A woodworker and box maker shares practical, step-by-step guidance on sharpening and burnishing hand-tool scrapers, drawing on decades of experience. Issues also include personal anecdotes, such as spotting one of his boxes on television.
Website: https://smartboxmaker.substack.com
A woodworker and author writes personal essays and historical pieces on folk furniture, vernacular chairs, craft, and running a woodworking business, plus a weekly archive excerpt called Earlywood. Posts mix memoir, research into ethnographic and design history, and irreverent commentary on craft culture.
Journal-style posts from the Lost Art Press workshop, written by apprentice Kale Vogt and furnituremaker Christopher Schwarz. Readers get first-hand accounts of apprenticeship life, short how-to tips and stories about teaching and sharpening hand tools.
Independent, self-funded reviews of woodworking tools and workshop gear by two veteran furniture makers. Each issue gives hands-on, opinionated assessments with practical detail on use, cost and who should buy the product.
A Canadian woodworker and guitar builder shares first-person accounts of his craft, including a multi-part series on designing a new electric guitar from sketch to prototype. Issues include practical build details, hardware choices and reflections on what counts as handmade.
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