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- [Lost Art Press](/content/site-root.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (1,601 words)

## Articles & Blog Posts

- [From Truths to Tools – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/design/products/from-truth-to-tools/index.html): This hand-illustrated work has funny drawings & few words. But it explains woodworking, the physical world, our language & geometry in a way that makes you feel as if the authors have revealed a huge design secret. Once you understand these ideas, you'll see how they can be applied to building in any shape imaginable. (1,009 words)
- [Crucible Big Protractor – Now in Baltic Birch – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/tools/products/big-protractor-from-firstlightworks/index.html): The Crucible Big Protractor is made for anyone who needs to set out angular measurements and requires something bigger (and more precise) than the plastic protractor from your school set. Suitable for woodworkers, joiners, carpenters, chairmakers and anyone else who makes things using angles that aren't 90°.   The Cruc (256 words)
- [By Hand & Eye – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/design/products/by-hand-eye-1/index.html): “By Hand & Eye” helps you become a better furniture designer by showing how much of the world is governed by simple proportions – then teaching you to apply these proportions to furniture design with the help of one ancient but mighty tool: dividers. Authors George R. Walker and Jim Tolpin explain how proportions work and show you how to use them, then walk you though nine designs that will help you put your new knowledge into practice. (1,083 words)
- [Lost Art Press Chore Coat](/content/collections/apparel/products/the-lost-art-press-chore-coat/index.html): The Lost Art Press Chore coat is an American-made shop jacket that is based closely on French coats worn by woodworkers during the 20th century. This coat is proudly stitched by Sew Valley of Cincinnati, Ohio. Constructed of soft, durable and breathable black cotton drill, our chore coat features reinforced pockets, cu (435 words)
- [Lump Hammer – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/tools/products/lump-hammer/index.html): The Crucible lump hammer has a 2.2 lb. hardened steel head and is ideal for assembly, mortising, setting holdfasts and dozens of other chores. Comfortable octagonal hickory handle with a waxed finish. (567 words)
- [The Anarchist's Workbench (signed by the author) – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/the-anarchist-series-of-books/products/the-anarchists-workbench/index.html): by Christopher Schwarz You can download a free PDF of this book here. “The Anarchist’s Workbench” is – on the one hand – a detailed plan for a simple workbench that can be built using construction lumber and basic woodworking tools. But it’s also the story of Christopher Schwarz’s 20-year journey researching, building  (811 words)
- [The Anarchist’s Trilogy – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/the-anarchist-series-of-books/products/the-anarchist-s-trilogy/index.html): Hey there. You don’t have to buy these books. We give the pdfs away completely free. No, you don’t have to register, give up an email or a phone number. Just click the following links, and the pdfs will start downloading to your device. The Anarchist’s Tool Chest • The Anarchist’s Design Book • The Anarchist’s Workbenc (657 words)
- [With the Grain: A Craftsman’s Guide to Understanding Wood – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/all-books/products/with-the-grain-a-craftsman-s-guide-to-understanding-wood.html): by Christian Becksvoort You can download an excerpt from this book here. A little knowledge about trees goes a long way toward improving your woodworking. You don’t need a degree in dendrology to build a desk. But you do need intimate knowledge of how our raw material grows and – more importantly – how it responds to i (807 words)
- [Doormaking and Window-Making – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/techniques/products/doormaking-and-window-making/index.html): “Doormaking and Window-Making” starts you off with simple tools and simple assemblies, then moves you step-by-step into more complex doors and windows. Every step in the layout and construction process is shown with drawings and clear text, by someone who has clearly made windows and doors of all sorts for a long time. (666 words)
- [Lump Hammer: Octagonal & With Spells – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/striking/products/lump-hammer-octagonal-with-spells/index.html): We redesigned our old lump hammer design to look more like our Exeter and Warrington hammers. This new design has an octagonal head and is engraved with three "spells" or "prayers" that have been around since before written history. (You can read all about these spells in "American Peasant," a free download.) The cente (522 words)
- [The Anarchist's Workbench (signed by the author) – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/all-books/products/the-anarchists-workbench/index.html): by Christopher Schwarz You can download a free PDF of this book here. “The Anarchist’s Workbench” is – on the one hand – a detailed plan for a simple workbench that can be built using construction lumber and basic woodworking tools. But it’s also the story of Christopher Schwarz’s 20-year journey researching, building  (805 words)
- [Video: Build Your Tool Chest Interior – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/the-anarchist-series-of-books/products/video-build-your-tool-chest-interior/index.html): A video with Megan Fitzpatrick. In this video, Megan Fitzpatrick shows you how make and install the interior structures of a full-size English tool chest (in this case, an "Anarchist's Tool Chest") with three sliding tills and their runners, a combination hanging tool rack/backsaw rack, a floor till for full-size hand  (427 words)
- [Warrington-pattern Hammer in Steel – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/striking/products/warrington-pattern-hammer/index.html): Learn more about our family of hammers (and what they're used for) here. Small cross-peen hammers are incredibly useful in furniture making. We've used them in our work for more than 20 years. Americans don’t have much of a history with this form of hammer. It’s a British thing, just like the lump hammer we make. We do (471 words)
- [By Hand & Eye – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/all-books/products/by-hand-eye-1/index.html): “By Hand & Eye” helps you become a better furniture designer by showing how much of the world is governed by simple proportions – then teaching you to apply these proportions to furniture design with the help of one ancient but mighty tool: dividers. Authors George R. Walker and Jim Tolpin explain how proportions work and show you how to use them, then walk you though nine designs that will help you put your new knowledge into practice. (1,085 words)
- [Woodworker’s Pocket Book – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/all-books/products/the-woodworker-s-pocket-book/index.html): “The Woodworker’s Pocket Book” is small – just 4” x 6-1/2” – but it contains 112 pages of critical woodworking information for the hand-tool woodworker. Edited by the great Charles H. Hayward and published in 1949, “The Woodworker’s Pocket Book” is a guide to everything from finishing recipes to drawing ellipses to choosing the correct screw or nail. We own several versions of this book, as it was regularly updated and republished. After reading through all of the versions, we decided to reprint the original edition (with permission, of course). This edition is packed with drawings from Hayward and doesn’t deal much with the metric system, sharpening high-speed steel sawblades or pulley sizes for your machines. In other words, it’s for the woodworker who likes working by hand using fractions, inches and feet. Also appealing to us is the small size of the book – it literally fits in your back pocket. We recommend keeping it in your tool chest or tool cabinet. It belongs in the shop and is more like a tool than a book. To ensure the book’s long life, we made sure this book is designed for a shop environment. All our books’ signatures are sewn and taped for durability. We wrapped this one in high-density boards and picked a durable paper that improves on the original’s paper. Like all our books, “The Woodworker’s Pocket Book” is printed in the United States. Here is the complete index to “The Woodworker’s Pocket Book.” Angles, bisecting, 16Appliances, 84Arches, 21Areas, 23Beetle. wood boring, 63Bits, 80Bleaches, 3Bolts, 34Boring tools, 80Castors, 37Chemicals, list of, 7Chippendale mouldings, 94 Chisels, 78Cramps, 83Creams, furniture, 5Dry rot, 64Ellipse, drawing, 12, 14 Equivalents, mm. and inches, 51Fibre boards, 87Files, 77Fillers, wood, 4Fittings, 34French polish recipes, 1 Furniture creams, 5Furniture sizes, 65Gauges, 79Geometry, useful, 12Glass, 87Glues, 38Hammers, 78Hardwoods, 57Hepplewhite mouldings, 96 Hexagon, drawing, 15Hinges, 35, 36Institutions, wood technology, 42Jacobean mouldings 92Joints, 102Laminated board, 50Lathe data, 89Limed oak, 5Locks, 34Lubricants, 6Metal fittings, 34Mitres, 24Moisture content, 11Monarchs, English and French, 91 Mouldings, 92Nails, 28Octagon, drawing, 16, 17 Oilstones, cleaning, 6Old woodwork, 100Period furniture, 90Pests, wood, 63Pitches, plane, 86Plane pitches, 86Planes, 71Plastic boards, 87Plywood and laminated board, 50 Polishes, etc., 1Quatrefoil, drawing, 21Recipes, non-slip, 5Recipes, wood finishing, 1 Revivers, polish, 4Routers, 77Saws, 68Scales, 108Screwdrivers, 82Screws, 31Sharpening data, tool, 85 Sheraton mouldings, 98Sizes of furniture, 65Softwoods, 56Spokeshaves, 77Squares, 79Stains, 2Stays, 37Stoppings, 6Strippers, 4Strop dressings, tool, 5Tables, 41Terms, timber, 46Timber, how measured, 43 Timber terms, 46Timbers, list of, 56Timbers, world map, 54Tool sharpening data, 85Tool strop dressings, 5Tools, 68Trefoil, drawing, 22Walnut mouldings, 93Wax polish recipes, IWood fillers, 4Wood pests, 63Woodwork, old, 100Worm, wood, 63Veneers, 52 (815 words)
- [The Anarchist's Design Book: Expanded Edition (signed by the author) – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/design/products/the-anarchists-design-book/index.html): “The Anarchist’s Design Book” explores 18 historic and simple-to-make furniture forms that have been around for almost 1,000 years, yet look shockingly modern. You'll make a bed, dining tables, chairs, chests, desks and shelving as you learn two approaches – "boarded" and "staked" – to build these pieces and more. (869 words)
- [Soft Wax & Soft Wax Kits – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/tools/products/soft-wax-soft-wax-kits/index.html): Our favorite finish for bare wood is Soft Wax 2.0, a finish made of purified linseed oil, cosmetic-grade beeswax and 100-percent pure citrus solvent. It is non-toxic and leaves a low-luster surface on the wood that is easy to maintain. For years my daughter Katherine made and sold Soft Wax 2.0 from her Etsy store. Now  (882 words)
- [The Anarchist's Design Book: Expanded Edition (signed by the author) – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/the-anarchist-series-of-books/products/the-anarchists-design-book/index.html): “The Anarchist’s Design Book” explores 18 historic and simple-to-make furniture forms that have been around for almost 1,000 years, yet look shockingly modern. You'll make a bed, dining tables, chairs, chests, desks and shelving as you learn two approaches – "boarded" and "staked" – to build these pieces and more. (878 words)
- [Hammer Handle & Wedges for Lump Hammer – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/striking/products/hammer-handle-wedges-for-lump-hammer/index.html): A replacement octagonal handle for the Crucible Lump Hammer. Ships with an oak and steel wedge for installing the head to the handle. Handles are custom turned and hand-shaped in the U.S. Handles are sanded and unfinished. Specifications:Material: HickoryOverall length: 12-1/2"Tenon size: .710" x .960" x ~2.625"Butt of (205 words)
- [Lump Hammer: Octagonal & With Spells – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/tools/products/lump-hammer-octagonal-with-spells/index.html): We redesigned our old lump hammer design to look more like our Exeter and Warrington hammers. This new design has an octagonal head and is engraved with three "spells" or "prayers" that have been around since before written history. (You can read all about these spells in "American Peasant," a free download.) The cente (524 words)
- [Euclid's Door: Building the Tools of ‘By Hand & Eye’ – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/design/products/euclids-door/index.html): by Geo. R Walker & Jim Tolpin illustrations by R. Keith Mitchell & Barb Walker You can download an excerpt of this book here. Learn more about artisan geometry and the other books in this series here. “Euclid's Door: Building the Tools of ‘By Hand & Eye’” is an illustrated how-to journey through building th (826 words)
