Thursday, October 23, 2025

Crucible Pinch Rods & Fish Stick Glue

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Crucible Pinch Rods & Fish Stick Glue

Sticks and sticky… Fish(ing) rods… Pinch Fish… Nope – can't quite workshop a good (or bad) right dad joke here. So I'll just say that we now have in the store Crucible Improved Pinch Rods and Fish Stick Glue.

Crucible Improved Pinch Rods
While there are many ways to test an assembled carcase for square, the easiest method is to use "pinch rods" to compare the corner-to-corner measurements.

Simply set the pinch rods to the shorter diagonal dimension of the carcase. Place the pinch rods into the longer diagonal. Then apply clamp pressure across the long diagonal until half of the gap between the tool and the carcase disappears. (It takes longer to write about it than to do it.) No numbers to remember, no bending your tape into the corners.

They're also handy for transferring inside dimensions of a carcase – say, from a face frame to a door. And you can use them for transferring dimensions from full-size drawings to the actual piece.

Fish Stick Glue

Fish Stick Glue is a reversible adhesive with a long open time – ideal for complex assemblies.

It's a little different than our liquid hide glue, Piggly No Wiggly. It has a longer open time (about 90 minutes compared to about 20). It doesn't require heating before use. It is more easily reversible. It is also less water resistant, and requires more clamping time.

– Fitz

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Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Open Wire this Saturday

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Open Wire this Saturday (Oct. 25)

Chris is back from his travels and busily prepping for an upcoming class…which means I'll be fielding questions during the day for this Saturday's Open Wire; Chris will chime in after the students are going for the evening. In other words, you can ask all the chair and metallurgy questions you want, but most of those won't get answered until the sun is down. But if you have questions about dovetails, tool chests or gerunds, I'm your gal. (See also: cats and Shakespeare.)

Open Wire is October 25, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Eastern, on the Lost Art Press blog. A post will go live Saturday morning at 8 a.m. Eastern, and you can post your questions in the comments section. We will answer. And other people can answer, too (e.g., got a question about good lumberyards in your neck of the woods? I probably won't know, but a fellow reader might!).

– Fitz

p.s. December 13 is our final Open Wire date of 2025.

p.p.s. We now have a handful of the new pinch rods, pictured below, available at an introductory price.

Monday, October 20, 2025

Clicks, Switches & Woodchucks

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Clicks, Switches & Woodchucks

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

Chris just walked in the door, fresh off (not so fresh, really) from his three-week sojourn in the Southern hemisphere. (Good thing I got in early enough today to vacuum the bench room, following my weekend class. There were shavings in places I didn't know shavings could go!)

Below is a summary of the online goings-on at Lost Art Press during the last week.

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A Visit to the Remarkable HNT Gordon

While Chris was teaching in Australia, he got to wok on some benches from HT Gordon; afterward, he got to visit the shop. (A few of the company's moving

fillister planes are shown above).

'Little Woodchucks' – 12 Fun Projects & Lots of Laughs

Nick Offerman's latest book is a chucklefest (no surprise) in addition to a collection of simple woodshop projects that encourage kids to make their own fun.

Free Shipping Ends October 31

We're offering free shipping on all orders – no matter how big or small – through the end of the month.

Mind Upon Mind: Shaping a Backrest

David Farnum presents an easy way to transfer a shape from one end of a thing to the other (in this case, a backrest).

The American Peasant Substack

Earlywood: The Sinners' Chopping Bench

Wood movement is overrated.

(Free for everyone)

Waiting for the Click

The "click" is the sweet sound of success when it comes to saddling a seat.

(For paid subscribers, with a free preview)

Into the Anonymous

Are you paying for a signature, or because you like the work? The latter is what matters to this maker.

(For paid subscribers, with a free preview)

You Have the Right to Build Stick Chairs

"Pretty much anywhere you had a peasant/farmer/rural/oppressed class of people, you'll find stick chairs." And if you aren't of the overlord class, you have the right to make stick chairs, too.

(For paid subscribers, with a free preview)

The Anarchist's Apprentice Substack

In Commission

Kale is currently at work on not one, but two commission projects: a small keepsake box and a set of stools.

(For paid subscribers, with a free preview)

Dusty Switches

If you press the "On" button and nothing happens, it might be time to get out the vacuum cleaner.

(Free for everyone)

Never Sponsored Substack

Fashion Follow-up: American Chambray & the Ideal Shop Belt

Another brand of chambray for the shop (or not) worth buying, and a simple leather belt.

(For paid subscribers, with a free preview)

On Instagram This Week

In which Chris reads a novel (one of my favorites, too, along with Powers' other titles), and some parting shots from Australia.

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Thursday, October 16, 2025

Lost Art Press Free Shipping Offer Ends Soon

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Free Shipping Offer Ends Soon

Don't dally! We're offering free shipping on EVERYTHING through the end of October. Want a set of five Lost Art Press shop pencils? Only $13 for those and they ship free. So does a $25 jar of Soft Wax 2.0. And a $20 signed copy of "Sharpen This." And a $24 Lost Art Press ball cap. In other words, no matter how little (or how much) you purchase, we'll ship it to you, free. But only through the end of this month.

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Thursday, October 23, 2025