire 8 a.m-5 p.m. Sat., Aug. 8

Your Bi-monthly Woodworking Q&A Forum

Tomorrow (Aug. 8) is Open Wire day – a chance for you to ask any and all woodworking questions and get answers from Chris and me, as well as from your fellow woodworkers.

– Fitz

Monday, August 3, 2026

‘Benchwork,’ Open Wire on Saturday, the No. 4-1/2, Tools for ‘Smalls’ & More

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‘Benchwork,’ Open Wire on Saturday, the No. 4-1/2, Tools for ‘Smalls’ & More

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

It’s going to be a nutty week at Lost Art Press. Kale and Katherine are in at Mary May’s school in Missouri to take a carving class, we have six Chairmaker’s Toolbox students in the shop and we’re expecting 19 pallets of books at the warehouse, including Mike Pekovich’s latest, “Benchwork.” We’ll be telling you more about the book in the coming days, of course, but in short, it’s a distillation of the author’s decades of experience into smart, efficient techniques for woodworking, plus Mike shares his favorite shop fixtures, benches and tool cabinets, totes and chests. (Oh – and the design, done by Mike, is gorgeous.)

Plus, we have Open Wire this Saturday for all your woodworking questions. The Open Wire blog post will go live at 8 a.m. Eastern Saturday, and you’ll be able to post your questions in the comments … though we might not be cognizant enough to answer until a bit later.

– Fitz

Lost Art Press Blog

Tools to Make Smalls

At reader request, we’ve made a list of all the tools used in our new pocket book, “Smalls.” (But you don’t need all of them to make the projects, as we tell you which ones are necessary and which are simply nice to have.)

The American Peasant Substack

Earlywood: 52 Workbench Questions & Answers

It’s possible we now get more questions during Open Wire (and in person) about chairs than workbenches. But it’s a close call at this point. Here’s the answer to the 52 most common bench questions.

(Free for everyone)

Maybe We Went Too Far

It used to be that our woodworking students knew all about machines but not much about hand tools. That paradigm has flipped in the last two decades. Plus, an update on the new school below the paywall.

(For paid subscribers, with a free preview)

The Anarchist’s Apprentice Substack

Prototyping & Then Some

Kale is working on custom display units for a friend’s upcoming art show – and has turned prototyping into an art form unto itself.

(Free for everyone)

The Ania Method to Better Woodworking

The order in which you cut your joints makes a difference. (And with a chair, you can’t usually turn it around to put the best face forward.)

(Free for everyone)

Never Sponsored Substack

Electric Engraver for Tools

This little gem was $25 well spent.

(Free for everyone)

The No. 4-1/2 Plane Makes No Sense to Me

In which Chris reveals that he doesn’t like heavy metal.

(For paid subscribers, with a free preview)

On Instagram This Week

One of the most amazing things I ever seen was watching Chloe (pictured above) catch and consume an entire mouse – except for the tail – in less than a minute. But usually, she’s sleeping on the counter or begging for pets at C.R. Muterspaw.

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Monday, July 27, 2026

Death to Wood-boring Insects, Spend the Extra $5, De-knobbing & More

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Death to Wood-boring Insects, Spend the Extra $5, De-knobbing & More

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

Chris and I have both returned from our Pacific Northwest jaunts – he with a tracking number for his load of “knees,” me with a bunch of dirty socks wrapped around my tools and yet another TSA inspection notice in my Nanuk. I pity that poor TSA agent.

—Fitz

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Kill Wood-boring Insects with Kitchen Appliances

This might sound like an excellent excuse to purchase a chest freezer and/or a 48” range…and it is (if you harvest green wood).

An American, an Irish Chair, in Germany

A German friends took this video during Chris’s recent Irish Chair class at Dictum.

The American Peasant Substack

Earlywood: The Earliest Workbench in Art

Though the recorded history of woodworking begins with the Egyptians, the earliest workbench of which we have a visual is at Pompeii.

(Free for everyone)

4 Words, 1 Frightening Hole

A savings of $5 simply isn’t worth the risk … even if for the most part, it paid off.

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The Anarchist’s Apprentice Substack

The Return of the Terrible Student

It’s OK to be a new or bad woodworker as a student – it’s not OK to derail a class with unrelated questions.

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Skew Rabbet Plane

If you have a Veritas skew rabbet plane, you not only have a good plane, you have the start of a nice coatrack.

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Never Sponsored Substack

Fast, Easy, Fantastic (but not Cheap) Workbench

A cast iron base and a butcher block top is a quick way to make a nice knock-down workbench.

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On Instagram This Week

Searching for “knees” in Washington, a visit with an old square, and a visit with Rudy Everts.

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ikea furniture and home accessories

Friday, August 7, 2026