- [Crucible Improved Pinch Rods – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/tools/products/crucible-pinch-rods/index.html): While there are many ways to determine if an assembled carcase is square, the easiest method is to use “pinch rods” to compare the corner-to-corner measurements.  Unlike using measurements to compare the diagonals, pinch rods do not depend on reading and remembering dimensions. So they are much less prone to error. Als (468 words)
- [By Hound & Eye – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/design/products/by-hound-eye/index.html): “By Hound & Eye: A Plain & Easy Guide to Designing Furniture with no Further Trouble” is an journey through the world of pre-industrial design geometry with exercises to help you learn about proportional design, and jump-start your furniture design skills. (925 words)
- [The Anarchist's Tool Chest: Revised Edition – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/the-anarchist-series-of-books/products/the-anarchists-tool-chest/index.html): “The Anarchist’s Tool Chest” paints a world where woodworking tools are at the center of an ethical life filled with creating furniture that will last for generations. You'll discover the fewer than 50 hand tools you need to get started, and step-by-step instructions to build a full-sized English tool chest to hold them. (807 words)
- [Make a Joint Stool from a Tree – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/green-woodworking/products/make-a-joint-stool-from-a-tree/index.html): This book starts in the woodlot, wedging open a piece of green oak, and it ends in the shop with mixing your own paint using pigment and linseed oil. It’s an almost-breathtaking journey because it covers aspects of the craft that most modern woodworkers would never consider. By Jennie Alexander and Peter Follansbee. (1,106 words)
- [Backwoods Chairmakers: In Search of the Appalachian Ladderback Chairma – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/green-woodworking/products/backwoods-chairmakers-in-search-of-the-appalachian-ladderback-chairmaker.html): by Andrew D. Glenn You can download an excerpt from this book here. For more than 200 years, chairmakers in Appalachia built ladderbacks to sell to neighbors and the occasional tourist. It was a tradition that was handed down through generations. But with the rise of furniture factories and mechanization, woodworker An (605 words)
- [The Woodworker Vols. 1-4 – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/charles-h-hayward-collection/products/the-woodworker-vols-1-4/index.html): Before we even started Lost Art Press, we started work on a four-volume bible covering handwork that draws on the works of legendary writer and editor Charles H. Hayward. Our goal: A set of books that will guide a woodworker from their first project to the most advanced techniques. In short, four library-grade volumes  (864 words)
- [The Essential Woodworker – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/all-books/products/the-essential-woodworker/index.html): In our opinion, “The Essential Woodworker” is one of the best books on hand-tool usage written in the post-Charles Hayward era. Wearing was classically trained in England as a woodworker and embraced both power and hand tools in his shop and in his teaching. (534 words)
- [Joiner Tool Roll – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/apparel/products/lost-art-press-tool-roll/index.html): For many years I traveled around the world with a tool roll like this. It was the only one I found that carried the large number of small tools I needed. The tool roll's protective flaps kept the tools from sliding out. And the the thing took up remarkably little space. The manufacturer of that tool roll is long gone.  (328 words)
- [Lost Art Press Steins](/content/collections/apparel/products/lost-art-press-beer-steins/index.html): The Lost Art Press steins are handmade by an artists' collective in Minnesota and feature one of our favorite logos: a beehive (representing industriousness) and a pair of dividers. The steins hold 20 ounces of liquid and are dishwasher-safe. Use our coffee mug before you head into the workshop. And use the stein to ei (505 words)
- [Karvsnitt: Carving, Pattern & Color in the Slöjd Tradition – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/green-woodworking/products/karvsnitt-carving-pattern-color-in-the-slojd-tradition.html): by Jögge Sundqvist You can download an excerpt from this book here. Cutting patterns and symbols in wood, and enhancing them with vibrant color, are folk traditions kept alive in the slöjd craft. Through decorations imbued with meaning, chip carving has given soul to slöjd woodcraft throughout history. Even today, chip (506 words)
- [Plane Pockets & Pencil Pockets – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/apparel/products/block-plane-pocket-pencil-pocket/index.html): Our U.S.-made Block Plane Pocket and Pencil Pocket turn an unused corner of your tool chest or tool wall into handy storage for your block plane, pencils, 6” rules and other markers. Both pockets hang on No. 6 screws (not included) through durable steel grommets. The pockets are sold individually or as a set (with a mo (650 words)
- [Handmade Lost Art Press Coffee Mugs](/content/collections/apparel/products/handmade-lost-art-press-coffee-mugs/index.html): Good coffee is the official beverage at the Lost Art Press workshop. And for years, we’ve wanted to offer a high-quality U.S.-made coffee mug that wasn’t the typical give-away and throw-away thing that corporations hand out.After lots of searching, we finally found a stoneware mug that is handmade in Minnesota by a sma (300 words)
- [Country Woodcraft: Then & Now – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/green-woodworking/products/country-woodcraft-then-now/index.html): by Drew Langsner You can download an excerpt of this book here.  In 1978, Drew Langsner released his book “Country Woodcraft” to the world, and it sparked a movement – still expanding today – of hand-tool woodworkers who make things with mostly green wood. The 304 pages of “Country Woodcraft” showed you how to split wo (1,186 words)
- [Welsh-made Corgi Chair Socks – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/apparel/products/welsh-made-corgi-chair-socks/index.html): Made in Wales since 1892, Corgi socks are some of the nicest socks we have ever owned. Made from 75-percent cotton and 25-percent nylon, these lightweight socks stretch nicely and breathe beautifully. Earlier this year, we asked if Corgi could make a batch of custom socks that feature a Welsh stick chair, knit in their (442 words)
- [Lost Art Press](/content/collections/vendors/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (440 words)
- [Bebb Chair Patterns & Construction Instructions – Lost Art Press](/content/products/bebb-chair-patterns-construction-instructions-copy/index.html): Paper patterns mailed to you + a pdf download This chair from Issue 4 of The Stick Chair Journal is a graphic Welsh four-stick chair from the 18th century. This compact chair is comfortable and can be built without a lathe or steambox. When you order this product, we mail you full-size patterns printed on an 18" x 24 s (306 words)
- [Book – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/types/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (421 words)
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- [U.S.-Made Mechanic’s Cap & CCC Patch – Lost Art Press](/content/products/u-s-made-mechanic-s-cap-amp-ccc-patch/index.html): Note: Shown is the cap after one washing with the patch attached. This particular cap has traveled throughout England and Wales during our prototyping process.  Better than a baseball cap, our interpretation of the A-3 mechanic’s cap is made by a family-run business in Los Angeles and comes with an embroidered patch th (510 words)
- [Products – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/all/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (436 words)
- [Joiner Workshirts Made in Cincinnati Order by July 22 – Lost Art Press](/content/products/joiner-workshirts/index.html): Years in the making, this Cincinnati-stitched workshirt is the first piece in our new line of apparel, which we call Joiner. These middleweight shirts are designed for working at the bench and in the machine room. They hold your small and necessary tools in two roomy pockets that open from the side instead of the top.  (1,086 words)
- [Benchwork: A Guide to Hand Tools, Work Strategies, Benches & Storage – Lost Art Press](/content/products/benchwork/index.html): by Michael Pekovich To set up a thoughtful, easy-to-work-in shop, woodworkers need advice that is hard-won, hard-working, and tested against other workshops, plus our most brutal assessor: time.  Michael Pekovich’s new “Benchwork” ticks all the correct boxes. In fact, there are few people alive today who could successf (783 words)
- [Build a Welsh Lobsterpot Chair with Chris Williams – Lost Art Press](/content/products/build-a-welsh-lobsterpot-chair-with-chris-williams/index.html): In this nearly two-hour video, professional chairmaker Chris Williams shows you how he builds a beautiful Welsh lobsterpot chair using simple tools and bent branches from the forest. Lobsterpot stick chairs are one of the most desirable and tricky-to-build forms. The tightly bent back sticks converge on the comb and gi (670 words)
- [Warrington-pattern Hammer in Steel – Lost Art Press](/content/products/warrington-pattern-hammer/index.html): Learn more about our family of hammers (and what they're used for) here. Small cross-peen hammers are incredibly useful in furniture making. We've used them in our work for more than 20 years. Americans don’t have much of a history with this form of hammer. It’s a British thing, just like the lump hammer we make. We do (467 words)
- [Joiner Tool Roll – Lost Art Press](/content/products/lost-art-press-tool-roll/index.html): For many years I traveled around the world with a tool roll like this. It was the only one I found that carried the large number of small tools I needed. The tool roll's protective flaps kept the tools from sliding out. And the the thing took up remarkably little space. The manufacturer of that tool roll is long gone.  (316 words)
- [Thomas Jefferson's Declaration Desk – Lost Art Press](/content/products/thomas-jeffersons-declaration-desk/index.html): Known as the Declaration Desk, Thomas Jefferson’s writing box is small, portable and features an adjustable sloped writing surface, as well as a compartmented drawer for correspondence, writing materials and associated supplies. It was on this desk that Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Author Ed (616 words)
- [Dutch Tool Chests – Lost Art Press](/content/products/dutch-tool-chests/index.html): by Megan Fitzpatrick, with a foreword by Roy Underhill You can download an excerpt of this book here. "Dutch Tool Chests" gives you the in-depth instruction you need to build your own slant-lid tool chest – from choosing materials, to the joinery, the hardware, the interior parts that hold your tools and the paint. At  (780 words)
- [Set & File: A Practical Guide to Saw Sharpening – Lost Art Press](/content/products/set-file-a-practical-guide-to-saw-sharpening/index.html): by Matt Cianci You can download an excerpt from this book here. In "Set & File," Matt Cianci (aka The Saw Wright) teaches you the fundamentals of maintaining backsaws and handsaws: how to file and joint your saws with the correct rake, fleam and pitch to keep them cutting sharp. You'll also learn how to deal with s (661 words)
- ['Nothing Without Labour' T-Shirt – Lost Art Press](/content/products/lost-art-press-t-shirt/index.html): Please note: This batch of T-shirts has some "ghosting" – a faint bit of white to the left side of the image. It will quickly fade with a few washings. We didn't want to trash this entire run of shirts, so we have reduced the price a bit. This soft, comfortable T-shirt features our "Nothing Without Labour" logo, printe (358 words)
- [Revised Full-size Patterns from 'The Stick Chair Book' – Lost Art Press](/content/products/revised-full-size-patterns-from-the-stick-chair-book.html): To remove one more barrier to making a stick chair, we have created this set of full-size paper patterns of all the important components for the five chairs in “The Stick Chair Book: 2nd Revised Edition.” The five 22” x 34” sheets contain full-scale drawings of all the seats, arms, backrests, shoes and combs for the ch (354 words)
- [24" Joiner's Rule – Made in the USA – Lost Art Press](/content/products/24-joiners-rule-made-in-the-usa/index.html): Brass-bound wooden rulers were once a staple of a woodworker's toolkit. Many of these rulers were hand-stamped and inked to make the marks as easy to read as possible. Because of the rise of the tape measure and the failure of American ruler manufacturing, the 24" joiner's rule has disappeared from both the marketplace (704 words)
