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June 2025

The Case for Pre-Industrial Design
What if the makers of beanbag chairs were dirty liars?
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Christopher Schwarz
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Earlywood: How to Start a Woodworking Myth
Publisher’s note: Good morning and welcome to Earlywood, a free weekly excerpt from one of the thousands of pieces I’ve written since 1996.
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Christopher Schwarz
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Burning Money Again – ATC Rejected, Delayed, Pulped
“The Anarchist’s Tool Chest Revised Edition” was on track to ship this week.
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Christopher Schwarz
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The Stick Chair Journal No. 3
An Early & Beautiful Windsor Chair.
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Christopher Schwarz
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Earlywood: Chairs for the Chairless
Publisher’s note: Welcome to Earlywood, a free weekly excerpt from one of the thousands of pieces I’ve written since 1996.
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Christopher Schwarz
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Apply Now for a Chairmaker’s Toolbox Scholarship Class Here
Scholarship applications are now open for six spots in a special comb-back class in our Covington, Kentucky, workshop Sept.
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Christopher Schwarz
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The Craft Doesn’t Need This Bulls%$t
How many of y’all here got started in woodworking because of the seminal work of Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann?
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Christopher Schwarz
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Earlywood: You are Like a Dog that Pees on the Rug
Publisher’s note: Good morning and welcome to Earlywood, a free weekly excerpt from one of the thousands of pieces I’ve written since 1996.
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Christopher Schwarz
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Update on the Pinch Rods (and a New Machine)
For paid subscribers only.
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Christopher Schwarz
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Air-dried vs. Kiln-dried Wood
Are they different to saw, chisel and plane? Does it matter?
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Christopher Schwarz
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Kara Gebhart Uhl
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Earlywood: Hubris
Publisher’s note: Happy Saturday, happy Earlywood, a free weekly excerpt from one of the thousands of pieces I’ve written since 1996.
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Christopher Schwarz
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