Wax, Chairmaking Qs& As, the 1st B.S. Chair & More!

View this email in your browser Wax, Chair Questions (Among Others), A Chair from Home Center Materials & More A quick look at all the stuff Lost Art Press published during the last seven days. On my bench right now is a pile of lumber that has to quickly become a blanket chest … so, I'm sorry for today's lack of pith (or lack of even trying for it!), but I must get back to it post haste. Here's a look at the last week's worth of blogs and substacks. – Fitz Lost Art Press Blog How We Make Our Soft Wax – Video Take a look at how easy it is to make soft wax-making in "A Wax Story" – a video from Chris and Kale. How to Find Your Digital Products Purchases If you are a fan of our digital products (pdfs, videos, plans, etc) then you know that they are sent to you as a link via email after checkout. But did you know that you can also access any of your digital purchases by logging into your Lost Art Press account? Here's how. Open Wire Qs & As We answered a lot of questions…a lot of chair questions in particular last Saturday. (OK – I didn't answer many chair questions…but I answered other questions.) Got a question? Maybe it was covered – have a look! Stick Chair & DTC Kits from Alexander Bros. Don't let lack of wood hold you back from building a stick chair or Dutch tool Chest. Alexander Brothers offers nice kits for both. The American Peasant Substack Machine It & Schnell! Schnell! Schnell! If you want to make your handplaning and edge-jointing chores easier, here are a couple guidelines that have saved us hours of headaches. (Free for everyone) Earlywood: Against Perfection, Precision or Accuracy Here's how I think about perfection: We now have the technology to abolish time zones. Each person's phone could be set to a perfect local time where noon is always perfect noon when the sun is right overhead. And midnight is perfect midnight. This sort of accuracy is, however, incredibly stupid. (Free for everyone) The Plywood Armbow & Other Blasphemies This week I designed seven chairs and built four – all failures for one reason or another. (For paid subscribers, with a free preview) About the Bulls%!t Chair The comb-back chair I designed for "Build a Chair from Bullshit," doesn't share DNA with any of my previous chairs. It is from a different place and time. Here's the story behind it. (Free for everyone) The Anarchist's Apprentice Substack Drowning Your Puppies Kale sold their first chair last week, so the second chair of the apprenticeship (shown above) is done. Two more chairs to go. (For paid subscribers, with a free preview) Dead Ends As much as Kale thought learning the ins and outs of a block plane would help with their woodworking journey, it turns out broader themes have have been of more use – at least for now. (For paid subscribers, with a free preview) Never Sponsored Substack Bougie Backsaws Chris and I share our thoughts on high-end handsaws. (If you'd told me 20 years ago I'd spend a rent payment on a saw, I'd have scoffed, laughed, then laughed some more. And said you were crazy.) (For paid subscribers, with a free preview) On Instagram This Week Worst band picture ever? Nope – that's our Covington crew. Plus a new chair, some new work on the Anthe storefront, and more. 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