- [Henry Boyd’s Freedom Bed – Lost Art Press](/content/products/henry-boyd-s-freedom-bed/index.html): A children’s book written and illustrated by Whitney L.B. Miller You can download an excerpt from this book here. “Henry Boyd’s Freedom Bed” is the true story of an enslaved Kentucky man who purchases his freedom and becomes one of the most innovative and important furniture makers in 19th-century Cincinnati.In this ch (801 words)
- [Crucible GoDrilla – Lost Art Press](/content/products/crucible-godrilla/index.html): The Crucible GoDrilla extends the reach of your drill bits (and other tooling) without introducing any run-out or wobble. This precision-machined tool (made in Tennessee) allows you to perform many unusual boring and fastening operations with immense ease and accuracy. Home center bit extenders are cheap, poorly made a (499 words)
- [Euclid's Door: Building the Tools of ‘By Hand & Eye’ – Lost Art Press](/content/products/euclids-door/index.html): by Geo. R Walker & Jim Tolpin illustrations by R. Keith Mitchell & Barb Walker You can download an excerpt of this book here. Learn more about artisan geometry and the other books in this series here. “Euclid's Door: Building the Tools of ‘By Hand & Eye’” is an illustrated how-to journey through building th (822 words)
- [Video: Make a Gibson Chair with Christopher Schwarz – Lost Art Press](/content/products/video-make-a-gibson-chair/index.html): The Irish Gibson Chair is one of the most comfortable stick chair forms. With its raking back and low seat, the chair cradles your body in a pleasant and relaxing position.It also is a fairly straightforward chair to build and is suitable for beginning chairmakers.In this video, Christopher Schwarz walks you through ho (571 words)
- [The Handcrafted Life of Dick Proenneke – Lost Art Press](/content/products/the-handcrafted-life-of-dick-proenneke/index.html): At 51, Dick Proenneke scouted a site for a log cabin on Twin Lakes, Alaska. The next year he returned and built his cabin, by himself, using only hand tools. Dick lived in his cabin for nearly 31 years, crafting by hand almost everything he needed with materials found locally, including a cache to store his food, all his own furniture and many of his tools. Now, his cabin is a pilgrimage site in the Alaska wilderness, maintained by the National Park Service. Here, Monroe Robinson, who spent 19 years maintaining the cabin and Dick's legacy, tells the story. (900 words)
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- [Gifts for Your Woodworker – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/gifts-for-your-woodworker/index.html): Get the woodworker in your life something they didn’t know they needed – or something they would never buy for themselves. Lost Art Press and Crucible Tools makes everything – everything – in the United States and has been providing quality books and tools since 2007. Here are some of our new and classic items that are (747 words)
- [An Introduction to Stick Chairs – Lost Art Press](/content/pages/an-introduction-to-stick-chairs/index.html): This page offers little bit of history and information about stick chairs, how to get started building them and the books and videos we sell to help you. (2,520 words)
- [Kitchen Think – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/all-books/products/kitchen-think/index.html): “Kitchen Think" by Nancy R. Hiller is a guide to designing and furnishing a kitchen, from a down-to-the-studs renovation to refacing existing cabinets. She shows you how to do it without spending a fortune, and with a heavy dose of practical instruction and butt-saving advice that comes only from years of experience. (1,037 words)
- [5 Lost Art Press Woodworking Pencils](/content/products/lost-art-press-pencil-kit/index.html): Traditional school pencils aren’t ideal for woodworking. The pencils and their lead snap too easily in use. And the eraser is a joke (we have a recommendation below).  After testing many different combinations of lead (called the “core”) and diameters, this pencil became our shop favorite. It is robust because of its d (313 words)
- [The Intelligent Hand – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/design/products/the-intelligent-hand/index.html): by David Binnington Savage You can download an excerpt of this book here. “The Intelligent Hand” is a peek into a woodworking life that’s at a level that most of us can barely imagine. The customers are wealthy and eccentric. The designs have to leap off the page. And the craftsmanship has to be utterly, utterly flawle (974 words)
- [Introduction to Stick Chairs – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/introduction-to-stick-chairs/index.html): Stick chairs are folk furniture that’s made by amateur woodworkers for their own use – or to sell to neighbors in their village. Unlike the formal chairs made by professional artisans (or in a factory) in the cities, stick chairs are built using local materials with simple joints and are not connected to a particular f (2,355 words)
- [Essential Hand Tool Books – Lost Art Press](/content/pages/essential-hand-tool-books/index.html): If you want to learn to do handwork the right way – without lots of trial and error – Lost Art Press has the books and videos to help. (1,153 words)
- [The Workshop Book – Lost Art Press](/content/products/workshop-book/index.html): by Scott Landis; foreword by Roy Underhill You can download an excerpt of this book here. First published in 1991, "The Workshop Book" by Scott Landis remains the most complete book about every woodworker's favorite place: the workshop. “The Workshop Book” is a richly illustrated guided tour of some of the world’s most (679 words)
- [Lump Hammer – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/striking/products/lump-hammer/index.html): The Crucible lump hammer has a 2.2 lb. hardened steel head and is ideal for assembly, mortising, setting holdfasts and dozens of other chores. Comfortable octagonal hickory handle with a waxed finish. (562 words)
- [Warrington-pattern Hammer in Steel – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/tools/products/warrington-pattern-hammer/index.html): Learn more about our family of hammers (and what they're used for) here. Small cross-peen hammers are incredibly useful in furniture making. We've used them in our work for more than 20 years. Americans don’t have much of a history with this form of hammer. It’s a British thing, just like the lump hammer we make. We do (475 words)
- [Chairpanzee Analog Computer – Lost Art Press](/content/products/the-chairpanzee-analog-computer/index.html): The Chairpanzee is ideal for anyone who works with compound angles for chairs, stools and tables; it calculates drilling and sighting angles with a simple, no-math-needed interface. Simply slide the interior card so your desired splay appears in its top window; choose the rake in the window below. The Chairpanzee reveals your needed angles. (460 words)
- [Crucible Improved Pinch Rods – Lost Art Press](/content/products/crucible-pinch-rods/index.html): While there are many ways to determine if an assembled carcase is square, the easiest method is to use “pinch rods” to compare the corner-to-corner measurements.  Unlike using measurements to compare the diagonals, pinch rods do not depend on reading and remembering dimensions. So they are much less prone to error. Als (462 words)
- [Shaker Inspiration – Lost Art Press](/content/products/shaker-inspirations/index.html): Christian Becksvoort shares not only his woodworking knowledge and some of his best professional techniques for top-quality work, but the business advice that helped him establish and sustain his long career. Plus, measured drawings for 13 of his own well-known furniture designs and seven Shaker pieces he’s reproduced. (906 words)
- [Exeter-pattern Furniture-maker's Hammer – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/tools/products/exeter-pattern-furniture-makers-hammer/index.html): Learn more about our family of hammers (and what they're used for) here.  After years of research, prototyping and testing, we have developed an ideal furniture-maker's hammer. With a 9.8-ounce steel head and a balanced octagonal hickory handle, the Crucible Exeter-pattern hammer is suitable for many common tasks at th (540 words)
- [The Belligerent Finisher – Lost Art Press](/content/products/the-belligerent-finisher/index.html): by John Porritt You can download an excerpt of this book here. What's a stick chair? You can learn all about them here. One aspect of furniture finishing that has not been fully explained is how to achieve the gently worn, warm and human surfaces that you find on antiques. "The Belligerent Finisher" changes that. Furni (706 words)
- [Lost Art Press Steins](/content/products/lost-art-press-beer-steins/index.html): The Lost Art Press steins are handmade by an artists' collective in Minnesota and feature one of our favorite logos: a beehive (representing industriousness) and a pair of dividers. The steins hold 20 ounces of liquid and are dishwasher-safe. Use our coffee mug before you head into the workshop. And use the stein to ei (495 words)
- [The Anarchist's Design Book: Expanded Edition (signed by the author) – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/all-books/products/the-anarchists-design-book/index.html): “The Anarchist’s Design Book” explores 18 historic and simple-to-make furniture forms that have been around for almost 1,000 years, yet look shockingly modern. You'll make a bed, dining tables, chairs, chests, desks and shelving as you learn two approaches – "boarded" and "staked" – to build these pieces and more. (872 words)
- [Fish Stick Glue – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/tools/products/fish-stick-glue-2/index.html): Note: We now offer a discount if you order more than one bottle.  Fish Stick Glue is a reversible adhesive with a long open time. It is ideal for complex assemblies and furniture that deserves to be repaired in the future. Made from the skins of cod, Fish Stick flows nicely at room temperature, much like PVA. It has a  (541 words)
- [Video: Build a Roman Workbench – Lost Art Press](/content/products/video-build-a-roman-workbench/index.html): With Christopher Schwarz Roman Workbenches are the most portable, compact, inexpensive and easy-to-use workbenches available. Made from about $45 in dimensional lumber and scraps, these benches allow you to make cabinets, chairs and tables while sitting down. These benches are ideal for apartment woodworkers – or anyon (549 words)
- [Hammer Handle & Wedges for Lump Hammer – Lost Art Press](/content/products/hammer-handle-wedges-for-lump-hammer/index.html): A replacement octagonal handle for the Crucible Lump Hammer. Ships with an oak and steel wedge for installing the head to the handle. Handles are custom turned and hand-shaped in the U.S. Handles are sanded and unfinished. Specifications:Material: HickoryOverall length: 12-1/2"Tenon size: .710" x .960" x ~2.625"Butt of (201 words)
- [Exeter-pattern Furniture-maker's Hammer – Lost Art Press](/content/products/exeter-pattern-furniture-makers-hammer/index.html): Learn more about our family of hammers (and what they're used for) here.  After years of research, prototyping and testing, we have developed an ideal furniture-maker's hammer. With a 9.8-ounce steel head and a balanced octagonal hickory handle, the Crucible Exeter-pattern hammer is suitable for many common tasks at th (534 words)
- ['With All the Precision Possible: Roubo on Furniture' New Deluxe Editi – Lost Art Press](/content/products/with-all-the-precision-possible-roubo-on-furniture-deluxe-edition.html): by Donald C. Williams, Michele Pietryka-Pagán & Philippe Lafargue You can download an excerpt from this book here. This new deluxe edition of “With All the Precision Possible: Roubo on Furniture” is a worthy reflection of more than a decade of work by an international team that produced the first English translatio (951 words)
- [Make a Swedish Tool Chest with Whitney Miller – Lost Art Press](/content/products/make-a-swedish-tool-chest-with-whitney-miller/index.html): We've long been fascinated with the Swedish tool chest form. Roy Underhill had one at The Woodwright's Shop, and Chris got a close look at one in Sweden that belongs to Johan Lyrfalk, and came down through his family. It's similar to a Dutch chest with its slanting front lid, but the Swedish one is in some ways simpler (662 words)
- [Crucible Planing Stop – Lost Art Press](/content/products/crucible-planing-stop/index.html): We have always loved blacksmith-made planing stops, which are embedded in the end of a block of wood that is about 3” x 3” x 12”. The block is friction-fit into a mortise in the benchtop and moves up and down with mallet taps.In our experience, the planing stop is as important as the workbench’s face vise and has almos (585 words)
- [Joiner's Work – Lost Art Press](/content/products/joiners-work/index.html): Peter Follansbee has spent his adult life researching 17th-century furniture to understand the simple tools and straightforward processes used to build the historical pieces featured in this book that represents the culmination of decades of research and shop experimentation. Follansbee’s wit suffuses every page. (957 words)
