I ordered Christopher Schwarz's latest tome, The Workbench Design Book: The Art & Philosophy of Building Better Benches, and I just finished reading it a couple of days ago, so I thought I'd share.
First off, I did something I rarely do with woodworking books. I read it from cover-to-cover...
Tomorrow night (Tues) at the Woodwright School in Pittsboro will be an open house to
meet and greet Schwarz. Come at 5:30 to look around, talk with Chris and etc. Later we will repair to a local bar for libations. No charge for this event!
Just read Chris Schwarz blog post about his being a guest on The Woodwright's Shop.
The coolest bit, three photos of the set!!!
I do live under a rock in the middle of a creek, so I'd never seen pics of the shows set before :kermit...
I suspect I'll be hopping in my car and making a field trip!!
http://blog.woodworking-magazine.com/blog/Southernstyle+FrancoRoman+Workbench.aspx
This is our very own AAAndrew!
I have recently been going through the Schwarz Workbench book and considering building the French Workbench. I am wondering if many of you have taken his advise and used Southern Yellow Pine for your workbench. If so, what are your thoughts after completing the bench. What is the best source...
Yes, I have a problem. Its called IVS. Instructional Video Syndrome.
I recently (monday) acquired Christopher Schwarz's latest DVD "Handplane Basics: A better way to use Bench Planes" from Lost Art Press.
Well, as the title might imply, the dvd is all about bench planes!
For someone...
Howdy all you video dust mights!
It gives me great pleasure to follow up my review of Coarse, Medium and Fine by Christopher Schwarz.
This is the second video produced by Lie Nielsen.
GET THIS DVD (and the other one). Don't dally. Do not pass go.
In this video he goes into detail...
Howdy Vid-ittes,
Well, after finishing this fine fine video, wanted to fill in that missing 1/4".
Heaping praise on Mr. Schwarz continues.
One teaser, he answers the question "how in the world do you true the sole of a 22" jointer plane?".
In addition to working on a flat panel, he...