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Earlywood: After the War
Publisher’s note: It’s that time again – your weekly, still-very-much-alive Earlywood, a free excerpt published every Saturday from one of the thousands…
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You Have to Burn Some Money
When you are a small company, it is easy to get bullied by much bigger corporations. Here’s a textbook example. While working at F+W Publications, I…
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Earlywood: Master of Nothing
Publisher’s note: Welcome to Earlywood (something you’ve likely mastered for a while now), a free excerpt published every Saturday from one of the…
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The High Carpathian Chest
Most days I am quietly panicking that I haven’t finished building the projects for “The American Peasant” book. I am behind schedule. But then I remind…
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Make Money Making Things
A sketch.
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Earlywood: Obsessions with the Tools or the Craft
Publisher’s note: Welcome to Earlywood, a free excerpt published every Saturday from one of the thousands of pieces I’ve written since 1996. Sometimes…
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For Subscribers Only
Engraving tools and Death Grip Glue.
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The Production Recipe (for Now) for Death Grip Glue
For the last month I’ve made a couple dozen test batches of gelatin glue to experiment with the additives that extend its open time. We started by…
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Wheedling to Ruin
The week after I left my job at Popular Woodworking Magazine, one of the advertising salesmen called me on my cell phone to chat. Which was weird…
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The American Peasant
The American Peasant
Furniture for the 99 percent. Written by the executive editor of “Modern Peasant” magazine.
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