- [Woodworking in Estonia – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/green-woodworking/products/woodworking-in-estonia/index.html): by Ants Viires; translation by Mart Aru You can download an excerpt from this book here. It’s one of Roy Underhill’s three favorite woodworking books, but you can’t buy a copy for love or money. Translated into English without the author’s permission in the late 1960s, “Woodworking in Estonia” has been a cult classic e (841 words)
- [Make a Chair from a Tree: Third Edition – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/green-woodworking/products/make-a-chair-from-a-tree/index.html): “Make a Chair from a Tree: Third Edition,” by Jennie Alexander, is a revision of the 1978 book on making a post-and-rung chair that kicked off the green woodworking renaissance in the United States – with benefit of the author's additional 40 years of craft knowledge.From splitting and riving the green wood to shaping to parts, from cutting the solid mortise-and-tenon joinery to weaving the hickory bark seat, you get all the details you need to make this graceful, gorgeous and sturdy chair. (835 words)
- [Hammer Handle for Warrington Hammer – Lost Art Press](/content/products/hammer-handle-for-warrington-hammer/index.html): A hickory replacement handle for the Crucible Warrington-pattern Hammer, made to our specifications by Hoffman Blacksmithing in Roan Mountain, Tennessee. Handles are sanded and finished with a light coat of oil. Specifications:Material: HickoryOverall length: 11-1/2"Tenon size: ~9/16" x ~5/16" x ~1"Butt of handle measu (195 words)
- [Joiner's Work – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/green-woodworking/products/joiners-work/index.html): Peter Follansbee has spent his adult life researching 17th-century furniture to understand the simple tools and straightforward processes used to build the historical pieces featured in this book that represents the culmination of decades of research and shop experimentation. Follansbee’s wit suffuses every page. (961 words)
- [Kitchen Think – Lost Art Press](/content/products/kitchen-think/index.html): “Kitchen Think" by Nancy R. Hiller is a guide to designing and furnishing a kitchen, from a down-to-the-studs renovation to refacing existing cabinets. She shows you how to do it without spending a fortune, and with a heavy dose of practical instruction and butt-saving advice that comes only from years of experience. (1,031 words)
- [Make Fresh Milk Paint: Revised Edition – Lost Art Press](/content/products/make-fresh-milk-paint/index.html): By Nick Kroll  The revised edition of this book is currently at the printer and is expected in November. Make your own fresh milk paint using household materials, a little hydrated lime and any  color pigment your heart desires. Cost: about $6 for a quart of paint – and 10 minutes' work. Woodworker Nick Kroll spent two (841 words)
- [Handmade Lost Art Press Coffee Mugs](/content/products/handmade-lost-art-press-coffee-mugs/index.html): Good coffee is the official beverage at the Lost Art Press workshop. And for years, we’ve wanted to offer a high-quality U.S.-made coffee mug that wasn’t the typical give-away and throw-away thing that corporations hand out.After lots of searching, we finally found a stoneware mug that is handmade in Minnesota by a sma (290 words)
- [Sharpen This (the Video) – Lost Art Press](/content/products/sharpen-this-video/index.html): Sharpening your tools is simple. And easy. So why do so many woodworkers struggle with it? One huge reason is the enormous amount of misinformation, needless consumerism and piles of unnecessary (and expensive!) equipment. The new video “Sharpen This” takes you back to what is important: Getting a good edge that will l (534 words)
- [Soft Wax & Soft Wax Kits – Lost Art Press](/content/products/soft-wax-soft-wax-kits/index.html): Our favorite finish for bare wood is Soft Wax 2.0, a finish made of purified linseed oil, cosmetic-grade beeswax and 100-percent pure citrus solvent. It is non-toxic and leaves a low-luster surface on the wood that is easy to maintain. For years my daughter Katherine made and sold Soft Wax 2.0 from her Etsy store. Now  (876 words)
- [Lost Art Press Ball Cap](/content/collections/apparel/products/the-anarchists-ball-cap/index.html): Our navy blue cotton ball cap has a sewn-on patch of the Lost Art Press seal, which features dividers (a symbol of woodworkers everywhere). A small family business less than a mile from our shop (the same place that prints our T-shirts) sewed on the patches for us; the work is crisp and perfect. These hats are made in  (249 words)
- [American Peasant (signed by the author) – Lost Art Press](/content/products/american-peasant-signed-by-the-author/index.html): by Christopher Schwarz Note: This book is available as a free pdf download. Simply click here (you won't have to register or even give up your email). Just click and the book will begin to download. The book is copyrighted and is free for your personal use. “American Peasant” is an introduction to a style of furniture  (765 words)
- [Welsh-made Corgi Chair Socks – Lost Art Press](/content/products/welsh-made-corgi-chair-socks/index.html): Made in Wales since 1892, Corgi socks are some of the nicest socks we have ever owned. Made from 75-percent cotton and 25-percent nylon, these lightweight socks stretch nicely and breathe beautifully. Earlier this year, we asked if Corgi could make a batch of custom socks that feature a Welsh stick chair, knit in their (432 words)
- [Hobbit-y Chair Patterns & Construction Instructions – Lost Art Press](/content/products/hobbit-y-chair-patterns-construction-instructions/index.html): Paper patterns mailed to you + a pdf download This chair from Issue 2 of The Stick Chair Journal is inspired by a prop from “The Fellowship of the Ring.” It combines elements of British and Germanic forms into a chair (actually, a backstool) that is perfect for the hearth and telling tall tales. When you order this pro (311 words)
- [Workshop Waist Apron from Lost Art Press](/content/collections/apparel/products/workshop-waist-apron/index.html): Shop aprons that cover the torso are great in cold climes, but they are impractical during the summer or in heated shops. For years, we tried using tool belts for carpentry, but those are designed for a ridiculous amount of equipment and a 50’ tape measure. The solution that we love is a waist apron. It is compact and  (466 words)
- [‘The Anarchist’s Tool Chest’ T-Shirt – Lost Art Press](/content/products/the-anarchist-s-tool-chest-t-shirt/index.html): Made in America. Printed in Covington, Kentucky.  To coincide with the release of “The Anarchist’s Tool Chest: Revised Edition,” we have brought back the original T-shirt design from 2011. Made from durable (and soft) ring-spun cotton (4.2 ounce) in a union shop, this shirt is lightweight and ideal for warm days. The s (227 words)
- [Workshop Waist Apron from Lost Art Press](/content/products/workshop-waist-apron/index.html): Shop aprons that cover the torso are great in cold climes, but they are impractical during the summer or in heated shops. For years, we tried using tool belts for carpentry, but those are designed for a ridiculous amount of equipment and a 50’ tape measure. The solution that we love is a waist apron. It is compact and  (456 words)
- [Lump Hammer: Octagonal & With Spells – Lost Art Press](/content/products/lump-hammer-octagonal-with-spells/index.html): We redesigned our old lump hammer design to look more like our Exeter and Warrington hammers. This new design has an octagonal head and is engraved with three "spells" or "prayers" that have been around since before written history. (You can read all about these spells in "American Peasant," a free download.) The cente (519 words)
- [‘The Anarchist’s Tool Chest’ T-Shirt – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/apparel/products/the-anarchist-s-tool-chest-t-shirt/index.html): Made in America. Printed in Covington, Kentucky.  To coincide with the release of “The Anarchist’s Tool Chest: Revised Edition,” we have brought back the original T-shirt design from 2011. Made from durable (and soft) ring-spun cotton (4.2 ounce) in a union shop, this shirt is lightweight and ideal for warm days. The s (237 words)
- ['Nothing Without Labour' T-Shirt – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/apparel/products/lost-art-press-t-shirt/index.html): Please note: This batch of T-shirts has some "ghosting" – a faint bit of white to the left side of the image. It will quickly fade with a few washings. We didn't want to trash this entire run of shirts, so we have reduced the price a bit. This soft, comfortable T-shirt features our "Nothing Without Labour" logo, printe (368 words)
- [Fish Stick Glue – Lost Art Press](/content/products/fish-stick-glue-2/index.html): Note: We now offer a discount if you order more than one bottle.  Fish Stick Glue is a reversible adhesive with a long open time. It is ideal for complex assemblies and furniture that deserves to be repaired in the future. Made from the skins of cod, Fish Stick flows nicely at room temperature, much like PVA. It has a  (535 words)
- [Crucible Big Protractor – Now in Baltic Birch – Lost Art Press](/content/products/big-protractor-from-firstlightworks/index.html): The Crucible Big Protractor is made for anyone who needs to set out angular measurements and requires something bigger (and more precise) than the plastic protractor from your school set. Suitable for woodworkers, joiners, carpenters, chairmakers and anyone else who makes things using angles that aren't 90°.   The Cruc (250 words)
- [Exeter-pattern Furniture-maker's Hammer – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/striking/products/exeter-pattern-furniture-makers-hammer/index.html): Learn more about our family of hammers (and what they're used for) here.  After years of research, prototyping and testing, we have developed an ideal furniture-maker's hammer. With a 9.8-ounce steel head and a balanced octagonal hickory handle, the Crucible Exeter-pattern hammer is suitable for many common tasks at th (538 words)
- [The Anarchist's Tool Chest: Revised Edition – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/all-books/products/the-anarchists-tool-chest/index.html): “The Anarchist’s Tool Chest” paints a world where woodworking tools are at the center of an ethical life filled with creating furniture that will last for generations. You'll discover the fewer than 50 hand tools you need to get started, and step-by-step instructions to build a full-sized English tool chest to hold them. (801 words)
- [The Stick Chair Journal – Lost Art Press](/content/products/the-stick-chair-journal-nos-1-amp-2/index.html): The Stick Chair Journal is an annual publication that expands the universe of all things stick chair. More history. More plans. More techniques. Plus reviews of tools. The Journal is a supplement to the content of "The Stick Chair Book" (which is free to download). Each issue of the Journal contains a complete plan for (1,239 words)
- [The Stick Chair Book by Christopher Schwarz – Lost Art Press](/content/products/the-stick-chair-book/index.html): “The Stick Chair Book” explores the craft of these “hedge carpenters” or dabblers who built chairs for the everyday home. The chairs they built weren’t designed to impress the neighbors – they were designed to be comfortable, stout and (if you have a good eye) nice to look at. After 18 years of building vernacular stick chairs and studying historical examples in the UK, Europe and North America, author Christopher Schwarz has figured out how to design and build these chairs without a lot of gear. (964 words)
- [Workshop Wound Care – Lost Art Press](/content/products/workshop-wound-care/index.html): You can download an excerpt from this book here. by Dr. Jeffery Hill “Workshop Wound Care” – part of our pocket-book series – delves right to the heart of what you need to know when faced with common workshop injuries, from lacerations, to puncture wounds to material in the eye. The author, Dr. Jeffery Hill, is an emer (1,314 words)
