Saturday, June 29, 2024

A List of July 7 Price Increases

List of Price Increases for July 7,
Plus how to Chop a Seat Out


We have finally worked out all of the price increases that will take effect on Sunday, July 7. This blog entry is our final reminder. The price increases will also take effect with our retailers in the U.S. and elsewhere.


The price increases for books are the result of increased costs of paper and cotton cloth – plus increased labor costs at the printing plants we use in Tennessee and Michigan. Here are the books that will see price increases and the new prices.


By Hand & Eye: $51 (a $3 increase)

Doormaking & Window-making: $34 (a $6 increase)

Campaign Furniture: $51 (a $4 increase)

Chairmakers Notebook: $63 (a $4 increase)

The Woodworker: The Charles Hayward Years Vol. 3 Joinery: $47 (a $3 increase)

Truth to Tools: $37 (an $8 increase)

Making Things Work: $37 (a $7 increase)

The Anarchist's Workbench: $37 (a $6 increase)

Country Woodcraft: Then & Now: $54 (a $9 increase)

Woodworker's Pocketbook: $23 (a $5 increase)

The Stick Chair Book: $53 (a $6 increase)

Shop Tails: $37 (a $7 increase)

The Handcrafted Life of Dick Proenneke: $59 (a $5 increase)

Karvsnitt: $44 (a $2 increase)

Backwoods Chairmakers $51 (a $4 increase)


The price increases for tools are more significant. Metal prices continue to go up, and we decline to switch to plastics or other inexpensive materials (in fact, we are reducing our use of plastic this year). In addition to the cost of metal going up, our price structure wasn't consistent. Some tools (such as the sliding bevel) were way underpriced for all the machining and handwork that goes into them). 

Because we want to keep making tools (and develop new ones), we have to make sure that Crucible isn't robbing Lost Art Press. Here the tools and their price increases.


Protractor: $66 (a $20 increase)

Lump Hammer: $137 (a $36 increase)

Crucible Sliding Bevel: $350 (a $140 increase)

Crucible Center Squares: 

Brass: $197 (a $77 increase)

Steel: $113 (a $54 increase)

Dovetail Templates (both the 1:4 and the 1:6 & 1:8): (both will be $70 each, a $19 increase)

Crucible Type 2 Dividers: $210 (an $84 increase)

Warrington Hammer: $133 (a $36 increase)

Crucible Engraving Tool: $34 (a $7 increase)

GoDrilla: $83 (a $25 increase)

Crucible Card Scraper: $25 (a $1 increase)

Crucible Planing Stop: $63 (a $12 increase)

Crucible Iron Holdfast: $156 (a $12 increase)


Before you give us grief in the comments, please keep in mind that all of our products are made here in the States. We pay our employees a more-than-fair wage with health insurance coverage. We could go overseas and reduce our prices (or keep the profits). But we prefer to employ our neighbors.


— Christopher Schwarz

Chop a Chair Seat with Chris Williams

Chris Williams – who worked with John Brown for years and wrote a biography about him – is teaching a Welsh stick chair class in our shop this week. Yesterday, the students saddled their seats. Chris convinced at least a few of them to try his preferred method for rough stock removal: the adze. We caught some of it on video for your viewing pleasure and instruction.

'All Good Things'

The following is excerpted from "Backwoods Chairmakers," by Andrew D. Glenn. Part travelogue, part profile and part how-to, "Backwoods Chairmakers" explores the tradition of the enduring Appalachian ladderback form. Glenn takes you inside the shops of more than 20 makers, with photos and personal interviews about their lives and techniques.


Then, Glenn shows you how to make a post-and-rung side chair and rocking chair using the traditional techniques explored in the book.


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"I think it was a lack of choice when I was young. This was successful enough, you just keep doing it, but you're always looking for something better. One day you just realize, 'I don't want nothing better.' That usually comes later in your life."

— Randy Ogle


I had mixed emotions while pulling away from Terry Ratliff's place for the last time. The day had been filled with laughter and insight, as with each time I traveled out his way. Yet in returning his photo album, I'd removed the necessity for another visit. During this project, the path between our places had grown familiar. I'd gotten better at traversing Terry's drive, and at this point I knew he'd be able to fix the Element even if I ran into trouble. And I was always interested in the chairs. Terry's were some of my favorites.


As my travels came to an end, it was natural to weigh the state of affairs. I set out with a simple question in mind: Does the backwoods chairmaker still exist? I found a good deal more makers than I expected.

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