Monthly Archives: July 2018

‘Mechanic’s Companion’ – Where to Buy Update

Posted on July 31, 2018 by fitz

JJ, Viola and I would be happy to pick, pack and ship to you (if you’re in the U.S.) a copy of “Mechanic’s Companion” (a favored few might even get a bonus cat hair or two under the packing tape!) … Continue reading →

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The Curious Case of the Missing Holdfast

Posted on July 19, 2018 by fitz

We know the English knew about the holdfast by the early 1800s; Joseph Moxon shows it in “Mechanic Exercises” in 1683. Yet Peter Nicholson (who trained briefly as a joiner) neither shows nor mentions it in his 1812 book “Mechanical … Continue reading →

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Cauls – Fancy Cauls – to the Rescue!

Posted on July 8, 2018 by fitz

For no particular reason, I decided to make some shelves for the bathroom on which to store towels, extra toilet paper and the like. Sure, on my to-do list there’s a hallway linen cupboard in which those things can eventually … Continue reading →

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Anyone Free for Dinner in Syracuse, N.Y.?

Posted on July 5, 2018 by fitz

I considered making the 16-hour drive from Cincinnati to Warren, Maine, in one day next week for the July 13-14 Lie-Nielsen Open House…but then remembered I’m almost 50 and one really ought not be that foolish beyond the age of … Continue reading →

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Woodworking in Literature (or, The Lazy Researcher)

Posted on July 3, 2018 by fitz

In “The Taming of the Shrew” Katherine calls Petruchio a “joyn’d stool,” to which he responds in a less-than-gentleman-like manner: “Thou hast hit it: come, sit on me,” among other salacious riposts that devolve into talk of tongues in tails. … Continue reading →

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