- [Woodworker’s Pocket Book – Lost Art Press](/content/products/the-woodworker-s-pocket-book/index.html): “The Woodworker’s Pocket Book” is small – just 4” x 6-1/2” – but it contains 112 pages of critical woodworking information for the hand-tool woodworker. Edited by the great Charles H. Hayward and published in 1949, “The Woodworker’s Pocket Book” is a guide to everything from finishing recipes to drawing ellipses to choosing the correct screw or nail. We own several versions of this book, as it was regularly updated and republished. After reading through all of the versions, we decided to reprint the original edition (with permission, of course). This edition is packed with drawings from Hayward and doesn’t deal much with the metric system, sharpening high-speed steel sawblades or pulley sizes for your machines. In other words, it’s for the woodworker who likes working by hand using fractions, inches and feet. Also appealing to us is the small size of the book – it literally fits in your back pocket. We recommend keeping it in your tool chest or tool cabinet. It belongs in the shop and is more like a tool than a book. To ensure the book’s long life, we made sure this book is designed for a shop environment. All our books’ signatures are sewn and taped for durability. We wrapped this one in high-density boards and picked a durable paper that improves on the original’s paper. Like all our books, “The Woodworker’s Pocket Book” is printed in the United States. Here is the complete index to “The Woodworker’s Pocket Book.” Angles, bisecting, 16Appliances, 84Arches, 21Areas, 23Beetle. wood boring, 63Bits, 80Bleaches, 3Bolts, 34Boring tools, 80Castors, 37Chemicals, list of, 7Chippendale mouldings, 94 Chisels, 78Cramps, 83Creams, furniture, 5Dry rot, 64Ellipse, drawing, 12, 14 Equivalents, mm. and inches, 51Fibre boards, 87Files, 77Fillers, wood, 4Fittings, 34French polish recipes, 1 Furniture creams, 5Furniture sizes, 65Gauges, 79Geometry, useful, 12Glass, 87Glues, 38Hammers, 78Hardwoods, 57Hepplewhite mouldings, 96 Hexagon, drawing, 15Hinges, 35, 36Institutions, wood technology, 42Jacobean mouldings 92Joints, 102Laminated board, 50Lathe data, 89Limed oak, 5Locks, 34Lubricants, 6Metal fittings, 34Mitres, 24Moisture content, 11Monarchs, English and French, 91 Mouldings, 92Nails, 28Octagon, drawing, 16, 17 Oilstones, cleaning, 6Old woodwork, 100Period furniture, 90Pests, wood, 63Pitches, plane, 86Plane pitches, 86Planes, 71Plastic boards, 87Plywood and laminated board, 50 Polishes, etc., 1Quatrefoil, drawing, 21Recipes, non-slip, 5Recipes, wood finishing, 1 Revivers, polish, 4Routers, 77Saws, 68Scales, 108Screwdrivers, 82Screws, 31Sharpening data, tool, 85 Sheraton mouldings, 98Sizes of furniture, 65Softwoods, 56Spokeshaves, 77Squares, 79Stains, 2Stays, 37Stoppings, 6Strippers, 4Strop dressings, tool, 5Tables, 41Terms, timber, 46Timber, how measured, 43 Timber terms, 46Timbers, list of, 56Timbers, world map, 54Tool sharpening data, 85Tool strop dressings, 5Tools, 68Trefoil, drawing, 22Walnut mouldings, 93Wax polish recipes, IWood fillers, 4Wood pests, 63Woodwork, old, 100Worm, wood, 63Veneers, 52 (807 words)
- [Cadi & the Cursed Oak – Lost Art Press](/content/products/cadi-the-cursed-oak/index.html): written by Kara Gebhart Uhl, illustrations by Elin Manon You can download an excerpt of this book here. An audio pronunciation guide to the Welsh words in the book is here. "Cadi brought the cup’s silver rim to her lips. What she didn’t know was that buried deepin the cup’s oak sleeve were spirits’ stories, long forgot (1,096 words)
- [U.S.-Made Mechanic’s Cap & CCC Patch – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/apparel/products/u-s-made-mechanic-s-cap-amp-ccc-patch/index.html): Note: Shown is the cap after one washing with the patch attached. This particular cap has traveled throughout England and Wales during our prototyping process.  Better than a baseball cap, our interpretation of the A-3 mechanic’s cap is made by a family-run business in Los Angeles and comes with an embroidered patch th (521 words)
- [Lincolnshire Chair Patterns & Construction Instructions – Lost Art Press](/content/products/lincolnshire-chair-patterns-construction-instructions.html): Paper patterns mailed to you + a pdf download This chair from Issue 3 of The Stick Chair Journal is a Lincolnshire Windsor chair, the earliest form of Windsor known. Built circa 1737, this chair is oversized, comfortable and straightforward to build. When you order this product, we mail you full-size patterns printed o (307 words)
- [The Welsh Stick Chair: A Visual Record – Lost Art Press](/content/products/the-welsh-stick-chair-a-visual-record/index.html): What's a stick chair? You can learn all about them here. By Tim and Betsan Bowen The best way to develop an eye for chair design is to study lots of excellent and authentic examples. Tim and Betsan Bowen, owners of Tim Bowen Antiques in Wales, have long specialized in vernacular furniture and folk art from Wales and Br (600 words)
- [Good Eye – Lost Art Press](/content/products/good-eye/index.html): by Jim Tolpin and George Walker You can download an excerpt from this book here. Learn more about artisan geometry and the other books in this series here. “Good Eye” – the fifth and newest book in the authors’ "artisan geometry" series – explores furniture design by delving into simple proportions in a new and deep wa (1,094 words)
- [Kitchen Think – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/design/products/kitchen-think/index.html): “Kitchen Think" by Nancy R. Hiller is a guide to designing and furnishing a kitchen, from a down-to-the-studs renovation to refacing existing cabinets. She shows you how to do it without spending a fortune, and with a heavy dose of practical instruction and butt-saving advice that comes only from years of experience. (1,035 words)
- [Crucible Sliding Bevel – Lost Art Press](/content/products/crucible-sliding-bevel/index.html): For some woodworkers – particularly chairmakers – a small sliding bevel that locks tightly is an essential tool. Most inexpensive sliding bevels can be knocked off their settings with little effort, and the results can be a disaster. Because sliding bevels guide most of the joinery in a chair, being off by 1° or 2° can (607 words)
- [Crucible 1:4 Dovetail Template – Lost Art Press](/content/products/crucible-1-4-dovetail-template/index.html): The Crucible 1:4 Dovetail Template marks out dovetail joints – both the tails and the pins – and allows you to easily and accurately lay out the angled and straight parts of the joint. This template marks out Christopher Schwarz's favorite dovetail slope: 1:4 (about 14°). The square end of the tool allows you to also u (571 words)
- [Video: Make a Chair from Green Wood with Rudy Everts – Lost Art Press](/content/products/make-a-chair-from-green-wood-with-rudy-everts/index.html): Chairs really do grow on trees! The trick is to find the right tree (and cut it down safely), then break it down for the best yield to make straight, strong parts that will result in a chair that outlasts you. Rudy Everts, a green woodworker from Europe, shows you how using only a small set of tools.  Rudy walks you th (619 words)
- [Video: Make a Chair from Green Wood with Rudy Everts – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/green-woodworking/products/make-a-chair-from-green-wood-with-rudy-everts/index.html): Chairs really do grow on trees! The trick is to find the right tree (and cut it down safely), then break it down for the best yield to make straight, strong parts that will result in a chair that outlasts you. Rudy Everts, a green woodworker from Europe, shows you how using only a small set of tools.  Rudy walks you th (622 words)
- [The Full Set of 6 Lost Art Press Pocket Books](/content/products/lost-art-press-pocketbooks/index.html): Get the information you need right at your fingertips with Lost Art Press pocket books – and right now, you can get all six for the special price of just $99. Though our pocket books are small in size – just 4" x 6-1/2" – each one is full of expert guidance on a given topic. Here is what comes in the complete set of si (897 words)
- [Crucible Brass Bevel Monkey – Lost Art Press](/content/products/crucible-brass-bevel-monkey/index.html): Made in the USA. The Crucible Brass Bevel Monkey is an accurate way to set your sliding bevel to fractions of a degree with little trouble. The Brass Bevel Monkey is marked with degrees from 0° (vertical) to 50° off of vertical. There are half-degree markings between each major marking, making it easy to extrapolate to (385 words)
- [Crucible Center Square – Lost Art Press](/content/products/crucible-center-finder/index.html): There are many ways to mark centerlines on workpieces that are square, round or octagonal. But we wanted a simple, dedicated and beautiful tool for this everyday job.  The Crucible Center Squares are based on a vintage tool owned by a bodger friend. His tool was compact but had a weight and shape that made it feel like (540 words)
- [Crucible 1:6 & 1:8 Dovetail Template – Lost Art Press](/content/products/crucible-dovetail-template/index.html): The Crucible Dovetail Template marks out dovetail joints – both the tails and the pins – and allows you to easily and accurately lay out the angled and straight parts of the joint. This template marks out the two most common dovetail slopes, 1:6 and 1:8 (9.5° and 7.1° respectively). This solid steel template is based o (623 words)
- [The Anarchist’s Trilogy – Lost Art Press](/content/products/the-anarchist-s-trilogy/index.html): Hey there. You don’t have to buy these books. We give the pdfs away completely free. No, you don’t have to register, give up an email or a phone number. Just click the following links, and the pdfs will start downloading to your device. The Anarchist’s Tool Chest • The Anarchist’s Design Book • The Anarchist’s Workbenc (645 words)
- [The Woodworker Vols. 1-4 – Lost Art Press](/content/products/the-woodworker-vols-1-4/index.html): Before we even started Lost Art Press, we started work on a four-volume bible covering handwork that draws on the works of legendary writer and editor Charles H. Hayward. Our goal: A set of books that will guide a woodworker from their first project to the most advanced techniques. In short, four library-grade volumes  (854 words)
- [Make a Chair from a Tree: Third Edition – Lost Art Press](/content/products/make-a-chair-from-a-tree/index.html): “Make a Chair from a Tree: Third Edition,” by Jennie Alexander, is a revision of the 1978 book on making a post-and-rung chair that kicked off the green woodworking renaissance in the United States – with benefit of the author's additional 40 years of craft knowledge.From splitting and riving the green wood to shaping to parts, from cutting the solid mortise-and-tenon joinery to weaving the hickory bark seat, you get all the details you need to make this graceful, gorgeous and sturdy chair. (831 words)
- [Shop Tails: The Animals Who Help Us Make Things Work – Lost Art Press](/content/products/shop-tails/index.html): Nancy Hiller relates the ways in which non-human animals have provided warmth and comfort, prompted laughter and offered examples of courage or composure in the face of distressing events. “Shop Tails” is a loving tribute to the animals whose lives have been intertwined with Hiller’s own and taught her lessons about relationships, loyalty, illness, joy, death and (also important) pudding. (1,350 words)
- [Karvsnitt: Carving, Pattern & Color in the Slöjd Tradition – Lost Art Press](/content/products/karvsnitt-carving-pattern-color-in-the-slojd-tradition.html): by Jögge Sundqvist You can download an excerpt from this book here. Cutting patterns and symbols in wood, and enhancing them with vibrant color, are folk traditions kept alive in the slöjd craft. Through decorations imbued with meaning, chip carving has given soul to slöjd woodcraft throughout history. Even today, chip (502 words)
- [Nothing Without Labour T-Shirt – Lost Art Press](/content/products/nothing-without-labour-t-shirt/index.html):   Size Chest (in) Chest (cm) S 34-36” 86-91 cm M 38-40” 97-102 cm L 42-44” 107-112 cm XL 46-48” 117-122 cm 2XL 50-52” 127-132 cm 3XL 54-56” 137-142 cm 4XL 58-60” 147-152 cm (385 words)
- [Piggly No Wiggly Glue – Lost Art Press](/content/products/death-grip-glue/index.html): Note: We now offer a discount if you order more than one bottle.  Piggly No Wiggly Glue is a gelatin-based adhesive that offers all of the advantages of animal-based glues: It is reversible, non-toxic, endlessly reparable and is as strong as any glue must be. The glue comes in 8-ounce bottles. Unlike other animal-based (623 words)
- [Sharpen This (signed by the author + PG-13 Sticker) – Lost Art Press](/content/products/sharpen-this/index.html): by Christopher Schwarz You can download a free pdf of this book here. No, this isn't some ploy to get you to register for something or give up your email. You just click this link, and the pdf will download to your computer. Sharpening is not a sport. If you want to be a better woodworker, you need to learn to sharpen. (762 words)
- [Joiner Workshirts Made in Cincinnati Order by July 22 – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/apparel/products/joiner-workshirts/index.html): Years in the making, this Cincinnati-stitched workshirt is the first piece in our new line of apparel, which we call Joiner. These middleweight shirts are designed for working at the bench and in the machine room. They hold your small and necessary tools in two roomy pockets that open from the side instead of the top.  (1,096 words)
- [Country Woodcraft: Then & Now – Lost Art Press](/content/products/country-woodcraft-then-now/index.html): by Drew Langsner You can download an excerpt of this book here.  In 1978, Drew Langsner released his book “Country Woodcraft” to the world, and it sparked a movement – still expanding today – of hand-tool woodworkers who make things with mostly green wood. The 304 pages of “Country Woodcraft” showed you how to split wo (1,182 words)
