Dubuque Bar Clamps Review, Last Chance for Free PDF, Annual Gift Guide & more!

View this email in your browser Clamp Review, Home Center Chair Legs & More A quick look at all the stuff Lost Art Press published during the last seven days. Chris is on sabbatical this month to work on his new book (the working title is "Chairs from B.S." – in short, building chairs when you don't have access to a good lumberyard), so I'm afraid you'll have to put up with me (Megan) in the Monday update probably through the end of December. (Mondays are the busy day at the warehouse as we catch up on weekend orders, so Kale is usually busy with shipping on Mondays.) Lost Art Press Blog A Collection of Mid-18th-century French Tools Check out this cool collection of old tool images that Suzanne Ellison (aka the Saucy Indexer) dug up from the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec – they predate Roubo! Annual Anarchist's Gift Guide We've been posting Woodworker gift suggestions big and small, inexpensive and, er, not, for the last week…and over the previous I don't know how many years. The link in this headline will take you to the gift guide category on our blog, so you can see them all. Last Call for 'Dutch Tool Chests' Free PDF Order "Dutch Tool Chests" (by me!) by 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11, to get a free pdf with your book order. Until then, the book and pdf is $39. At midnight on Wednesday, the pdf will cost $9.75 extra if ordered with the printed book. How Chris Came to Love Campaign Furniture "Like a dormant case of malaria, my fevered love for campaign furniture began many years ago without my knowledge – probably during some hot Connecticut summer." The American Peasant Substack The Legerdemain System "There has to be a special word for this sort of Devilish Device. Oh yes, I forgot. That word is 'Omnijig.'" (For paid subscribers, with a free preview) Update on the Chair Legs "After some helpful comments on yesterday's entry on home center chair legs, I returned to the home center to check out the home center's oak closet rods and the replacement wheelbarrow handles. Could these be chair legs?" (Free for everyone) Earlywood: Tools Are a Burden "Sometime in the late 1990s I had three full sets of chisels – Marples Blue Chips, Ashley Iles and some fine blue-steel Japanese chisels. But instead of enjoying the fact that I had more chisels than my father, grandfather or uncle, I was grumpy." The Anarchist's Apprentice Substack Pathfinding & Breadcrumbs "Step No. 1 when teaching a woodworking apprentice: The teacher must accept they are inadequate for the task. The craft is too vast. Their experience in it (no matter how much they have) is too small. As a result, apprentices need more than one teacher. About a dozen are required – at least." – Chris (For paid subscribers, with a free preview) A Challenge a Day "…I've done a lot of growing that I'm proud of during my time (almost a year now) at Lost Art Press. But there is one thing that I've struggled with since the beginning of my woodworking journey and continue to struggle with today. "That thing is speed." – Kale (For paid subscribers, with a free preview) Never Sponsored Substack Dubuque Bar Clamps for Furniture Work "The Dubuques are perfectly suited for furniture work, are incredibly lightweight and are made in Iowa by a family run business. Oh, and I think the price is a steal for the quality." (For paid subscribers, with a free preview – though the above is a pretty good hint at the conclusion…) On Instagram This Week Chris posted Chair 26 for the year, as well as a nice band saw buy. Visit Lost Art Press Copyright (C) 2024 Lost Art Press. All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the Lost Art Press blog. Welcome! We try our best to make this a good experience for both of us... Our mailing address is: Lost Art Press 407 Madison Ave Covington, KY 41011-1519 USA Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe