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November 2025

Peeling Apart Plywood to Understand How It Works (Part 2)
In part one of this two-part series, we discussed how plywood came to be, how it’s made and why it works.
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Kara Gebhart Uhl
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Christopher Schwarz
Earlywood: The Insanely Low Bar for Chair Comfort
Publisher’s note: Welcome to another Earlywood, a perfect accompaniment to leftover pumpkin pie and coffee.
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Christopher Schwarz
New Book! New 24" Ruler! New Translation...
Have you ever gone to the bathroom and felt afterward that perhaps your internal organs had ben rearranged by the experience?
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Christopher Schwarz
The King of the Chairmakers
Recently a talented chairmaker declared that he was done with making chairs.
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Christopher Schwarz
Earlywood: When Design and Craftsmanship Don’t Meet
Publisher’s note: Earlywood is an excerpt from one of the thousands of pieces I’ve written since 1996.
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Christopher Schwarz
Workbenches SOLD
As I mentioned in today’s post, we are reducing the number of benches in our front room.
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Christopher Schwarz
My Last Class at the Willard Street Shop
If you are reading this on Sunday morning, I am currently teaching my final class in our Willard Street workshop.
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Christopher Schwarz
Earlywood: Build Furniture, Newspaper Style
Publisher’s note: Good morning and welcome to Earlywood, an excerpt from one of the thousands of pieces I’ve written since 1996.
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Christopher Schwarz
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