- [The Workbench Book – Lost Art Press](/content/products/the-workbench-book/index.html): by Scott Landis You can download an excerpt of this book here. First published in 1987, "The Workbench Book" by Scott Landis remains the most complete book on the most important tool in the woodworker’s shop. "The Workbench Book" is a richly illustrated guided tour of the world’s best workbenches — from a traditional S (767 words)
- [Build a Chair from Bulls%$t – Lost Art Press](/content/products/build-a-chair-from-bulls-t/index.html): By Christopher Schwarz Note: You can download a pdf of this book for free here and full-size patterns here. You won’t have to register or give up your email. Just click the link, and the book will download to your device. All copies are signed by the author. You can purchase the entire set of pocket books (at a savings (928 words)
- [The Anarchist's Workbench (signed by the author) – Lost Art Press](/content/products/the-anarchists-workbench/index.html): by Christopher Schwarz You can download a free PDF of this book here. “The Anarchist’s Workbench” is – on the one hand – a detailed plan for a simple workbench that can be built using construction lumber and basic woodworking tools. But it’s also the story of Christopher Schwarz’s 20-year journey researching, building  (799 words)
- [Cricket Tables – Lost Art Press](/content/products/cricket-tables/index.html): by Derek Jones You can download an excerpt from this book here. Simplicity, necessity and ingenuity are the three key principles for making cricket tables. This traditional three-legged table exists in a variety of forms and woods – no two are the same. So making them follows an organic process – your tools and materia (576 words)
- [Plane Pockets & Pencil Pockets – Lost Art Press](/content/products/block-plane-pocket-pencil-pocket/index.html): Our U.S.-made Block Plane Pocket and Pencil Pocket turn an unused corner of your tool chest or tool wall into handy storage for your block plane, pencils, 6” rules and other markers. Both pockets hang on No. 6 screws (not included) through durable steel grommets. The pockets are sold individually or as a set (with a mo (641 words)
- [Backwoods Chairmakers: In Search of the Appalachian Ladderback Chairma – Lost Art Press](/content/products/backwoods-chairmakers-in-search-of-the-appalachian-ladderback-chairmaker.html): by Andrew D. Glenn You can download an excerpt from this book here. For more than 200 years, chairmakers in Appalachia built ladderbacks to sell to neighbors and the occasional tourist. It was a tradition that was handed down through generations. But with the rise of furniture factories and mechanization, woodworker An (601 words)
- [Video: Build Your Tool Chest Interior – Lost Art Press](/content/products/video-build-your-tool-chest-interior/index.html): A video with Megan Fitzpatrick. In this video, Megan Fitzpatrick shows you how make and install the interior structures of a full-size English tool chest (in this case, an "Anarchist's Tool Chest") with three sliding tills and their runners, a combination hanging tool rack/backsaw rack, a floor till for full-size hand  (415 words)
- [The Anarchist's Design Book PDF – Lost Art Press](/content/products/copy-of-the-anarchists-design-book-expanded-edition-signed-by-the-author.html): “The Anarchist’s Design Book” explores 18 historic and simple-to-make furniture forms that have been around for almost 1,000 years, yet look shockingly modern. You'll make a bed, dining tables, chairs, chests, desks and shelving as you learn two approaches – "boarded" and "staked" – to build these pieces and more. (772 words)
- [Revised Video: Build a Stick Chair – Lost Art Press](/content/products/video-build-a-stick-chair/index.html): This video has been updated with all new content. If you purchased this video before, you can log in and download the new version for free. What's a stick chair? You can learn all about them here. A video with Christopher Schwarz Learn to build a stick chair using common woodworking tools and machines, plus kiln-dried  (668 words)
- [Good Work: The Chairmaking Life of John Brown – Lost Art Press](/content/products/good-work-the-chairmaking-life-of-john-brown/index.html): by Christopher Williams What's a stick chair? You can learn all about them here. You can download an excerpt of this book here. “Good Work: The Chairmaking Life of John Brown” by Christopher Williams is the first biography of one of the most influential chairmakers and writers of the 20th century: Welshman John Brown.  (1,067 words)
- [Arno Burnishers – Lost Art Press](/content/products/arno-burnishers/index.html): The French-made Arno burnisher is our favorite for preparing our card scrapers and the blades for our scraper planes. This burnisher has two solid carbide rods for turning a hook. The round rod is ideal for turning a hook on scrapers with a typical hardness in the Rockwell (c) range of 40 to 51. The pointed rod is used when the round rod won’t turn a hook because of the hardness of the steel. The pointed rod focuses your downward pressure on a single point and can turn a hook on the hardest scrapers. (Note the pointed rod is a little too aggressive for use on typical scrapers.) The rods are mounted in a no-frills aluminum handle that is thoughtfully designed. The handle has a cross-guard, much like the guard on a sword. It prevents the tool from slipping forward off the tool, sending your knuckles against the scraper. The carbide rods are angled for turning a typical hook. So you simply hold the handle horizontal to the floor and the geometry of the handle does the tilting for you. You can, of course, tilt the handle a little to produce a different hook. Finally, the burnisher has a hang hole and comes with a sewn leather case to protect it from getting covered in metal filings and sharpening swarf. As a nice detail, these burnishers are laser-etched with the Crucible logo to match your Crucible card scraper. For details on how to sharpen a card scraper with the Arno, click here. (387 words)
- [Crucible Dividers, Type 2 – Lost Art Press](/content/products/crucible-dividers-type-2/index.html): The Crucible Dividers, Type 2, allow you to quickly adjust the tips with one hand and easily lock in an important setting with a common No. 8 screwdriver. Made from alloy steel in the U.S., our dividers are designed especially for woodworking – chairs, dovetails, shelving and other furniture-scale tasks. Why are they c (645 words)
- [James Krenov: Leave Fingerprints – Lost Art Press](/content/products/james-krenov-leave-fingerprints/index.html): by Brendan Bernhardt Gaffney Note: You can download an excerpt of this book here. James Krenov (1920-2009) was one of the most influential woodworking writers, instructors and designers of the 20th century. His best-selling books – starting with “A Cabinetmaker’s Notebook” – inspired tens of thousands of people to pick (1,037 words)
- [Crucible Engraving Tool – Lost Art Press](/content/products/crucible-engraving-tool/index.html): The Crucible Engraving Tool is a simple, easy-to-use tool that allows you to slice straight and curved decorative lines on almost any wooden surface. The Engraving Tool was designed to create geometric patterns found on old Scandinavian and Eastern European furniture. But we found it also is excellent at carving modern (568 words)
- [Crucible Iron Holdfast – Lost Art Press](/content/products/iron-holdfast/index.html): Made from ductile iron in a Cincinnati foundry that’s been in business since 1854. Based on a French design salvaged from a barn. The last holdfast you’ll likely need. This holdfast works consistently in benches from 2" to 8" thick for 3 reasons: a tight fit between the shaft and hole, a rough finish and no taper. (922 words)
- [Smalls: 18 Well-designed, Easy Projects for an Afternoon in the Worksh – Lost Art Press](/content/products/smalls-18-well-designed-easy-projects-for-an-afternoon-in-the-workshop.html): Our latest pocketbook, “Smalls,” offers 18 projects that make good use of all those little pieces of wood that are too good to throw away, but too small for full-size furniture projects. Each project includes a photo of the finished piece, of course, plus a short explication of the steps, a cutting list plus complete c (599 words)
- [17th-Century Essex County Cupboard – Lost Art Press](/content/products/17th-century-essex-county-cupboard/index.html): Peter Follansbee’s “17th-Century Essex County Cupboard" is about as close a description as we’ll ever get to how complex pieces of 17th-century furniture began in the forest and progressed through the workshop. This particular cupboard contains a multitude of operations: riving stock, insane amounts of tricky (and simp (730 words)
- [Lump Hammer – Lost Art Press](/content/products/lump-hammer/index.html): The Crucible lump hammer has a 2.2 lb. hardened steel head and is ideal for assembly, mortising, setting holdfasts and dozens of other chores. Comfortable octagonal hickory handle with a waxed finish. (559 words)
- [Making & Mastering Wood Planes (Revised Edition) – Lost Art Press](/content/products/making-mastering-wood-planes-revised-edition/index.html): No matter what handplanes you use, “Making & Mastering Wood Planes” is perhaps the best guide available to understand, tune and use these tools. Ostensibly about the laminated handplanes James Krenov made famous, David Finck probes so deep into the topic that the book is also an excellent primer on handwork itself. (802 words)
- [Lost Art Press Ball Cap](/content/products/the-anarchists-ball-cap/index.html): Our navy blue cotton ball cap has a sewn-on patch of the Lost Art Press seal, which features dividers (a symbol of woodworkers everywhere). A small family business less than a mile from our shop (the same place that prints our T-shirts) sewed on the patches for us; the work is crisp and perfect. These hats are made in  (237 words)
- [Crucible Card Scraper – Lost Art Press](/content/products/crucible-card-scraper/index.html): The gently curved Crucible card scraper is efficient and easy to use: 1095 spring steel hardened & tempered to a Rockwell (C) hardness of 48 to 51; the faces are polished & blued for rust-resistance; comes with a magnet, which acts as a heat sink while scraping, making the tool comfortable to use for long periods. (714 words)
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- [Woodworking in Estonia – Lost Art Press](/content/products/woodworking-in-estonia/index.html): by Ants Viires; translation by Mart Aru You can download an excerpt from this book here. It’s one of Roy Underhill’s three favorite woodworking books, but you can’t buy a copy for love or money. Translated into English without the author’s permission in the late 1960s, “Woodworking in Estonia” has been a cult classic e (838 words)
- [Carving the Acanthus Leaf – Lost Art Press](/content/products/carving-the-acanthus-leaf/index.html): “Carving the Acanthus Leaf” by Mary May is a deep exploration into this cornerstone of Western ornamentation. May, a professional carver and instructor, starts her book with carving tools, sharpening and getting started, then helps readers advance through increasingly challenging carvings – all with the panache of a lifelong teacher. (858 words)
- [Video: Virtuoso: The Tool Cabinet & Workbench of H.O. Studley (Downloa – Lost Art Press](/content/products/dvd-virtuoso-the-tool-cabinet-workbench-of-h-o-studley.html): Note: Price includes free shipping to the U.S. and Canada. During the four-year study of H.O. Studley’s iconic tool cabinet for the book ‘Virtuoso: The Tool Cabinet & Workbench of H.O. Studley,’ we also shot high-resolution video of the cabinet and interviewed the book’s author and photographer. The result is a 1-h (359 words)
- [Virtuoso: The Tool Cabinet and Workbench of Henry O. Studley – Lost Art Press](/content/products/virtuoso/index.html): by Donald C. Williams, photographs by Narayan Nayar You can download an excerpt from this book here. In the space of just 10” x 39” x 19-1/2”, H.O. Studley managed to arrange – with perfection – more than 250 of his tools into a dovetailed mahogany cabinet that has captivated tens of thousands of woodworkers since it w (702 words)
- [Ingenious Mechanicks (signed by the author) – Lost Art Press](/content/products/ingenious-mechanicks/index.html): Christopher Schwarz's “Ingenious Mechanicks” is filled with newly rediscovered ideas from early workbenches that you can put to work on a modern bench. Make a shaving station using four small pieces of wood, a face vise with a notch and some wedges, a planing stop ever with a stick of oak and some rusty nails. (661 words)
- [Full-size Plans from ‘Chairmaker’s Notebook’ – Lost Art Press](/content/products/full-size-plans-from-chairmaker-s-notebook/index.html): For woodworkers who prefer full-size plans, we offer plans for the two chairs featured in Peter Galbert’s book “Chairmaker’s Notebook.” The plans feature handmade full-size drawings of the following components of the fan-back and balloon-back chairs: Full-size turning patterns of legs, stretchers and posts – both bobbi (373 words)
- [The Naked Woodworker (Streaming & Download only) – Lost Art Press](/content/products/the-naked-woodworker/index.html):  “The Naked Woodworker” video seeks to answer the simple question: How do you get started in woodworking when you have nothing? No tools. No bench. No skills. And no knowledge of where to begin.   Veteran woodworker and teacher Mike Siemsen helps you take your first steps into the craft without spending a lot of money  (471 words)
- [Cut & Dried: A Woodworker's Guide to Timber Technology – Lost Art Press](/content/products/cut-and-dried/index.html): In this massive book, professional woodworker & timer technologist Richard Jones explores every aspect of the tree and its wood, from how it grows to how it is then cut, dried and delivered to your workshop. He offers precise descriptions throughout that demanding woodworkers need to know in order to do demanding work. (1,070 words)
- [The Intelligent Hand – Lost Art Press](/content/products/the-intelligent-hand/index.html): by David Binnington Savage You can download an excerpt of this book here. “The Intelligent Hand” is a peek into a woodworking life that’s at a level that most of us can barely imagine. The customers are wealthy and eccentric. The designs have to leap off the page. And the craftsmanship has to be utterly, utterly flawle (971 words)
- [Welsh Stick Chairs by John Brown – Lost Art Press](/content/products/welsh-stick-chairs-by-john-brown/index.html): You can download an excerpt of this book here. What's a stick chair? You can learn all about them here. "Welsh Stick Chairs" by John Brown is a small but mighty book. At 104 pages long, this book can be read in an afternoon, but it has changed the lives of thousands of woodworkers all over the globe. John Brown (1933-2 (654 words)
- [The Anarchist's Design Book: Expanded Edition (signed by the author) – Lost Art Press](/content/products/the-anarchists-design-book/index.html): “The Anarchist’s Design Book” explores 18 historic and simple-to-make furniture forms that have been around for almost 1,000 years, yet look shockingly modern. You'll make a bed, dining tables, chairs, chests, desks and shelving as you learn two approaches – "boarded" and "staked" – to build these pieces and more. (866 words)
- [Make a Joint Stool from a Tree – Lost Art Press](/content/products/make-a-joint-stool-from-a-tree/index.html): This book starts in the woodlot, wedging open a piece of green oak, and it ends in the shop with mixing your own paint using pigment and linseed oil. It’s an almost-breathtaking journey because it covers aspects of the craft that most modern woodworkers would never consider. By Jennie Alexander and Peter Follansbee. (1,102 words)
- [Calvin Cobb: Radio Woodworker! – by Roy Underhill – Lost Art Press](/content/products/calvin-cobb-radio-woodworker-by-roy-underhill/index.html): Roy Underhill of PBS’s “The Woodwright’s Shop” has written what could be the world’s first-ever woodworking novel: “Calvin Cobb: Radio Woodworker!” It’s a screwball comedy set in 1937 about a woodworker who heads the U.S. government’s agricultural “Broadcast Research” division. Plus measured drawings. (518 words)
- [Lost Art Press Gift Card](/content/products/gift-card/index.html): Shopping for someone else but not sure what to give them? Give them the gift of choice with a Lost Art Press Gift Card. Gift cards are delivered by email and contain instructions to redeem them at checkout. Our gift cards have no additional processing fees. Note: Gift card purchase does not count toward free shipping. (204 words)
- [Making Things Work: Tales from a Cabinetmaker’s Life (Second Edition) – Lost Art Press](/content/products/making-things-work-tales-from-a-cabinetmaker-s-life.html): As cautionary woodworking tales go, Nancy R. Hiller’s might just be the funniest – and the most sincere. It is a hilarious and sometimes ribald story about a cabinetmaker trained to work at the highest level, and how she has dealt with the anxiety of the drive for excellence colliding with paying the monthly bills. (798 words)
- [Spindle Turning for Furniture with Peter Galbert (Streaming & Download – Lost Art Press](/content/products/galbert-turning/index.html): Chairmaker Peter Galbert's video “Spindle Turning for Furniture” focusing entirely on the needs the furniture maker – spindles for chairs, settees or staircases, using a small set of tools and a focused group of techniques. He’s honed his turning instruction for people who have had little or no experience on the lathe. (683 words)
- [With the Grain: A Craftsman’s Guide to Understanding Wood – Lost Art Press](/content/products/with-the-grain-a-craftsman-s-guide-to-understanding-wood.html): by Christian Becksvoort You can download an excerpt from this book here. A little knowledge about trees goes a long way toward improving your woodworking. You don’t need a degree in dendrology to build a desk. But you do need intimate knowledge of how our raw material grows and – more importantly – how it responds to i (801 words)
- [The Joiner and Cabinet Maker – Lost Art Press](/content/products/the-joiner-and-cabinet-maker-1/index.html): In "The Joiner and Cabinet Maker," read the complete text of the 1839 original, plus: a historical snapshot of early 19th-century England, by Joel Moskowitz; step-by-step hand-tool instruction from Christopher Schwarz for three projects – packing box, schoolbox and chest of drawers; complete construction drawings. (999 words)
- [Lost Art Press Chore Coat](/content/products/the-lost-art-press-chore-coat/index.html): The Lost Art Press Chore coat is an American-made shop jacket that is based closely on French coats worn by woodworkers during the 20th century. This coat is proudly stitched by Sew Valley of Cincinnati, Ohio. Constructed of soft, durable and breathable black cotton drill, our chore coat features reinforced pockets, cu (421 words)
- [Video: Make a Chair from a Tree – Lost Art Press](/content/products/video-make-a-chair-from-a-tree/index.html): With Jennie Alexander Note: This video is available to stream on any internet-connected device or can be downloaded. There is no DRM (digital rights management) used to protect the product. This video was produced by Jennie, Anatol Polillo and ALP Productions. To order a DVD of this video, click here. The video "Make a (390 words)
- [From Truths to Tools – Lost Art Press](/content/products/from-truth-to-tools/index.html): This hand-illustrated work has funny drawings & few words. But it explains woodworking, the physical world, our language & geometry in a way that makes you feel as if the authors have revealed a huge design secret. Once you understand these ideas, you'll see how they can be applied to building in any shape imaginable. (1,005 words)
- [Roubo Workbench: By Hand & Power Video (Streaming & Download only) – Lost Art Press](/content/products/roubo-workbench-by-hand-power-video/index.html): Building a workbench with solid timber is easier than you think. Christopher Schwarz and Will Myers, who have built hundreds of workbenches, show you how to do it with simple tools (both hand and power). They walk you through construction of an 8'-long slab workbench starting with wet chunks of inexpensive red oak. (623 words)
- [Books on Tools – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/tools-1/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (241 words)
- [Quick Order – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/quick-order/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (414 words)
- [Chairmaker's Notebook – Lost Art Press](/content/products/chairmakers-notebook/index.html): “Chairmaker’s Notebook” by Peter Galbert is an in-depth guide to building your first Windsor chair or 30th one. Using more than 500 hand-drawn illustrations, Galbert walks you through the entire process, from selecting wood at the log yard, to the chairs’ robust joinery, to applying a hand-burnished finish. (805 words)
- [Hands Employed Aright – Lost Art Press](/content/products/hands-employed-aright/index.html): In this book, Joshua A. Klein (Mortise & Tenon Magazine) examines what might be the most complete record of an early 19th-century American craftsman. Using Jonathan Fisher’s papers, tools and surviving furniture, Klein shares Fisher’s remarkable mechanical genius, seemingly boundless energy and deep devotion. (528 words)
- [By Hound & Eye – Lost Art Press](/content/products/by-hound-eye/index.html): “By Hound & Eye: A Plain & Easy Guide to Designing Furniture with no Further Trouble” is an journey through the world of pre-industrial design geometry with exercises to help you learn about proportional design, and jump-start your furniture design skills. (921 words)
- [Historical Texts – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/historical-texts/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (226 words)
- [Mugs – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/mugs/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (162 words)
- [Workshop Wear – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/workshop-wear/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (206 words)
- [Joinery – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/joinery/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (293 words)
- [Doormaking and Window-Making – Lost Art Press](/content/products/doormaking-and-window-making/index.html): “Doormaking and Window-Making” starts you off with simple tools and simple assemblies, then moves you step-by-step into more complex doors and windows. Every step in the layout and construction process is shown with drawings and clear text, by someone who has clearly made windows and doors of all sorts for a long time. (663 words)
- [Videos – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/dvds/index.html): Sometimes words are not enough to explain some woodworking operations. That's why we offer video instruction. Lost Art Press videos are precise and sharply edited so you don't have to scroll endlessly through the blather. All our videos are sold without any Digital Rights Management (DRM), so you can download the video (340 words)
- [Furniture Projects – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/furniture-projects/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (274 words)
- [All Books – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/all-books-1/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (457 words)
- [Books – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/books/index.html): All books from Lost Art Press are produced entirely in the United States. We use acid-free paper and tough bindings – our books's signatures are sewn and glued for durability whenever physically possible. (492 words)
- [T-shirts – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/t-shirts/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (165 words)
- [Glue – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/glue/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (155 words)
- [Getting Started – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/getting-started/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (272 words)
- [Books by Christopher Schwarz – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/books-by-christopher-schwarz/index.html): Christopher Schwarz is a furniture maker, writer and publisher who works from a storefront in Covington, Ky. He is, along with John Hoffman, one of the founders and the editor of Lost Art Press, which publishes books on hand tool woodworking. And he is one of the founders of Crucible Tool. He is a former editor of Popu (354 words)
- [Campaign Furniture (signed by the author) – Lost Art Press](/content/products/campaign-furniture/index.html): With more than 400 photos and drawings to explain the foundations of the style, “Campaign Furniture,” by Christopher Schwarz, provides plans for nine pieces of classic campaign furniture, from the classic stackable chests of drawers to folding Roorkee chairs and collapsible bookcases. (527 words)
- [Workbenches – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/workbenches/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (220 words)
- [Finishing – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/finishing/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (206 words)
- [Home Design – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/home-design/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (177 words)
- [Workbench – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/workbench/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (178 words)
- [Artisan Geometry – Tolpin & Walker – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/artisan-geometry-tolpin-walker/index.html): Jim Tolpin and George Walker explore a design language that unites the skill of the hand with the imagination of the eye. It's a language artisans used for a millennia, and one you can use today to unlock your potential as a furniture maker. You'll learn to "design at the point of a tool” – to inspire your mind and gui (253 words)
- [Mouldings in Practice – Lost Art Press](/content/products/mouldings-in-practice/index.html): This book explains how to make hand-cut mouldings in a simple way, turning a set of complicated mouldings into a series of predictable rabbets and chamfers that guide your hollow and round planes to make anything – anything – that has been made in the past or that you can envision for your future projects. (703 words)
- [Workshop – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/workshop-books/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (274 words)
- [Sharpening – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/sharpening/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (176 words)
- [The Essential Woodworker – Lost Art Press](/content/products/the-essential-woodworker/index.html): In our opinion, “The Essential Woodworker” is one of the best books on hand-tool usage written in the post-Charles Hayward era. Wearing was classically trained in England as a woodworker and embraced both power and hand tools in his shop and in his teaching. (528 words)
- [Books by Christian Becksvoort – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/christian-becksvoort/index.html): Chris Becksvoort has more than five decades of experience in forestry, wood technology, joinery and design, and his furniture is in collections throughout the world. He's perhaps best-known as a contributing editor to Fine Woodworking Magazine and for his appearance on Parks & Recreation’s "Ron & Diane" episode (228 words)
- [By Hand & Eye – Lost Art Press](/content/products/by-hand-eye-1/index.html): “By Hand & Eye” helps you become a better furniture designer by showing how much of the world is governed by simple proportions – then teaching you to apply these proportions to furniture design with the help of one ancient but mighty tool: dividers. Authors George R. Walker and Jim Tolpin explain how proportions work and show you how to use them, then walk you though nine designs that will help you put your new knowledge into practice. (1,079 words)
- [Carving – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/carving/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (181 words)
- [Storage – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/storage/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (166 words)
- [The Art of Joinery, Revised Edition – Lost Art Press](/content/products/artofjoinery/index.html): “The Art of Joinery” was the first book published by Lost Art Press. This revised edition contains lightly edited text of Joseph Moxon’s landmark work on joinery, modern commentary and photos by Christopher Schwarz on Moxon’s tools and techniques, illustrations embedded with the relevant text, and the complete plates. (818 words)
- [shogun-title-probe – Lost Art Press](/content/blogs/news/shoguntemp126c0954/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (135 words)
- [The Anarchist's Tool Chest: Revised Edition – Lost Art Press](/content/products/the-anarchists-tool-chest/index.html): “The Anarchist’s Tool Chest” paints a world where woodworking tools are at the center of an ethical life filled with creating furniture that will last for generations. You'll discover the fewer than 50 hand tools you need to get started, and step-by-step instructions to build a full-sized English tool chest to hold them. (796 words)
- [What is Artisan Geometry? – Lost Art Press](/content/pages/what-is-artisan-geometry/index.html): Authors George Walker (left) and Jim Tolpin. Just what is "Artisan Geometry," and what can it do for you? We asked authors Jim Tolpin and George Walker to explain, and to tell us the differences among their five books on the subject. (You can follow George and Jim and their explorations at byhandandeye.com) Walker: Art (1,135 words)
- [Pocket Books for Every Workshop – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/pocket-books-small-but-mighty/index.html): Our “pocket books” are small (4” x 6.5”) but filled with meaty information. Each pocket book offers essential woodworking information in an easy-to-use format. “Workshop Wound Care” will fix you up after any shop injury – small or scary. “Sharpen This” is THE book for people who love woodworking (and not sharpening). A (309 words)
- [Marking & Measuring – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/marking-measuring/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (214 words)
- [Chairmaking – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/chairmaking/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (281 words)
- [Design – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/design/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (195 words)
- [Roubo Translation – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/roubo-translation/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (116 words)
- [Wood Knowledge – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/wood-knowledge/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (182 words)
- [Workbench Books for Everyone – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/workbench-books-for-everyone/index.html): The best workbenches make your woodworking easier. If you need a better bench, Lost Art Press has the plans for you. Our three workbench books offer dozens of plans for benches for every kind of woodworker. Build a Roubo bench from framing lumber. Make a European bench from steamed beech. Roman benches let you sit down (244 words)
- [Books by Nancy R. Hiller – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/books-by-nancy-r-hiller/index.html): Nancy R. Hiller (1959 - 2022) was a cabinetmaker who specialized in period-style work for late-19th- to mid-20th-century interiors. She trained as a furniture maker in England, where she moved with her mother and sister at age 12, and worked in shops there as well as in the States. She returned to college at the age of (312 words)
- [Techniques – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/techniques/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (190 words)
- [Hats – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/hats/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (151 words)
- [New Products – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/frontpage/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (459 words)
- [Canadian & International Customers – Lost Art Press](/content/pages/international-customers/index.html): Lost Art Press ships only to the U.S. Anyone can purchase PDFs and electronic items from our site. For books/tools, purchasing books from one of our international retailers will always be more economical. The following retailers sell our books and ship to most parts of the world. Canada: Lee Valley Tools: www.leevalley (204 words)
- [Slöjd – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/slojd/index.html): Visit the world of slöjd, a Swedish tradition in which people make the things they need using simple tools and materials that are all around them. Your guide on this journey is Jögge Sundqvist, who has been making things with his hands and little bits of steel since he was a boy. To join in, you need only a knife and a (227 words)
- [Handwork Essentials – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/handwork-essentials/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (193 words)
- [Chairmaking – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/chairmaking-1/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (248 words)
- [Charles H. Hayward Collection – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/charles-h-hayward-collection/index.html): There is little doubt that Charles H. Hayward (1898-1998) was the most important workshop writer and editor of the 20th century. Unlike any person before (and perhaps after) him, Hayward was a trained cabinetmaker and extraordinary illustrator, not to mention an excellent designer, writer, editor and photographer. Add  (447 words)
- [Subscribe to Our Substacks – And Learn More About Them – Lost Art Press](/content/pages/about-our-substacks/index.html): What Are They? And How to Subscribe Since 2022, we have written three substacks that cover specialized parts of the craft and our work. What's a substack? It's a simple blog/newsletter that focuses on one topic. When you subscribe, you get an email with the complete text in your inbox. No ads or clicking through. We of, The unfiltered, PG-13 substack of woodworker and writer Christopher Schwarz. Posts cover folk furniture, running a woodworking business and generally pulling down the pants of craftsmen who have a giant stick up their butts. Two posts a week. Click to read The American Peasant, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers., Tool reviews written by furniture makers Christopher Schwarz and Megan Fitzpatrick. All products are purchased with our own money and at full price. Reviews are honest and brutal. Praise when it's warranted. Damnation when it's not. Click to read Never Sponsored, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers., The journals of woodshop trainee Kale Vogt and furnituremaker Christopher Schwarz, from the Lost Art Press workshop. Click to read The Anarchist's Apprentice, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers. (976 words)
- [Scrapers – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/scrapers/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (153 words)
- [Furniture Plans – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/furniture-plans/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (215 words)
- [Layout – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/layout/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (227 words)
- [Crucible Tool – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/tools/index.html): Crucible Tool makes hand tools in the United States using proven materials and (in many cases) new technology. All of our tools are designed by woodworkers (us) and are used at the workbench every day. (378 words)
- [Best Sellers – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/all-books/index.html): The 10 best-selling books since we started Lost Art Press in 2007. (243 words)
- [Striking – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/striking/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (182 words)
- [Engraving – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/engraving/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (161 words)
- [shogun-title-probe – Lost Art Press](/content/blogs/news/shoguntemp586863b4/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (137 words)
- [Greenwood – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/green-woodworking/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (213 words)
- ['The Anarchist' Series of Books – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/the-anarchist-series-of-books/index.html): "The Anarchist" series of books by Christopher Schwarz represent a 10-year effort to make woodworking more accessible, affordable and ethical – and less commercial. Each book addresses an important aspect of the craft. "The Anarchist's Tool Chest" shows you how you can build furniture with only a small kit of high-qual (575 words)
- [shogun-title-probe – Lost Art Press](/content/blogs/news/shoguntemp1b5fa801/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (135 words)
- [Apparel & Gift Cards – Lost Art Press](/content/collections/apparel/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (260 words)
- [Retailers – Lost Art Press](/content/pages/retailers/index.html): We do not sell our books or tools through mass-market retailers or online discounters. That's why you won't find our books for sale on Amazon.com or through major bookstore chains. We work only with woodworking suppliers we know personally and who we trust after years of working with them. In the U.S., you can purchase (331 words)
- [shogun-title-probe – Lost Art Press](/content/blogs/news/shoguntempc555af51/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (137 words)
- [blog – Lost Art Press](/content/blogs/news/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (165 words)
- [All About Crucible Hammers – Lost Art Press](/content/pages/all-about-crucible-hammers/index.html):     Customers have asked what our three hammers are used for in the workshop. Do you need all three? Which is most useful? We use all three. But it’s fair to say we're partial to hammers. And we like hammers that are balanced, well-made and manufactured in the U.S. Any woodworker could easily get everything they need f (782 words)
- [Covington Storefront – Lost Art Press](/content/pages/storefront/index.html): Visit Our Retail Store in Covington, Kentucky Our retail storefront at 407 Madison Ave. in Covington, Kentucky, is open to the public on a limited basis. Our current storefront hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Parking is available on the street. Do not park in the PNC Bank lot – the (277 words)
- [Wishlist – Lost Art Press](/content/pages/swym-share-wishlist/index.html): Publishers of books on hand-tool woodworking. All our books are made in the USA. (114 words)

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